If you haven’t started your holiday shopping might I humbly suggest you do so. Before you end up looking at bare shelves on Christmas Eve, and start buying random gear from the 7/11, or gas station convenience store on your way home, so as not to return empty handed. Some restocks have happened by now, so get cracking!
In the end, you’ll do you. You know your family better than I. So, maybe let this serve as but a simple reminder.
I was pretty busy myself last week, and if I have multiple more weeks like that until the year’s end, I could just as easily forget about Christmas being in a mere 13 days. Easier to do than you’d think, once the work starts to pile up, and you have to keep your head down to complete all that work. So take a second, mark a break down in your calendar, and go get your kids or spouse something from the heart.
The snow has stuck around, and the lights look ten fold better because of it. The roads suck, but the strings of lights look amazing. I’m sure we’ll get to see more this evening, what with Gymnastics and our Yellow Stripe Belt Ceremony at Taekwondo this week. Chances to hop in the car and see different neighborhoods all lit up and twinkling.
Which reminds me, some gifts from relatives showed up over the weekend, so I need to wrap those for the kids. I still have not put a single item under the tree. I know the temptation for my kids would result in fist fights and tantrums. So best to not lay the ground work for major fights this close to the winter break. Now that my oldest is moving up in grade school I wonder when they start getting homework for the break? When does that start? Grade four, five or six? It has to be soon right? I don’t remember ever getting through a winter break unmolested by classroom assignments such as, daily journals, math sheets, a book report, and geography maps to colour in and add a legend, borders and other such things like arrows and stuff. I do not miss any of that.
We had the kids sweep, vacuum and mop the floors yesterday, so I can cut that from my list today. I washed towels yesterday, but need to run the kids clothes through the laundry today. I cleared out the recycling, ready for tomorrow. And the oldest helped me tidy up a bit after we did some snow shoveling. Bit lighter on the Domestic Duties Monday today. The windows are covered in the remains of snowballs, which is how I know the kids helped me clear the patio & deck of snow. That and the thud, thud, thud of them pelting the glass. The snowball makers they have work pretty well. I’ve just been pinged for a job, so I best go. Ciao Bella
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