How can it possibly be only two weeks until Christmas? TWO WEEKS PEOPLE!!!
As evidence of how out of control and unfocused my life has been lately, I shall present to you the current status of Christmas in my domicile.
No tree.
No cards.
No gifts have been purchased. I know what I'm buying for everyone in the family, 99% of it is coming from Amazon and being shipped directly to their homes for somebody else to wrap. Oh, wait, I did already buy and send gifts for my sister and father so that only leaves... well, everyone else.
No baking, though I've done less of this each year. We always have "Goodies Day" at work the Friday before the holiday so I usually do my baking to correspond with that.
No Christmas music. We listened to exactly two songs in the car on Saturday night before Joe changed to another station.
And, probably the biggest indication of the State of Christmas in my home?
No Tonya dressed up in her red shirt and Santa hat. For which she thanks me.
I plan to remedy a lot of this over the weekend. We won't do many decorations and I plan to send our paper cards out as well (we'll be doing some email "cards" this year). I want to have shopping completed by Sunday night.
My hope is that by Monday I'll have the "work" out of the way so I can enjoy the last 10 days or so leading up to the holiday.
How are your holiday plans progressing?
skip to main |
skip to sidebar
Making sense is overrated. And boring as hell.
Sorry my entire site looks like crap. I've had to remove my header and background images, as well as my sidebar badges, thanks to Photobucket, who will get ZERO of my monies. I don't know if I'll fix it or not.
About Me
- Call Me Cate
- It's a blog. I'll probably write stuff in it. Me, I'm married, no kids, two cats, one boring job. My life isn't that exciting so I like to complicate things with overthinking, health issues, and anxiety attacks. I also enjoy reading, writing, travel (if I could control the anxiety attacks), wine, hockey, and music. And long walks on the beach. And a sugar daddy.
Search This Blog
Subscribe via email
Archives
-
▼
2009
(373)
-
▼
Dec
(32)
- Ahead
- Angry
- Penalty Minutes
- "I don't know"
- Disgracebook
- Six Word Saturday
- A Typical Cate-mas
- Holiday Greetings
- Sing me a song - or don't
- Worthwhile Reading
- Repost: If the shoe fits
- Cattention Span
- Six Word Saturday
- Papa
- The Annual Office Holiday Luncheon
- Your Christmas tree is a traitor
- Adventures in Caroling
- Challenge? Bring It.
- Chanukah Song
- Six Word Saturday
- Two Weeks
- Don't you wish?
- Give Back
- Wine To Water
- How to Sucker the Husband Into Cooking Dinner
- Woman vs Man
- Running Behind
- Six Word Saturday
- Not the Same At All!
- First Fursday: Catmas Edition
- Waiver Schmaiver
- Don't know what you've got...
-
▼
Dec
(32)
12 comments:
Christmas isn't in my home either. I might send out some 'paper cards' but haven't decided if I feel like making them yet. I bought 4 gifts for my son with our grocery money and don't feel like decorating the house since the foreclosure is looming and there's a box in every room with stuff being packed to take or to sell. BAH HUMBUG! is my holiday attitude this year, unfortunately and I know I should be doing better for Beau, he's 13 and he deserves at least a tree! How is December 25 coming so quickly this year? It's like every day is no longer 24 hours...feels more like 9.
I have lights on the outside of my house and the tree is up but not decorated. that's as far as I've gotten.
Flash Dancing
We're on track. The outside lights are lit, the garland and wreaths are in place, the tree is up and decorated, and the gifts are about 1/2 done.
I don't stress about cards anymore because something had to give. I figured in the grand scheme of things, my kids will not miss the tradition of Christmas card mailing, but they might miss the other stuff, so cards seemed like the logical choice.
Hope you get caught up and in the spirit of things this weekend - and I really want to see pictures of Tonya in the red shirt and Santa hat. I will also want know how many stitches you will need to get after you stuff her into that get-up. Maybe you should have "Guess How Many Stitches for the Long-Haired Human" pool.
The trees up and decorated but I haven't put the lights in the window yet . . . the question is, will I?
Two weeks!? (I almost want to say, why bother?)
Actually our Christmas party is the 20th. Going to start baking Very soon.
My tree is up, but I have probably plugged it in 4 times. Just not feeling it this year.
That pretty much describes Christmas at my house too. We do have the tree up but that's about it.
Sounds like you've got a busy weekend ahead of you!
My plans were all wrapped up tight until I was informed today that I had two more presents to purchase. But they're the hard kind: A.) they're for boys, B.) they're inexpensive/possibly gag gift types (which are harder for me than REAL presents). And I have to have them ready by NEXT FRIDAY! Pfffttt. I've decided to give them a flock of chicks from Heifer International and call it a day.
Still no ornaments on the tree.
Wow, Christmas sure is sneaking up on us. I mean TWO WEEKS people! Did you hear her? Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!
Two weeks, and I've got more than two weeks worth of shopping to do. AAARRGG!! Do have the tree up though. A very small tree. Small and prelit. heh
~Margaret
the tree is up and a few decorations; not buying much but have to buy some but having trouble getting motivated (perhaps this weekend???) not sending cards, don't bake, but might make some premade sugar cookies on Christmas Eve. So not ready for Christmas......................
betty
I decorated, as you know, this week. But I still have a lot of shopping to do. Nearly all of it will be online.
Christmas decorations just went up this week. Just got our tree Thursday night. Minimally decorated the tree Friday {since we were having dinner guests}. Don't send cards. Maybe 5 gifts purchased. Ugh. It's so hard this year. Blah! Oh, but the outside of my house has been decorated for a few weeks. lol
Post a Comment