We Are So Very Lucky This Holiday Season

This week we have:

*Purchased and wrapped gifts for the Giving Tree at school

*Watched the MSU Basketball Team pull out a victory

*Signed and dated 23 books to give to my kids

*Dealt with a couple of hard blows but maintained a good attitude 

*Decorated and undecorated at school

*Purchased window wrapping to conserve energy 

*Paid bills

*Wrapped more gifts as they arrived

*Sent holiday cards to 17 Veterans

*Designed and purchased Christmas cards

*Created and ordered two photo books as Christmas presents

*Talked to my sister on the phone for HOURS!

*Received a thank you back from one of the Veterans

*Kept taking daily photos for December album

*Began putting together my December Daily Album

*Cuddled and watched movies together

*Dealt with 12+ inches of snow (in one day)

*Celebrated 2 snow days (one power outage and one real snow day)

Still left to do:

*Purchase remaining gift cards

*Finish last couple of hand-made gifts

*Make pretzel hugs and cookies

*Address and send Christmas cards

*Keep taking daily photos

*Develop this week's daily photos

*Catch up on December Daily album

*Put together a care package for a special sister

*Purchase sandwich fixins for Glogg

*Decorate the tree while enjoying hot cocoa and "Santa's Big Red Hat"

*Pull out the last of the holiday  decorations

*Celebrate the Holidays!

I'll try to check in again before heading out to all of the fun festivities. If I don't see you this week, have a very happy and safe holiday season!