I'm Back!

Hello Everyone!

I've been at this very spot a couple times in the last few months and have bailed. I'm not gonna bail this time. It's not that I didn't want to write so much, as I just didn't know where to start.

So, here goes.......can you believe it's December 5, 2010???? I'm still trying to comprehend the fact that it's really December. I've been semi-unemployed for the last 3 months and haven't had time to think! I never knew not having a "real" job could be so exhausting! And the weather has been so wacked lately it hasn't felt like December either.

I'll get into what's been keeping me so busy eventually, but for now I just want to make a statement to all of you who know me as a "Scrooge."

I was the FIRST in my family to have the Christmas tree up, lit, and decorated!!!

Write it down, it could never happen again. There are more decorations up in my house than have been up since sis #2 and I lived together nearly 10 years ago. That was because she put them all up and I was the helper. I did have a little help putting the lights on the tree. Sis #3 ran down to the house for a few minutes and lit it up. I'm still adjusting to that part. Honestly, I may never adjust to that part, but she loved it and I loved her doing it.

I know a lot of it has to do with having time to get it all done. I also know that in the last 20 or so years of my life I've mostly worked in a retail setting. By the time Nov. 14th rolled around I didn't give a rip about Christmas anymore. I was sick of the music. I was sick of the trees. And I was sick of the whole thing. I'm actually looking forward to all of it this year. I'm planning all the cooking I want to get done and all the weight I'm gonna gain!

So, Happy December everybody!!!