Water was gushing over my dam of life in the last month -
where’d all my blogging moments go? heha

Here’s to reviving in February 2010 & living appreciatively.
A snow day should help. (if only my house were clean!)

Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing
is like
shoveling the walk while it’s still snowing!
Phyllis Diller

The items are flying off of this wishlist.  I might just give myself a better Christmas present than I ever expected!  YES.

Christmas09 (wishlist):

• Start saying Merry Christmas
• Play in the snow and build five snowmen at midnight
• Sew Brielle a dress and a jacket
• Sew myself a skirt and a jacket
• Paint a kitchen table (hey, it’s primed)
• Schedule a WiseGrass audit
• Start a new business
• Name that business Old Hand Crank
• Buy Gifts
• Wrap said gifts
• Attempt a balance between managing a pretzel stand two days a week and being a mommy
• Choir practice Wednesday nights
• Organize/host a formal Christmas dinner – it’s this Friday!
• Host the Stoltzfus Christmas2009 Dessert night
• Finish the decor: Wreaths, Windows, Lights, Tree
• Keep the house and all of us semi-functioning
• Order a laptop keyboard and replace it myself (yikes!)

Coming Soon :  A Delightful Dinner Party!

There’s a HP TouchScreen giveaway and the more times I enter the more chances I get to win it for my kitchen!  I have the perfect spot all ready for it.   HoHoHo

Enter Yourself Here

Christmas is not a time
nor a season,
but a state of mind.

To cherish peace and goodwill,
to be plenteous in mercy,
is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

- Calvin Coolidge

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Christmas09 (wishlist):

• Start saying Merry Christmas
• Play in the snow and build five snowmen at midnight
• Sew Brielle a dress and a jacket
• Sew myself a skirt and a jacket
• Paint a kitchen table (hey, it’s primed)
• Schedule a WiseGrass audit
• Start a new business
• Name that business
• Buy Gifts
• Wrap said gifts
• Attempt a balance between managing a pretzel stand two days a week and being a mommy
• Choir practice Wednesday nights
• Organize/host a formal Christmas dinner – it’s this Friday!
• Host the Stoltzfus Christmas2009 Dessert night
• Finish the decor: Wreaths, Windows, Lights, Tree
• Keep the house and all of us semi-functioning
• Order a laptop keyboard and replace it myself (yikes!)

I feel better by just writing this down! But what’s missing?

Deep Breath. Have Fun.

I am determined to make this the best Christmas ever for Our Tribe – by staying simple and low-key.

How will you remember Christmas 2009?

I have taken the plunge – will I have fun?

Another source of stress?

Or an escape outlet.

Hmmm, maybe it’s competition with my husband! Yeah, that’s more like it.

Blog life – I’m on board.