Randomness

I'm so behind on EVERYTHING! My having a sinus infection of some sort for the past week and then various children being sick off and on, has just thrown my schedule off.
I had a mini-freak-out last night around 12am. Yes, that's right around midnight! I've been taking Mucinex and the past 2 nights I took it right before bed and hardly got any sleep. Well, one of the possible side affects is sleeplessness....so yeah, that's been me that past 2 nights. So on top of not feeling that great, I'm exhausted and have so many things to do, I don't know where to begin.
Ok, back to my freak-out. I realized that Christmas is 2 weeks from THIS Friday. So that brings me to my yet to be done Christmas related list.

1. Decorate tree.
-We've got the tree but can't find our lights and all the stores (4 of them) we've been to are all out of the lights we need.

2. Christmas Cards
-address them
-write letter
-picture of kids (we took some over the weekend, not real thrilled w/ any of them, but at this point it may be as good as it gets)
I'm so tempted to just do the letter and picture this year and skip the actual cards....something I said I'd never do. Although, at this point if I don't skip something they're going to be New Year's cards.

3. Bake Christmas cookies
-I'm at least starting them this weekend. My sister's coming over Sat. morning to make some...yay! :)

4. Finish Christmas shopping
-I'm almost done with the kids, but still have plenty left to do

5. Decorate the house
-got the decorations pulled out of the garage, but they're still sitting in containers in the living room.....with our bare tree. :)

6. Order bows to match Blueberry/Lulu/Lu-Berry's Christmas dress(es)

That's all I can think of off the top of my head. I've had a few "Scrooge" moments where I've felt like throwing my hands up and saying forget it, but I just can't. :) I am SO looking forward to feeling better again, I know that'll help a lot....and the kids all being healthy again will be wonderful too!

As for non-Christmas related things, well, it's mainly the day to day things. Laundry, cleaning, cooking, feeding kids, driving kids, keeping track of kids and all their many "events", being a wife, and the list goes on.....

Off topic we went to a Chris Tomlin concert on Sunday night, and I was so blessed and refreshed! I want to blog about it, but I want to do it when I'm more awake, so I can collect my thoughts better. I believe the "theme" for our Christmas letter was "born" during the concert. :)

Anyway, I wanted to get on here and just get a few thoughts out and I guess make an unofficial list for myself. :)

Need to go get lunch ready.

Have a wonderful Tuesday!

5 Question Friday....giving this a try....

Ok, so here's my attempt at "5 Question Friday". I have no idea how to link back, so I'm not going to try. :) My main reason for doing this, is I wanted to post today and thought this might be more interesting than me talking about our new furnace and who's still sick. :)

Here we go...

1. Favorite gift you are GIVING this year?

Hmmm, I'm pretty excited about what I've gotten for the kids so far, but I think right now I'm most excited about 2 ornaments I'm giving.

One is for my hubby (E). It's Hallmark's "Remembered With Love" ornament (and if I knew how to post a pic of it, I'd do that:) ) E's mom passed away in '96 and this ornament has an opening for a picture and under the picture is says, "Remembered with love." Then on the back it says, "The true testament of a life well-lived is the love we leave behind." I think he's going to be very blessed and I know he'll cry. It'll be a precious addition to our tree and another way for the kids to remember their "Grama who's in heaven". :)

I'm giving another one of these ornaments to a sweet friend who lost her Grandma earlier this year. It's really a gift for their family to enjoy and I'm looking forward to watching them open it tomorrow!

2. How many parties are you attending between now and Christmas?

Do school related "parties" count? Right now I'm not sure. Probably a few (including school get-togethers). What an exciting answer. :)

3. What is your favorite Christmas song?

Hands down, "O Holy Night". I don't have a favorite artist who does it, for me my favorite renditions are done by individuals who have a "big rang" and a "strong or powerful" voice (make sense?).

Another favorite is "O Come, O Come Immanuel".

My favorite type to listen to is the "older" renditions, you know Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin....mainly because my mom's collection consisted of the records, yes records, with those singers on it....I grew up listening to them and all the "oldie" renditions. :)

4. Who was your favorite elementary school teacher and why?

Hmmm, this one's a bit tricky since I didn't attend a public school. The school(s) I attended through 8th grade were like one room schools with several teachers, so I'll just name a few. :)

Mrs. Bryant (Kindergarten)

Mrs. Evans (3rd-ish)

My Mom :)

5. If you had a choice to live in any other period of time (other than now) what era would you choose and why?

I have a few that I think of...

The Civil War era.

Why? I love the dresses in Gone With the Wind. And I know I'd probably be sick of them in a weeks time, but it's fun to imagine. :)

The 40's-50's

Why? Things seemed a lot simpler and more wholesome back then. Everyone knew and were friends with their neighbor, you could let your kids play outside along and not have to worry about them being gone.

I guess like I said, just simpler and more wholesome, more family oriented. :)

I hope all of my answers made sense. :)

My littlest is up from her nap so I need to go.

Have a great Friday!!