1. I have a love/hate relationship with Christmas cards I love love love love getting them. I check the mail multiple times a day (I check it every other day during non-holiday times...whoops). I love seeing my friends' families. I love seeing the design they choose. Seriously, I adore getting them. We hang them on our kitchen door and the kids look at them every day.
However. The act of sending them is another chapter in itself. Getting a good picture (thank goodness for Amber Byrd...!), finding the right card, ordering cards, waiting for cards to arrive, addressing cards (and figuring out addresses that are missing/changed), sealing cards, stamping return addresses on cards, buying stamps, attaching stamps....and mailing.
But, it's worth it! I know it is! Hopefully others are as excited to get our card as I am getting theirs. And, truth be told, I love the whole entire process. All of it.
2. Usually, I make a big fat wish list for birthdays and holidays. I am struggling this year! It sounds so stupid! I don't know what to ask for! I have ideas for everyone else. I have a few ideas for myself-- I would like new dishes and I need a new pair of slippers... but I don't have a big list, like normal. Eddie does really well with a list. He is nervous going gift shopping without one. I promised I would work on one this week. Any must have things to ask for??
3. We have a bunch of holiday things coming up-- cocktail parties, dinners, nights out, New Years Eve.... and I have a closet full of clothes with nothing to wear... know what I am saying? I also suffer from being extremely cheap. I hate spending a lot of clothes. I went to the outlets today to do some Christmas shopping and I walked past Francesca's, the jewelry store...? There was a cute dress in the window so I stopped in... y'all, I could have tried on 60 things in there! They had fun going out tops that are easily paired with jeans or black pants or a skirt. I tried on a bunch of dresses and loved most of them-- one was wayyyy too short, but super cute. Every thing I tried on was under $50. Whaaaa???
I got this green dress...
And this fun dress for New Years Eve...
4. Andy wants a pogo stick for Christmas. Why? I wonder if he thinks it is easy to hop around? Where did he get that idea? Why? Seriously, Andy. Why?
5. Cal's reading has taken off in the past 2 weeks. It is crazy-- he is actually picking up a random book and reading it. I walked in to his room today when it got too quiet (y'all know the kind of quiet I am talking about.... nothing but trouble...), and he was reading to Andy- a book picked off of the shelf. It makes me proud and excited-- just crazy to watch him grown and learn. Makes me feel so blessed to have healthy kids.
6. All of that said above, I love teaching. I looooove my job with the 2 year olds. I loved teaching middle school. But I do not think I am cut out to teach my own children. I could never EVER homeschool. Talking about rhyming words yesterday about made me lose my mind. It is a hard concept for Cal-- cat and hat rhyme... why don't cat and cow rhyme? I say, "do they sound alike?" He says, "yeah- I hear the c sound..." and then I explain (AGAIN) how they don't rhyme and what makes words rhyme. And I want to scream: "WHY DON'T YOU GET THAT CAT AND HAT AND FAT AND MAT ALL RHYME?!?!?!?!?!" But instead, I say "you go ahead and repeat those words and see what sounds alike, while mommy walks away and counts to 10. Again."
7. I am knocking out the Christmas shopping this year- slowly, but surely. Today at the outlets, I really crushed my list. I love that place.
8. Speaking of lists- I am a list making queen. I always have been. Currently, I have a to do list, and to buy list, and to make list and a to blog list. I just started a "Carrie gift idea list" too. There's a chance I might have a list making problem. Maybe I should make a list to find out. HA!
9. I got a mammogram last month. I wrote about it a while back. Just being proactive. Cancer sucks. Why not try to catch it early? Well, I got the bill from that boob squeezing....$800. And guess how much our insurance covered? $50. Yeah-- and whole WHOPPING $50. It is infuriating. I have it on my list (ha!) to call them and discuss. Not that it will do any good. But seriously- would they rather have to pay for all of my cancer treatments? They are dumb.
10. I ordered a new phone case. And I love it. But I ordered the wrong size case. What is wrong with me? Can't decide if I should order a new phone to go in my new case? Or just a new case for my phone. That's a joke. kinda.
Those are enough things I am thinking for right now. What are you thinking???
(I am totally thinking more things, but I felt I needed to end this on number 10. Maybe I will do another one of these on next Thursday!)
