Thursday
Dec132007
Holiday Classic: 12 Days To Christmas & OTTMGD
Thursday, December 13, 2007 at 10:56AM
A classic Rebel Blog from 2005, as appropriate this year as ever -- enjoy!
I just realized it's almost noon, the 13th of December -- officially, Twelve Days to Christmas, and they seem to be catching speed toward The Big Day. It's certainly time to launch myself out of bed (oh, I'm dressed, just keeping warm!) and GET BUSY...
I would launch into an exhaustive account of gifts to buy, cookies to bake, presents to wrap, school events, holiday parties, stuff to do, ad nauseum, but I'm just...well, I'm not (for once in my life as a mother) "too tired" because I refuse to work myself into the holidaze frenzy again this year. I'm just...over it.
I'd like to think I'm a better woman, wife, and mother for it. The calendar over the next 12 days is full, and I definitely have deadlines and To Do scraps, notes, post-its, and actual lists, too (I wouldn't be me without them), but this year I am not buying into the insanity.
This year, we're not travelling, so we don't have that particular madness looming ahead. Still settling into our new house and neighborhood, we're going to stay home and enjoy it. Beyond that, I'm taking it one calendar day at a time -- whatever event or deadline appears in the box for the day. It's like having my own personal Advent Calendar, except without the chocolate, uncovering a new surprise each day.
On a Good Day, there's only one event, goal or task: Today, the One Thing That Must Get Done (OTTMGD) is to get the gift package in the mail to Walla Walla, Washington, to my brother and sister-in-law, and -- more importantly! -- Max and Quinn (niece and nephew). Yesterday's OTTMGD was to finish the shopping and wrap the gifts for the Walla Walla box, so I can accomplish today's mission, and move on to the rest of the holiday shopping and wrapping...oops, I almost got a little freaked out there! ONE DAY AT A TIME.
I just realized I could almost sound as if I am recovering from something, in one of those programs -- maybe I am. Recovering Manic Moms -- Manic Moms Anonymous...
Of course, there is always work too, and the work calendar, taking that one day at a time as well. Today: HOLIDAY HUMOR GIFT SUGGESTIONS. (I'd better get to it!) Check it out in Rebel Reviews .
I just realized it's almost noon, the 13th of December -- officially, Twelve Days to Christmas, and they seem to be catching speed toward The Big Day. It's certainly time to launch myself out of bed (oh, I'm dressed, just keeping warm!) and GET BUSY...
I would launch into an exhaustive account of gifts to buy, cookies to bake, presents to wrap, school events, holiday parties, stuff to do, ad nauseum, but I'm just...well, I'm not (for once in my life as a mother) "too tired" because I refuse to work myself into the holidaze frenzy again this year. I'm just...over it.
I'd like to think I'm a better woman, wife, and mother for it. The calendar over the next 12 days is full, and I definitely have deadlines and To Do scraps, notes, post-its, and actual lists, too (I wouldn't be me without them), but this year I am not buying into the insanity.
This year, we're not travelling, so we don't have that particular madness looming ahead. Still settling into our new house and neighborhood, we're going to stay home and enjoy it. Beyond that, I'm taking it one calendar day at a time -- whatever event or deadline appears in the box for the day. It's like having my own personal Advent Calendar, except without the chocolate, uncovering a new surprise each day.
On a Good Day, there's only one event, goal or task: Today, the One Thing That Must Get Done (OTTMGD) is to get the gift package in the mail to Walla Walla, Washington, to my brother and sister-in-law, and -- more importantly! -- Max and Quinn (niece and nephew). Yesterday's OTTMGD was to finish the shopping and wrap the gifts for the Walla Walla box, so I can accomplish today's mission, and move on to the rest of the holiday shopping and wrapping...oops, I almost got a little freaked out there! ONE DAY AT A TIME.
I just realized I could almost sound as if I am recovering from something, in one of those programs -- maybe I am. Recovering Manic Moms -- Manic Moms Anonymous...
Of course, there is always work too, and the work calendar, taking that one day at a time as well. Today: HOLIDAY HUMOR GIFT SUGGESTIONS. (I'd better get to it!) Check it out in Rebel Reviews .
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