I got my Christmas letter finished today and copied. I must have had to proof it five times before I found all the spelling errors. Sometimes it is hard to see the obvious the first (and second and third) time through. Grateful that is a print. I have started addressing cards but it will take me a bit to get through the list. Plan on getting them in the mail within a week so I can cross that project off my list.
I got the laundry room cleaned last night. Plan on doing the guest bathroom and my bathroom tonight. Tomorrow I will do the hallways and steps and then Monday the three main rooms. It feels possible that I will get it all cleaned. I got the study and my bedroom finished earlier.
The Christmas sacks I will use to do part of my Christmas wrapping came in today. They are big enough – I was not sure if they would be when I ordered them. I will start getting Christmas presents wrapped – I mean thrown in a sack and tag put on them. I do things the easy way most of the time. I do have some packages for the kiddos that I will wrap. It is more fun to have to unwrap something instead of just taking it out of a bag.
I have misplaced two sympathy cards I purchased a week or two ago and two gift certificate cards that I got when I was in Topeka Tuesday. Surely they will show up? I can’t remember what I did with either of the things. I hate when I do that. I think I am organized and efficient until something disappears and I can’t find it. Hope I didn’t throw them out by mistake.
What a perfect day on the prairie today. it was in the upper 60’s and little to no wind. The skies were bright blue with just little clouds here and there. There is a cold front coming in overnight and it is to possibly rain and be colder tomorrow. We need the rain so hoping it finds the prairie.
I had a great deal of difficulty finding sleep last night. I doubt that I got two hours of sleep all night. I laid down this afternoon for a nap and got about 30 minutes of sleep. I even had trouble finding sleep when I took nap. Feel better now than I have all day though. I was sure tired this morning and had a low energy type of day. Sure wish I could figure out my sleep problem and do something about it. That is my major health concern and there appears to be no easy answers for it. I so envy those that can lay down and go right to sleep and can sleep all night long. Not something I can do very often. Crossing my fingers that tonight will be an easier night to find sleep.
I violated a boundary yesterday. I didn’t even realize it until today. I felt so justified at the time doing what I did but I got to thinking about it and I had stuck my nose in someone else’s business. I didn’t ask permission before I interacted with them. Dang! This is going to take me some time to learn. It felt like an emergency of sorts at the time but even so it was still a boundary violation. I’m grateful I recognized it today for what it was and can learn from that. Maybe next time I can catch myself sooner. Not my garden – not my business!
I may go to town tomorrow to buy the last few things on my grocery list. I am afraid the store will be out of what I need if I wait until Tuesday. I think Ellexia has a basketball game Tuesday to cheer at so will be back in town then. I want to get some flowers for the serving bar and didn’t want to get those early but if I go to town Tuesday I can get those then. They are not essential so if they are out no big deal. The other stuff I need is much more essential though and getting them a day or two early won’t hurt.
I still need to clean out my refrigerator so it is as empty as possible so I have lots of room to put stuff in Thursday. I don’t think there is too much extra stuff in there but I usually find something when I go to look. It will be nice to get the huge turkey and the ham out of there Thursday morning. That will free up a lot of space.
Feels good to have Christmas almost ready. When the kids were small and I worked full-time, I would take a week of vacation in October and do all my Christmas shopping then. The stores weren’t crowded and the kids were in school and it was easy. Got a bit harder to do as the kids got older and became pickier about what they wanted. I hate last minute shopping and the stress of doing things last minute. I don’t like Christmas anyways and having a long to-do list that has a time urgency to it is not good for me. I don’t handle that type of stress well. We are having Christmas in three weeks so I am in good shape this year.
Grateful for a beautiful day on the prairie today, grateful things feel possible to be done by Thursday, and grateful my Christmas letter is printed and ready to put into cards.