OK, I SAID IT.... ENOUGH ALREADY.

I'm really not in the spirit of the holiday this year, dunno why but it just ain't happening. But I'll manage to smile and get through it somehow. OK maybe I won't be smiling......

ANYWAY....................

The tree is up and the house is decorated and the stocking are gonna be hung by the chimney with care sometime today. Then it's put away the 157 boxes that were taken out of the attic containing said decorations. Then clean up the mess from cleaning up the mess.


Then it is company and dinners and more company and the unexpected guest bearing gifts and the kid who spills a five gallon cup of red koolaid on the white carpet but neglects to mention the fact to any adult on the premises.

We just decided last night that it would be a good idea to buy some presents for the kids before next weekend gets here. Nothing like waiting until the last moment to go to the stores.

My oldest son (8th grade) went to his first formal (sorta) dance last night. Turns out that he was the only boy that showed up in a suit. He had bought his GirlFriend a carnation wrist corsage and she had gotten him a rose buttoneer. They were the only ones that had flowers on. My son said that every time they went to dance everyone in the place that had a camera came running to take pictures of them because they looked "so cute". They had a great time. She had 3 or 4 of her girlfriends meet at her house and we took him over there so we could get pictures of them too. So he got to make a grand entrance with 4 lovely ladies surrounding him. As usual. He is THE chick magnet of the school. He pretty much has choice of which girl he wants and it's hard to choose when there are ten of them all giggling "pick me"..... poor kid. The one that is his GirlFriend has been all school year. She hasn't ever had a boyfriend and wasn't sure if she wanted one.... playing hard to get works every time! She's a DOLL! and a very nice girl too from a nice family so that is a plus!