Nineteen Weeks Already...

The holidays are approaching! Trees are up; lights are sparkling; mall parking lots are filled! I started off in full holiday gear and by yesterday was snapping at everyone. I'm in scrooge mode - Christmas must be near?

Actually, I think my energy is still pretty sapped and while the morning sickness has eased off, I'm still achy and irritable.

Merry Christmas?


So, here's my plan to get us into the holiday spirit:

We're making a lot of our gifts this year.. and while we have all the supplies assembled, they have yet to "get done." Tomorrow begins the big Christmas present push!

We'd managed to clean out a good amount of our house, but after getting our tree and mostly decorating it, we now have a great big mess in our living room. That needs to be remedied. This will begin tomorrow while Alexandra is in school.

This year, we are going to make a gingerbread house. Alexandra and I will be trying our hand at making an all out old fashioned gingerbread house. There will be no hot glue gun shortcuts - this house will also be eaten immediately following the holiday!

We will begin a nightly tradition of hot cocoa and a Christmas book, followed by two Christmas songs/carols. This will also begin tomorrow.


Hopefully this will help put me in some kind of Christmas spirit. Alexandra is already festive and merry, so I'm sure she'll have no objections.

Maybe once I don't feel like nothing is going to be done or ready, I'll relax a bit and get into the spirit of the season. Until then, passerby's beware!! ;-)



Caveat: The trend I have towards feeling grouchy is, I have no doubt, due in large part to fluctuating hormones. I've lost a good amount of patience and this is definitely a season that requires it. Really, I'm trying to be merry and jolly, honest. I'd just rather curl up and sleep a lot of the time - and that, in turn, is making me cranky when I'm not curled up and sleeping.