Gift wrapping

Well tonight I wrap and wrap and wrap. I haven't wrapped a single gift and Christmas is only two more days away. I am waiting for the kids to go to bed so I can wrap the larger items, but the smaller items I need to work on now. Wrapping doesn't bother me, but since I use my bed as a work area, I end up with a sore back before I finish.

The weekend before Christmas

This past weekend we had a great time. It started with a Sunday School class Christmas party. The kids had so much fun being with their friends. Getting together with other adults is a great stress relief. I wish we had more opportunities to get together with friends.

Then we went to see the Nutcracker ballet. Elizabeth was practically leaping in her seat. She enjoyed watching the dancers. She leaped her way back to the van, and leaped through Grandma's house all evening.

Sunday was Pamela's 10th birthday. The class sang Happy Birthday to her and then she had her birthday dinner at Grandma's. She picked her usually, Pizza.

So now we have three days to finish getting ready for Christmas.

Christmas Layouts

I've seen some wonderful Christmas layouts on other blog sights, but no matter what I do I can't get one on my blog. Bummer.

Wow, what a Fall. First Hurricane Gustav came through and took trees, roofs, and electrical lines with it. We were a few weeks without power. The days were fine, a bit hot, but the nights were the worst. We couldn't sleep in the heat and our sinuses made us even more miserable. Will was working six days a week and the overtime pay helped us a lot. But then the ball dropped. A test that he had failed at work came up for a retake. Instead of giving him a test on the material that he had failed they added extra stuff. We know they did this purposefully to get rid of Will, but it was not a correct action. So on October 8th, Will was terminated from his job.