It's beginning to look a lot like....

Christmas! Today we got our tree (for the outrageous price of $47!! Next year, we are definitely getting a fake tree - no doubt it!). Ahren and Pete went to get the tree while Sean and I got the livingroom/diningroom ready for it (put away the non-Xmas stuff and got out the decorations). Right now, I have no idea how in the world we are going to get everything done that needs to be done by the 25th - we've not bought one gift yet! Tomorrow I will take care of the teacher gifts at the Alternative Market at church - my standby is a gift of chicks or bees or something from Heifer Project. I think I will also do that for my co-worker gifts - I'm really not a big gift buyer, so it works out nicely.

At some point we will need to actually do some kid gift shopping, which I'm dreading. And we still need to get to Lowe's or Home Depot and pick out some cabinets and fixtures, molding and lighting for the kitchen renovations that will happen during Xmas vacation.

Tomorrow the plan is that after church, we will do our usual cookie baking day and make bunches of cookies, which means I need to pick out the ones that we will do tonight to get the stuff for tomorrow. Ack!! More time - I need more time.