It's the most Wonderful time of the year!

Most of the time....

Things are pretty crazy with us right now. Ok, so I don't know that they are "never" crazy with us, but right now it's true.
I work for the Post Office and love my job. Yesterday was a little hard though. We had terrible weather on the weekend and it left a layer of ice over everything. With it being Christmas there are tons of packages, for which I am very grateful. I love delivering Christmas to people. The looks on their faces when they get a card or a gift from a loved one is a blessing to me. Especially the older folks when they get pictures and cards. They love it and I love delivering them. Yesterday was hard though. That ice really caused lots of problems for me and it slowed things way down. It's hard to stay "happy" when everything seems to go wrong repeatedly.

When I finally got home after a quick stop at the store, I made the mistake of just sitting down. Big mistake for me at night. If I can keep standing, I can keep going. If I sit down, I'm done. I sat here at the desk staring at the screen, but I'm not sure that I actually did anything. I think I might have just stared at the screen. I went to bed after I realized that I had been asleep sitting up with my hands on the computer keys. Pretty sad.

Today hopefully will be a better day. Jessalyn is going to run off and do something with her Aunt. Jacob is working on projects around the house. Will is off to work and so am I. We have a busy week planned too. Wednesday will be youth where we are composing a letter to our child Ashaba that we sponsor each month. Thursday night I'm sure will have something going on. Friday is blowing insulation into our attic and then the youth are coming over to have a pizza party and work on our huge Christmas project that is a present for the whole church. Saturday Will and I are going out with our friends for a shopping and lunching day. I'm looking forward to it. Sunday will be church, potluck, a funeral for a great friend of ours and then a pampered chef party that my friend and I are giving.

We were blessed with a way to get Will a new lawnmower and snow blower. Things have been really tight financially, but there was a little extra and he was in need badly for equipment that actually worked. He really did his homework and we traipsed around and found just what he was looking for. He got a huge discount on a 42" deck lawnmower and found a 28" snow blower. I hope that they both last as many years as the last lawnmower did. He's a happy camper. He has power tools!....insert Tim Allen man laugh here (he has been).

As I said...it's a wonderful time here. Things are busy. Jacob decorated the entire house inside and out with lights. Our ugly/beautiful fiber optic tree is lit and there is now snow on the ground. If we can get this week out of the way....we are on the home stretch for Christmas. I hope you all are having a great time too!