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It's True!

Yes, Internet - we've moved!!! I haven't gone on and on about it, really, but for those of you who have not been tapped in to the daily grind, we built a house (yes, another one). We've actually been working on it for a year and a half now. It is beautiful and unique (but I won't post pictures right now), and we are working on getting settled. Scroll down and you will see some select Christmas decorations we've managed to get up (a mere 10 days before the Elf comes). It has been hard on the girls (well, Emma), who don't take change well, even though we only moved down the alley 4 houses. We managed to rent out our house at the last minute for a year lease with intent to buy after that. Not too bad, and I'm not complaining. So now we own two houses and are landlords. Very odd. Anyway, back to the kids. Emma wrote a letter to Santa yesterday. It wasn't a list - she said she just wants Ariel or Tinkerbell toys and he knows that. No, Internet, she wrote, PAINSTAKINGLY, "Miss my red house, I love it" - with a lopsided red heart. It is pathetic. The poor kid CANNOT get over leaving her Dora bedroom. Funny thing is, right when I got done painting that Dora, she hated it. She was afraid of Dora's magic wand, and, incidentally, didn't like the yellow in her room. That is, until we moved. Now she reminisces about her Dora big-girl room that she misses in her pretty red house. It's tragic, I tell you.

So we are mucking forward. I would recommend NOT moving during the holidays. Between the full time job (a first for this time of year, you should know) and the move, I am woefully behind. I've not made the Christmas cards yet, done the shopping (except for the girls, who we shopped for last weekend), baked any cookies - frosted or pizzelles, ordered any presents, wrapped any presents, well you get the picture. Were it not for the 3 inches of snow and the tree we managed to get up yesterday (did I mention Hubby went out and bought a new, pre lit one to get the job done?), I would not know it is nearly Christmas. And to boot, this week I came down with a bug that had me running to the bathroom during classes. It is really hard to teach that way.

I am sure it will all get done. Well, it might not. I am sitting here typing this instead of doing things that Need to Get Done. And many people may be getting magazine subscriptions this year from us. That is a nice, easy gift. And I may not get Christmas Cookies frosted this year. Well, I guess I can't do everything!

Old favorites!

Ho!

Noel !

Decor for the holiday!

Mission Accomplished

It's starting to look like Christmas!