Monday, January 02, 2006

Christmas Resolutions

Well, I almost finished my Christmas gifts today. I did make good progress. At the same time Ron picked up and assembled Ryan's new bed. Looks like Ryan officially has his own room now. Hopefully it won't take too much longer to get a shelf/desk set-up and get all Ron and I's excess stuff out of there. So much for the guest/junk room! That's good news for the guests - the room will be nicer and Ryan will share - and bad news for the junk. Where will it go? I listed my ice skates (NEVER used them) and an old answering machine on freecycle today. Next is the box spring. I want to freecycle it. Ron wants me to sell it. Any bets on how long it will sit in the room waiting for something to happen to it?

And reflecting on Christmas in combination with the season of New Year's resolutions... I think I will start some of my gifts now. I always says "Next year will be better" and "I'll start sooner" but I think that perhaps the answer is to start now. Now the agony of rushing and not finishing is fresh in my mind. In October I've forgotten and I'm busy with Halloween, then I'm planning Thanksgiving then Holy Cow it's Christmas already and I'm not ready! I'll let you know if it works. :)

The other thing is the commercialism of Christmas - how to fight it within the family. How to teach the kids that Christmas should be about love. Choosing gifts for people you love, gifts specially selected because they suit the recipient, not gifts sent out of obligation to check everyone off the list. Don't really have an answer to this one.

I had something else I wanted to blog about but can't remember now. Guess I should just get to bed instead. Tomorrow we are back to school - no more vacation. I miss having my Monday errand time this week (I get almost 2 hours on Mondays that I can travel light -Felisa only- while Ryan and Bella's school times overlap). The rest of the week I have at least 2 kids the whole time). Looks like Bella and Felisa will be helping me shop for gift supplies after we take Ryan to the bus tomorrow.

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