Christmas

Less than a week till Christmas, and SO-O-O-O much to do! I know I'm not alone in this, but how easy it is to lose sight of what the season is about in the middle of the chaos! And I guess blogging isn't really on the top of the must-do list, but sometimes a little goofing off helps the brain! Ok, must go back to the list... Merry Christmas!

Advent ideas

Ok - so instead of grumbling about the commercialism of Christmas, here's a positive thing to try...
http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/christmas_advent.htm
Maybe it will help us focus a little more on, well, not ourselves!

Christmas and kids

Wow! I can't turn on the tv at all right now. It just blows my mind how aggressively kids are being marketed to... Maybe I'm getting old, but I don't remember the pre-Christmas "gimmees" being this bad. Thank you God, truly, that our girls haven't really joined in on that - please let it stay that way!!