New Year's Day

Happy New Year!

Christmas trees: 2 (bought a 2nd artificial tree during Macy's sale)
Ornaments: too many to count (where are all the boxes?)
Football games: I'm so DONE with football by now!
Holiday candles half burned: 7
Daughters helping put Christmas decor away: 2
Resolutions: 5 and counting (1 is sew a minimum of one hour a day)
New diet cookbooks: 2 (see resolutions, again, sigh)
Quilts to finish: 5 (don't tell Dan!)
Ideas for new quilts: 3 (again, don't tell Dan!)
Sounds of Dan organizing holiday cleanup: priceless!
Hopes for 2009: too many to count!

All the best for a very Happy New Year!

Fa la la la la . . .

You know it's Christmas when:

1. Carrie and Ashley are in bed together singing Christmas carols
2. Dan is making one last trip to the grocery store
3. Carrie is learning to make Favorite Salad
4. Cleaning up for company coming tomorrow
5. Making breakfast egg casserole for Christmas morning
6. Wrapping the last gifts
7. Watching for the FedEx truck
8. Running out of Christmas bows
9. Making a gingerbread house
10. Going to the Heltons!!!!

No Christmas Eve service tonight due to expected rain storms.

"We wish you a Merry Christmas!
We wish you a Merry Christmas!
We wish you a Merry Christmas
And a happy new year!!!!"

Sending love and best wishes to everyone this Christmas and always!