tis the season??

christmas is 3 days away....and believe it or not, i am ready. got presents all wrapped and under the tree. yes, santa and i -we go way back. he stopped at our house early...no coal for the kids, he said. i asked if he watched closely, bc if it was up to me..... (just kidding) i love this time of year-except the craziness of it. but i love the smells of cookies baking, the laughter of all my loved ones, the sheer joy of my girls faces opening gifts. i love to see all my family-my sisters coming in town....but so often we forget the real meaning. and its easy to-when we live in a 'worldly world' and not a 'godly world'. the other night on the news, they were having to vote, an actual vote, on whether or not they could have a nativity scene out at city hall. because some dumbas* was putting up a fuss about the christmas story and the nativity scene. seriously? what is this world coming to? a vote over the scene of mary and joseph holding the baby Jesus??? it really irritated me. just for the record, they voted that it can stay outside of city hall.

seems my child is becoming more internet savvy than myself! (and i am fairly proficient) which is why i now will monitor her every move on the computer....so i am sure you have all heard of the webkinz craze....so jae has 3 webkinz and counting....she knows how to do basic navigation of the computer-she turns it on, goes to the internet and goes straight to the bookmarked webkinz page.....so then last night, i was on the couch, and she was playing webkinz (or so i thought) in the kitchen at the table. she says you gotta come check this out! this is so neat. so i go look--and she is on some webpage that you play 'fashion designer'. you get to dress the girls up, choose their hairstyle,etc. im like-how did you get to this webpage, and why didn't you ask???? she informs me that she went to google and did a search....what?!? since when does she know how to do this??? i obviously do not give her enough credit....i gently informed her that from now on, she is only allowed to go to the webkinz page unless she asks mom to get her to the tbs kids pg, etc. she was upset-and i explained to her that there are some 'not so nice pages' out there and what if she accidentally went to one of those pages.....freaked me out a bit...what else does she know????

dont really feel like getting out of bed today....its dreary outside. its currently raining out. all the snow is melting. supposed to turn into snow later. that will make for some messy weather i am sure. having christmas at my uncles today. should be fun. but really dont want to get out of bed at the moment to take my butt to the shower. ever have those days? you just want to sleep all day. to not shower? or worry about makeup or fixing your hair? yeah, today is that day for me. emersyn's with kell this weekend, and jaes in her room having timeout right now. dont ask....seems like a good time to take a small nap....

but before i do that....let me just say that i hope you have a merry christmas and a happy new year. take a minute-or two, to thank God for sending His son, Jesus. enjoy the time with your families and laugh. try not to drink too many eggnogs (ew) or christmas spirits, you certainly dont want to be the butt of this years christmas 'stories'......