The First Sunday Confessional of 2010

I'm C&Ping a comment here. I can see it on the administrative side, but it's not showing here. Laura, I apologize, I have no idea what's happening with your comment. -Heather
Laura:
I recently married into a family that doesn't celebrate Christmas. I have to be honest. Not having to decorate and not rushing around fretting about the money to purchase gifts...no hustle and bustle...Just taking the extra time and spending it with family...I have never felt more relaxed and Christmas-y!

I recently married into a family that doesn't celebrate Christmas. I have to be honest. Not having to decorate and not rushing around fretting about the money to purchase gifts...no hustle and bustle...Just taking the extra time and spending it with family...I have never felt more relaxed and Christmas-y!

I bet it was nice in a way not having to put all the stuff away from Christmas. If you are like me, I love putting it out but hate putting it away. I procrastinated on it for a day or two and finally finished last night. My almost three year old kept asking where the tree was. I felt sorry for her. She thoroughly enjoyed all the decorations and would have been content having them out for a lot longer. We also have a crawler (almost walker) in the family, so the tree and many other things caused stress for me. I plan next year to put everything out much earlier -- maybe mid November and then add the tree Thanksgiving weekend. Anyway, all that said I am sad too having it all gone. I wish I had taken more pictures (this is always an area of guilt for me). I find myself enjoying the moment and forgetting to record the moment. I plan on putting all three girls in their Christmas pajamas tonight and getting a picture of all three together. Cheesy, but somehow I need it. Happy New Year!

I didn't take Christmas stuff down this week like we normally do, but we all had the stomach flu, so my excuse stands. :) My house is a horrible mess right now, and I don't know if it will look better before I do my spring cleaning. Honestly, it's close to freezing outside, and it motivates me even less to do something.

My confession for this week is that my house actually looks worse than before Christmas break. I took tomorrow off while the kids go back to school to get some semblance of order. But now I don't want to do anything but go to the library and get lost in a good book.

Other confession: being on vacation is dangerous for me. I spend more money while not working than I could ever think about spending while working. Ebay and I have become fast friends again!

Us either! It took SO long to erase all traces of last year that we just couldn't face digging it all out and doing it again, only to be faced with not having the time or inclination to take it all down until well into spring!

Honestly? I didn't miss it.

Well, you were gone for Christmas. I rarely decorate, to be honest. It's such a busy time of year.

I had two weeks off and didn't enjoy it like I wanted to. Our dog died, we got a new dog, I had some anxiety issues and a conflict with my son's doctor as a result...anyway, I was really hoping for a relaxing break but had a hard time relaxing.