…and I’m sooo not ready! I still don’t have decorations up inside the house and haven’t put up the tree. I’m off work all day tomorrow, so I hope to get everything finished then. Will probably not get the tree decorated tomorrow, but at least I’ll have two days this weekend to get that finished.

Still have to get gifts for Patrick and Veronica–I have no idea when I’m going to go shopping or where–and need to send off a few more from some online sites. Finished all the shopping for Robin, Kevin and Soula last night (thank God for Amazon!) and everything but one item shipped today.

And then there’s the baking. Have 2 kinds of cookies and 2 kinds of fudge to make–thank you Patrick for being demanding this year. Have at least made a list of foods for both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day but still need to make a grocery run. And since I’m working next Monday and Tuesday, I really have to get all this done this weekend. I think I’ll be putting in a few 12-14 hour days.

Meanwhile, it feels very Christmasy outside. It rained for two days earlier in the week and is really cold outside. Thus the snow level in the mountains dropped really low. The foothills up behind my house are covered with beautiful white snow. I can tolerate the cold right now since it’s Christmas, but it had better end right after that! At least we can have a fire on Christmas Eve and not feel foolish.