Waking up on Christmas Eve. Working on my first cup of coffee and laying out my battle plan. Will go post on the Chit Chat thread later today.
Insanely busy last couple weeks. Made our decisions on our big purchases only in the few couple days (DH was being very indecisive). Made it all chaotic trying to pull it together. (Computers and technology -- so,...yeah. Complicated.)
I've decided I'm going to rethink my strategy on stocking stuffers. And will post a separate thread on that next week. So more on that later.
So the HHP works -- the house is put together. All is pretty much done - except for this last big item stuff which has been a real monkey wrench. Got a commitment from DH that all tire kicking will be done by Halloween next year so that things can be finalized by Thanksgiving. (I doubt that will happen but I did get a tire-kicking deadline on the calendar for 2016).
Finished last of shopping yesterday and just need to pick up fresh grocery items today for Christmas dinner. DH and I will be wrapping a good chunk of the day and then will take the kids to church early this evening for the Christmas Eve service. Looking forward to that because it is CALM.
Had a little Christmas moment last night with young DH. I got home after dealing with the whole computer thing for most of the day. As I'm putting down my purse and taking off my shoes, young DH comes out, gives me a hug and says "Mom, I want to go shopping". DS doesn't "do" shopping - at all. It is painful for him. Hates stores. He really didn't have anything he needed to get and town is a half hour away. I had SO much wrapping to do. Then it occurred to me we really hadn't been out together with all the shopping and Christmas lights. He had taken care of his gift-giving earlier in the month and it was pretty quick. So he hadn't had the whole "experience" this year of going and wandering with hot cocoa and looking at the lights. He'd declined going when the rest of us went. And here it was 2 hours to bedtime on the 23rd and he wants to go. :-O
Any other time I seriously would have said no, but its Christmas so I said yes and pulled my boots back on. Back into town we went. And it was great. And we had such a nice time together wandering around the stores and looking at the lights. Hot cocoa turned out to be Jamba Juice but hey, it was what he wanted.
Anyhow, just a nice magical night with my youngest. Love that.