I am sincerely hoping that I start getting Christmas cards in the mail instead of nasty nasty bills. Today I got a final notice – not from the cable company (whose account we had closed and thought we paid off months ago) but from their LAWYER! For $88.67… So I had to get on the ‘phone and call the lawyer and then Ken and then the Cable company. Ken paid it online and then send the neccessary info off to each party. What totally got me wound up was that this was an account I opened back when I was plain old Lisa Reinsch… so in my name only. My name is something I am very proud and protective of. BUT it is dealt with… and Ken’s night job should have its first pay cheque come our way very soon. I know someday I am going to look back at these tougher times and be glad we made it through them together and glad that the difficulties have helped shape the person I have become. Good times really do not create personal strength, that is what the harder moments do.
Sunday we had my mom over (we missed church since Ken is still worn out trying to adjust to the 2 jobs) and we decorated out tree. The twins went nuts rushing around "helping" and then attempting to remove them. Although that is ok at Grandma’s we have the gate up around the tree like last year… LOOK BUT DON’T TOUCH!! LOL We only had one incident of ornament stripping and only one string on a brass one needs to be replaced. It is a beautiful tree if I do say so myself.
I got ALL my shopping for Ken done out with my mom. Stocking stuffers and all, now I am just waiting on a delivery from the one item I ordered online… and some time to wrap them when Ken is not home and the kids are all asleep. The past 2 nights Emanuel has not been sleeping well so I am not sure I can stay up past Ken leaving for work tonight and do it. I have the huge box that Emanuel’s Intellitainer came in to put Ken’s main gift in so that he can’t guess exactly what I got him. He is so horrible about that – always guessing or accidentally finding the gifts I buy him. One year I got smart and hid some books I got him down low – under the bed, what does he do a week before his birthday but stick his hand under the bed while we were laying there talking and found them! BAH In our tiny little apartment where DO you hide gifts? This year I had to just put all of them in the big box in dark bags and said DON’T TOUCH/PEEK/SHAKE/ETC. So far so good but it certainly has me wanting to hurry up and wrap the darn thing.
Our first Christmas party is on Saturday. Ken has to work later that night but with us taking the twins we should be home way before that anyway. My mom leaves for Calgary to visit my brother (solo she has basically broken it off with her boyfriend this week) and his girlfriend Cindy (Beware James’ site has swearing and are definately his OWN opinions lol) Saturday morning. Tomorrow we have to go to the church to get our family picture taken for the pictoral directory and Thursday afternoon Ken is off to the city for another appointment. Here’s hoping no fire scares this time! So I have to have James’ dozen cookies iced tonight to give to mom tomorrow when we drop off the twins… and then I want to get the rest of our cookies done before Saturday since we give them as part of people’s gifts.
Hopefully – I REALLY hope – we will be done Christmas shopping by the middle of next week. I have those last few people who are simply IMPOSSIBLE to shop for. Keeping in mind out budget lol. I am just hoping the rest of the week will go nice and smoothly. I want a relaxing rest of the month PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!