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Baby Steps

Hope you've had a good day today. We have been having some lovely autumn weather at our house! Yet I still have the urge to get the Christmas decorations out. Normally I am one of those people who likes to get Thanksgiving completed before moving on into the Christmas festivities. But there is just something about this year that has me ready to get all of the holidays going and squeeze out all the wonder.

So my house now has icicle lights hung 3/4 of the way across the front. It's a small start but still an official start!

I can't wait for the holiday cooking shows on Food network and the Christmas romantic comedy movies to begin.

We also did a little rearranging today along with some cleaning out. I am going through the children's things and doing away with broken toys or the things that just don't interest them. I still have a ways to go until I can check "satisfied" or "completed" on my mental list. But still, like the Christmas lights, I can say it is an official start. I'm also hoping to do a bit of painting in one of the bedrooms as well. When, well, I can't really say. Finding the time and energy when the children are asleep is the problem! They would oh, so , love to help out!

The GuitarMan has moved on from New Orleans. I thought they would finish up there on the tour but they left this afternoon headed for another destination in Louisiana where they will sing tomorrow. From there it is on to Mississippi.

Supper tonight was just a simple old kid's favorite, gourmet hot dogs. Slitting the middle and filling with sliced cheese, then toasting in the oven is what makes them gourmet. :) And I even gave everyone their choice on chips....Doritos, cheese curls or plain chips! But while I was slaving away on that(ha!) we also had a whole chicken roasting on the grill for tomorrow. So that's done....smells sooooo good!

All in all, it was a good day. Not perfect, but good. Nothing so bad a gooey, home baked Chocolate chip cookie couldn't help. :)

I hope tomorrow is a beautiful day to spend worshiping the Savior!

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  1. ShanaNovember 10, 2009 at 10:42 AM

    I am with you! Baby steps is what gets it done. And prepping for Christmas now, just makes the anticipation all the more highened! Glad you had a good week :)

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