Tricia

Christmas is over

Am I the only one feeling a little relieved Christmas is over? Now don’t get me wrong I love Christmas but it can be very stressful. Between finding great gifts, cooking, decorating and gift wrapping I am exhausted. Around 12:45 a.m on Christmas Eve my hubby and I prepared to wrap gifts. Well it turns out that I somehow forgot to get my 6 year old gifts. Well we had 1 of her gifts but that is it. I...

Tricia

17 days…..

Yep there are 17 days until Christmas. So when do my kids start the good Christmas behavior? When I was younger I remember at least trying to be on my best behavior starting around Thanksgiving. Even more when I found out there was no Santa Claus. I think my kids skipped the meeting because their behavior is actually getting worse. There is more arguing and more breaking of rules. Oh don’t let me...

Tricia

Is it too early?

I know it only October but Christmas is on my mind already. In the past I have always spent too much money on gifts. What gets me is those last minutes gifts. Every year there is always just one more gift that I need. I think it has been hard for me because I used to be a huge shopoholic. I used to shop for next Christmas on the day after the current Christmas. I would always get the best deals the day...