Eat, Read, and Be Mommy

Since it’s now December 30th, clearly my hopes of posting in odd moments were not realized. Here, then, is a quick recap of the rest of December…

1. So much putting off of Christmas cards. I didn’t even start addressing until Christmas week, and an entire category of my list is still waiting.

2. The switching of the bedrooms has been accomplished, with all three girls now downstairs, but the house is pretty much a wreck all over.

3. Much jam was made for neighbor gifts, but still more neighbors need treats. (See #1.)

4. Christmas Eve was kind of a hard day…

5. …that eventually got better but ended well after midnight.

6. Wonder of wonders, Santa and Mommy rocked Christmas this year. The kiddos were SO happy! (Daddy was a good sport about it perhaps not being the smaller Christmas we were thinking of, because a)he helped and b)he loves to see the kiddos happy.)

7. The kids and I did actually leave for Idaho the day after Christmas, after carefully following weather reports between Salt Lake and Boise, and we were infinitely blessed to nail our “between snowstorms” window. Much family was enjoyed by all.

8. My mother’s homemade doughnuts (made from my paternal grandmother’s recipe) were also enjoyed by all; words cannot express how amazing those are.

9. After snow all day on Wednesday and more careful weather tracking, we left Idaho by 4:15 this morning and were again blessed beyond measure on our drive home. There was a slick bit and patches of fog, but we again hit the ‘between storms’ window.

10. My fabulous mother-in-law has my children now, and while my house is absolutely still a wreck, it is at least blissfully empty (and with a running dishwasher!). My hubby is working and feeling sniffly, so our anniversary celebrations will be small, but a peaceful house is never to be underestimated.

11. That’s the bulk of December, folks–the Lord sure has been good to us.