Fa, la, la, la, la

Hanging out at the Rush homestead since Tuesday night. It's been a wonderful, relaxing, fun several days. Jeremy's parents joined us for about a day and a half, and the house was warm and full -- just how it should be. Today was our family Christmas. Jeremy and dad then headed off to the Chiefs game, hopefully the rain won't dampen their spirits too much (pun only sort of intended ;) Seven minutes into the second quarter we're up by 7....go Chiefs!!!

May God bless you with joy, peace and comfort.

Merry Christmas!

in case...

...anyone was worried (note the heavy sarcasm in my tone), i have finally done some Christmas shopping and am actually almost done. Now comes one of my favorite parts of Christmas...anticipating the (hopefully) excited looks on the faces of my friends and family when they open their gifts.

Christmas shopping

I feel behind on my Christmas shopping, but am working to get over that. By shopping, obviously, but also on not feeling behind. I think the feeling stems from my housemate having all of her Christmas shopping done. But as Jeremy reminded me...there is no behind or ahead, simply a deadline. My deadline happens to be a little early than some (we're celebrating with our Wilmington family on Dec. 19 and leaving to be with our biological families on Dec. 20) but doable. At least, that's what I tell myself! I enjoy the change of pace during the holidays -- regular activities are replaced by shopping, wrapping, writing Christmas cards, partying, caroling, decorating, and sometimes cooking or baking. Problem is, some of those regular day-to-day activities can't be ignored forever. Finding balance, that's the key. Finding time to enjoy those unique holiday activities while still making sure day-to-day life doesn't get ignored. And all this while remembering to relax and avoid the frenectic pace that can accompany December. Okay, just rambling now.

in other news, we went to see Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe last night. In my opinion...fabulous! Of course, I love the books, so I'm a little biased, but I still think it's a good movie. Courage, adventure, sacrifice, second chances...great stuff.

you would think....

...that since a Christmas station on satellite radio would play quite the variety of Christmas music. I like Christmas music, cheesy, non-cheesy...doesn't matter. I can even put up with listening to it all day at work but I really start getting grumpy when I hear "The Twelve Days of Christmas" for literally then tenth time in a nine-hour period of time. 10 times people! Please, XM Radio. No more "12 Days." No more.