twas the second week before christmas

I had promised myself that I would update this blog at leat once a week so that you my faithful readers would not abandon my blog out of sheer annoyance. It is now wednesday night, over a week since my last update, and I decided to get my butt moving and sit down at the computer. Since there was no new "Lost" episode on tonight I had some extra time to take some pictures. We tried really hard to get one of her smiling but she was more in a staring and drooling mood.

The Christmas season is upon us again and with it comes the inevitable guilt of overeating chocolate and spending too much or not enough on christmas gifts. Then of course there are the christmas cards. I have already recieved a few and the chances of me actually sending out cards this year are not looking to good right now. I have never been one for sending out christmas cards and I feel really bad about it now that I could be sending out some really cute Natalie-themed christmas cards....maybe some delayed cards may arrive in January but don't hold your breath. As for christmas gifts we decided a couple years ago to parse down our shopping to stocking stuffers only. This has saved me the chore of fighting the crowds at the malls and the racking up of my visa unnecessarily. I remember many years ago my Grandma and Grandpa Wiggans sent out the cutest card explaining why they would no longer be buying christmas gifts for everyone. There was a poem and the last line said "please no gifts for us two for God has given us the lot of you" and I love this so much because there is no gift that is as good as being with your family and friends at Christmas. Lastly as for the overeating of chocolate all I can say is that I got a head start with a costco sized box of nanimo bars, never again will I allow these tasty little bars into my home, its just too much temptation and I am weak, so very very weak.

Thaks to all our guests who came to our christmas party on Saturday we had so much fun that we just may be crazy enough to do it again.