Boxing Day

How was Christmas? We had a good holiday. My youngest hosted Christmas Eve. I brought the main dishes, but he did a great job with everything else. 

Grand-baby was really sick with a juicy, snotty cold (which I'm sure I'll be seeing in a day or two). It put a damper on our first Christmas with him, but he's a real trooper. Tired parents too. 

Christmas Day was fun. I'm glad I was well prepped for our little group. I did all the things that I planned, even with a toned down day. Christmas craft ornaments were a hit. Food was good. Two taste-off contests for chocolate and pound cake. I piped fancy buttercream and made flavored whipped cream. Little touches that made me happy even though the day wasn't what we expected. 

Today begins the MASSIVE house organization ahead of putting it on the market. I'm starting with the heavy hitters (eat the frog first). By Monday I SHOULD be mostly finished with just miscellaneous areas left to organize. First up -- primary closet and bathroom. Biggest of all -- even more than the kitchen and pantry tomorrow because I need to make a lot of decisions on what to keep in my closet. That will require trying on, thinking, etc. 

Lord help me.

And, I'm still putting some me-stuff on the calendar. Hiking Friday and Sunday afternoons. Maybe a visit with my grandson if he's feeling better. The house stuff will get done. I have more time than I'm giving myself. The realtor comes next Thursday and we go from there -- it's fine to still have areas left to prep. The house won't be on the market until probably end of January. 

I've already hit my to-do list hard this morning. Wedding stuff doesn't stop for a house sale or Christmas and I'm in total wedding/shower planning mode. Written rehearsal dinner invites finished (waiting to mail because the post office was out of stamps!!!) and I sent electronic shower invites this morning.

I'm grateful my energy is better and grateful for a healthy back {knocks wood}. I've been going at top speed and my endurance is holding well. I expected a toned down January and that's exactly NOT what's happening. I've been working hard on changing my attitude about it. Saying it's "so much, too much, so hard" isn't helping. I'm focusing on the fact that this is good and making a point to enjoy the process. It's actually working reasonably well. I might have a meltdown (or two) in my future, but I'm being pretty chill otherwise.

And, if you know me --- that's a shock!

No pictures since dang bots and I don't want to share my grandson's photo but I'll leave with this little poem. Later gators.