So I've had my new keyboard for almost 4 days now but haven't had time to sit down and get it installed when tonight i got it out of the box and read the directions and it took all of 30 seconds to plug it into the usb port and whaaalaaa it works! so i should have let Brad have at it.. anyway so now if you e-mail me i can actually answer you in more than a few sentence responses (if you've received an e-mail from me in the last 7-9 days it was typed via an on screen keyboard that i hunt and peck with my mouse so that's the reason for the awful grammar and typos etc. my excuse now.. I'm getting use to a new fancy ergonomic keyboard)...
Anyway not much new we went and got a Christmas Tree today but it's not actually decorated it's at least up in the living room to be decorated tomorrow night for family night...
Well I'm about half finished with Christmas shopping and I haven't even thought of Christmas cards yet so hopefully something brilliant will come to me before the end of next week.. this is where i always swear I'm going to write myself a letter telling myself not to get stressed and frazzled and just go with the flow and the kids will be fine with what ever they get regardless..
but then the evil KyLeyne comes out and tells me all the lies we all hear.. my kids MUST have this and that and a little more this or they will be horribly disappointed and Christmas will be ruined etc. etc.. which I know in my heart is a load of bull but it's another one of those balance things I'm obviously still trying to learn... am I the only one who has such conflicting emotions this time of year??? don't tell me I probably don't want to hear I'm the only wacko... I've set kind of a strict budget for the kids this year and actually it has REALLY helped me to just be able to say "nope not this year" I've actually shared the budget with Brad and he actually seemed to appreciate and be able to narrow down his "list" and really think about what he wants this year.. KayLea still doesn't have a great concept of money etc. so sharing the budget with her would be futile but actually since she just had a birthday she's actually one I'm at a loss for what to get her.. the few things she has asked for are VERY inexpensive so she may actually come under budget and have the "most" things under the tree.. the boys are learning that the older they get the fewer actual gifts they have under the tree but they realize they are "better" gifts..
I'm rambling now... it seems a little therapeutic to write this all out.. thanks guys for listening!!!
I'm sure there has been more going on but for the life of me I can't think of anything.. hope everyone had a great thanksgiving ours was VERY laid back and GREAT!!!
love to you all!
tata
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