Well where has the time gone. I have been supper busy along with everyone else, trying to get Christmas presents, the house organized, making cookies, and everything else a mom does before the holidays. I have really felt like I was about to pull my hair out but I did not and we survived. The hard part was that I was in Knoxville/Atlanta for a 4 day hiatus. I went to visit my friend who just had a baby three weeks earlier. We had a great time talking about sewing, babies, and other stuff. I tired to help out as much as I could with her other child and I loved holding her new baby. She was so sweet and was a typical 3 week old baby, slept, cried, ate. We also went to a sewing store and I bought some fabric for my new quilt. So it was great to see her and to actually have time to talk without interruption.
I also visited other work friends, a couple friend that we knew in Ohio and my old playgroup friends. It was great to have more time there and to really see and talk to old friends. I drove by my old house, ran in my old hood and I also shopped at my old favorite stores. On that Tuesday I went to Coke Headquarters in Atlanta to learn about their sustainability plan and their government relation activities. I almost did not get onto my plane home and I had a sneaky feeling since I could never print my boarding pass 24 hours beforehand that something was up. Well when I finally got to the airport instead of getting a seat assignment I got a "seat request". Which did not seem right since my other co-worker had an actual seat assignment. So I asked the customer service people and they said that I would have to wait and get one at the ticket counter. Well when I got up there they said that the plane was overbooked and that I did not have a seat. They also asked if I would like to get onto a later flight and I said "No, I have not seen my family in four days and I would like to get home to them." So anyway, they did their auction for people willing to give up their seats for a certain amount of money and I guess they had enough since I got onto the plane. After I got into my seat I kept saying to myself, "I am grateful that I got on this plane." If I would have gotten on the other flight I would gotten into Columbus 4 hours later which would have been around midnight. So I was happy that I got on the flight but then mad because I should have been on the flight in the first place. I had a confirmed ticket so they should have offered lots of money to get people off the flight since I wanted on it. But I know it does not always work that way.
Our Christmas was great. My mom was in town with her new boyfriend so I got to meet him. D's mom and step dad came up for Christmas eve dinner and Christmas morning. So that was great to have them around. The kids enjoyed their gifts and they were excited about all the activity and waiting for Santa to come down our fire inflamed chimney. I have yet to organize their toys or get rid of older toys. I am hoping to get that done sometime this week.
Well for some reason Photobucket is not uploading my pictures so I will have to post those later.
Things I am grateful/thankful for:
-A great healthy holiday season.
-Christmas if over :)
- It is snowing right this minute
-sharing another holiday season with friends and family
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