Countdown to Christmas

Well, it's December 15th and I'm not feeling as frazzled as I thought would be. Most of the shopping is done, and I have hopes that one more night will do it. Then I remember my "Murphy's Law" record of shopping... You know, what can go wrong will?  What I should be able to find, I can't is how it works with shopping.

I hate shopping with Hubby because his shopping never goes that way. He walks in to a store, finds what he wants, and leaves. And then he wonders why it takes me so long. Well, this past week, he got a taste of my Murphy's Law shopping. We left home a little after 6 PM, and didn't get home until 10 PM. The first store we stopped at was full of "Shop with a Cop" people. The second store didn't have the sizes of shirts we wanted. The third store we found what we wanted. I talked him into going into Office Depot for toners, since we were right there. Probably 30-45 minutes later, we left there. They only had one register open, and everybody in front of us needed an override from the manager, who was AWOL each time. It was a very frustrating purchase, but we made it. Then we hit another store and couldn't find what we needed, but after asking customer service, we found it. Nobody in line at the checkout, so we thought we'd go right through. Wrong. The computer froze up and we had to move to another register, and wait on another override because the sale price advertised didn't ring up. Hubby was really frustrated and I couldn't help but say "Welcome to my world!"

This weekend, we had a big snowfall and plans for early Saturday were cancelled. I addressed Christmas cards while Hubby shoveled an estimated 8" of snow out of our drive, but at least it wasn't bitter cold. Saturday night Son had a soccer game so we ventured out, just as the snow was starting to drift over the roads. On our way back home, the roads were drifted in many spots, so it took us longer to get home than usual. Today has been a relaxing but productive day. I managed to get laundry done and some presents wrapped, made a list for my next shopping expedition, and will soon settle down to watch my favorite show while sitting in front of a roaring fire. I can't complain!

Oh, I almost forgot! We babysat the grand-hedgehog while Daughter went out of town. He's cute, but not cuddly like a puppy. But he's no problem at all to watch, either.

Again this week, I've been thinking of several friends going through tough times and praying for good things for each of them. I'm very blessed...

10 days until Christmas!