december 19th

today's photo is of matt's "baby truck" stuck in a snow drift and i had to pull him out with the durango. that was crushing to his ego.

i woke up and started eliminating things on my to-do list. i love lists, they give me sense of accomplishment for the day when i get to cross something off.

i started with laundry. i got all but the towels caught up. and folded. laundry is my least favorite household chore to do. it's the same thing over and over... sort...washer...dryer...fold and put away. then the next day, the same thing. ugh. laundry makes me crabby.

i then tromped to the post office in the snow to mail the christmas cards. i would have drove, but i would feel really lazy since i live on the same block as the post office. it was cold and icy so i chose to walk in the yard instead of the sidewalk or street where is would be easy to slip. 

today is also my niece courtney's 11th birthday. i thought it was her 10th birthday, i don't know where time goes. but i got her a guitar shaped bulletin board that you can slide pictures in and a couple of cd's too. she's not going to have a very good birthday this year because everyone in her family has the flu right now. hopefully by sunday they'll be better and we can all somehow make up for it. i always love being a part of each one's birthday.

i love making things for my nieces and nephews. this year i decided to make them nap sacks. it's basically a fleece blanket that you can fold up and carry it as a bag. i'll take a picture when they're all done. i have 10 to make. usually i would be done with christmas stuff but this year i've been behind a bit. i should be done by sunday. so, i spent most of the day sewing and watching or rather listening to movies. 2 from netflix and 2 from the library. my fave out of the four would be what happens in vegas. it has ashton kutcher and cameron diaz in it. good movie.

matt interrupted my sewing for a little bit by coming in the house to inform me that he needed to borrow the durango for a little bit. i followed him and saw that the truck was stuck and laughed. i ran back to the house and grabbed my camera. i'm going to start a photo album of all the stupid stuff he does.

i must have read a little in a new book, christmas letters, because it was on the bed saturday morning. my medicine kicked in fast, i guess. now i have to start from the beginning because i don't remember what i read.

more tomorrow...