The Week Before the Week Before Christmas

The stress has hit and the frenzies have started! Christmas is in the air and we can not avoid it any longer. I was feeling pretty good about my Christmas planning so far. I did most of my shopping the day after Thanksgiving, yes I am one of those crazy people. We did all of our decorating that weekend as well. So needless to say I was feeling pretty relaxed about the whole thing. That is until today! For some strange reason it hit me this afternoon that I needed to do this and that and get the house clean, and finish the laundry , and blah blah blah! I did not recognize the symptoms at first but I do now it is TWBTWB Frenzies (the week before the week before). For some reason the week before Christmas is ridiculously busy for me. I always thought it was because I was a teacher and usually held off to do a lot of shopping until I got out for break. Now I just think it is going to happen no matter what. So in anticipation for that week before Christmas I have the week before stress. HA! This week I will buy the stuff to bake the goodies, finish the wrapping process, and buy those last minute stocking stuffers that the boys just decided they could not live without. :) We are adding a few detours this week that were not planned in advance. The Wylie Pirates have made it to the State Football Finals and now we are going to Houston for the weekend. Not at all in the plans, but hey we would not miss it. It is also giving us an excuse to go see Chad and Samantha. So to all of you that suffer from the same frenzies as I do know that the cure is only 2 weeks away.