As I type The Wiggles are playing in the background, making it difficult for me to focus. I should wait until tonight when the kids are in bed but I am saving that time for making Christmas cards, so I will push through this. Just be warned that I am sorry if I break out into song sometime during this post. It isn't my fault, it's those singing/dancing men's fault.
It is snowing again today. I feel sad about the snow coming. I think because I can't pretend that winter isn't here anymore. I wore my flip-flops up until last week. But -15C is a little chilly on the toes. (Oh no, Old Dan Tucker is playing, that's like my favourite song...Git Out the way old Dan Tucker, you're too late to get your supper.)
Winter has it's good points. I am looking forward to building snowmen with the girls, taking them out in the sled, maybe even going boarding with my hubby, though that last one is not for sure. I used to love to snowboard, and I think I still would, only I haven't been out in, um, almost five years. Five years! I have new snowboard boots that I bought just after my last time boarding, but I got pregnant before the next winter and haven't been since. Mostly due to babysitting issues.
But the cold, I dislike the cold. It makes it so much more unfun to go outside. We have to bundle up, make sure all our limbs are covered. I can't just open the door and let the kidlets run. And walking places isn't going to be nearly as much fun. I don't even know if I can fit the toddler backpack on me with my winter jacket on.
I should stop complaining. After all, we're not half as cold as up north where we lived before. They just had a bunch of days at -30C ish. And I am definitely grateful for that.
Another fact that I have to admit is coming is Christmas. It is a month away. One month! Since we are staying down south and not going up to our parents' houses, I technically don't have a ton of preparations to do. I can do as much or little as I want. I have no parties or anything planned, oh well actually we are getting together one night with our friends down here, but just the one family. So nothing HUGE or anything. And, I will openly admit it now, we are not even doing a tree! It almost feels sacrilege to me, but it just doesn't fit into our lifestyle right now. I don't have the patience to keep the girls (namely Leigh) away from it. I don't know if we will ever have a tree.
But I do love the idea of making ornaments and doing decorating with the girls, so my plan is to hang garlands around windows and bookshelves and the china cabinet, and to decorate those with ornaments. So this year is really my first year of decorating our house for Christmas. I'm kind of nervous. I hope it will look nice. And I can already hear all my friends and family telling me that it will and does. Don't you love the voices in your head of all your friends? I don't need to talk to them in real life ever because I already know what they will say.
I had planned on having my Christmas cards and shopping and decorating done by mid-end November, but so far I haven't done any shopping or decorating. But my cards are very close to being done so that is something!
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