December

I vividly remember writing my New Year's Day post, and now here I am entering the last month of 2013. It's a bit scary how fast the time is going. Not only scary, but overwhelming when I watch my kids outgrow their clothes or my to do list keeps getting longer. Sigh.

I've been such a grump lately for some reason. The holidays should be happy times, but all I can think about is "when am I going to have time for this?" Or "these Christmas decorations are looking so old and tattered."  Or "what should I get this person for a Christmas gift?" But then I go out to the stores and return empty handed because I either didn't find what I was looking for, or I found it and it was way too expensive, or the people at the store annoyed me to the point of simply wanting to return home as fast as I could.  Sigh.

I sure hope when I hit cruise control on December 20th that my happy face comes back on. We will see, I guess.

But in the meantime, I will continue to count my blessings one by one. Family is at the top of the list. Spent some quality time with most of them over Thanksgiving weekend. I never got my camera out, but did capture a few on my phone. You know I must be in a funk when the camera doesn't make an appearance.

This is Will and his "mean face."  I mean, he is cute. 

And this is my son either bored or jealous of the kiddie toys. Proud moment either way.

Okay. So here we go December. Let's do this with a smile on our face.