'Tis the season

Mom's sick and tired too! Ben and I are just getting over yucky colds. It doesn't help that I've frantically been trying to finish my holiday card addressing and wrapping of all the hanukkah presents for the boys. It took me two and a half hours of hauling out all the things I'd bought, sorting, arranging who gets what on what night, and then wrapping and labeling. Eight crazy nights start tomorrow!! We've got blue lights decorating the picture window, Manny the Menorah is out, and I put eight candles (battery operated to boot) in different windows that we'll light for each night. It's about all the decorating I could handle this year. And just in time for all the holiday craziness, we got a couple inches of wet, slushy snow last night. Since my husband has been writhing in pain since yesterday (etiology still unknown - details later), I was the lucky one who got to shovel the entire driveway - woo hoo. I guess we'll both be in pain tomorrow. Cal had a blast playing with all the neighborhood kids who were home for the snow day today! Hmmm...homebound today and no stamps for the holiday cards, isn't that always the way?! USPS.com here I come...PS. My card list is WAY too long this year. I'm keeping track and those I don't get cards from this year are getting the ax! wahahahahaaaa