Snow! We got a ton of snow last night. Dunno how the roads are yet.

Straight out of the can? That sound very unappetizing.

I have to finish Christmas cards (tiggy, thanks for the card!) and we need to shop for DH's family. I've finished buying for the kids and given my sister the money to shop for the other kids in the family. So I'll say we're half-way to being holiday ready.

The teacher was late, so I took the opportunity to run over to Whole Foods to grab takeout French toast and scrambled eggs, so I'm not starving the way I usually am at this time. I should do more breakfasts.

(2) hypnotizing Pete so he is willing to spend hours painting black bats on the frivolous pink furniture.

That reminds me that I need to buy a GSC long-sleeved tee. I can't decide which bat design, although I'm leaning very strongly towards Sharp Bat.

Matilda boggled at a 2-story Christmas tree and whispered, "oooooooh" into Emmett's shoulder.

Awwwwwwwww!

Speaking of breakfasts and cereals:

I just had a blinding revelation regarding Secret Santa duties, which I'll share here because it may help somebody besides me.

It's that I don't have to put together a big package all at once. I really want to knit something nice that will take some time, but I can put together a smaller package of less time-intensive goodies to tide the giftee over.

This will save me from dithering and procrastinating until the Ultimo-Bestest-Ever Sekrit Santa Package is put together, and my giftee won't be contemplating an empty cobweb-bedecked mailbox for the next X months.

I am reaching the point where I go from "I am going to slaughter you all" to "Fuck it."

I have a huge presentation for our organization-wide meeting in N.O. (this is before I can even begin to freakout about the event I'm supposed to be in charge of the Thursday after we get back) and no one, as in not a director outside of my office, has sent shit. That's 5 offices where the presentation just says "Put office highlights here" or "Put individual highlights here"

I'm supposed to leave at noon today because I leave tomorrow at 8:30 and will be in meetings all weekend until 10 at night, so staying past noon puts me waaaaaaaaaay over what they'd be willing to pay me in overtime.

I'm about ready to leave it like it is or put "Not getting stuff to DJ in time" for highlights.

I am not doing Secret Santa this year, but I am a BIG believer in little things along the way. Actually one thing has never made sense to me because there is no "secret" to the secret santa then - it makes sense in my head. I always liked sending small gifts and cards through the whole thing.

I'm about ready to leave it like it is or put "Not getting stuff to DJ in time" for highlights.

Do this! It'd be hysterical!

Other suggestions: "No highlights, office is a morass of despair."
"No individual highlights, person is huge slacker and hates Jesus."
"Would have had highlights here, but had to go to free clinic for, um, anti-biotics, wink wink"
"Highlights? Isn't that the magazine with Goofus and Gallant?"

"Highlights? Isn't that the magazine with Goofus and Gallant?"

Heh.

"Highlights - see Goofus."

Actually one thing has never made sense to me because there is no "secret" to the secret santa then

No secret, if you send small things? You don't have to identify yourself until the last package. If you live where there aren't other buffistas, then - well - ok, less of a secret, but your giftee never knows if you were the originator or just funneling the prezzies...