And don't tell anyone, but my plan is no books by white men.

Don't blame you. Can barely stand to look in the mirror as white haired 50+ year old white guys comprise a large chunk of my hate-list.

I also resisted buying egg nog earlier, and now I regret it.

Dangit! I knew I should've gotten some for JZ at the corner store.

We are hosting Matilda's friend, Reese and her little sister Sloane, on a sleepover tonight. Reese's parents are selling their house in San Francisco (a nice one in a good neighborhood) and apparently going to retire on that money in France. They are significantly younger than us, but SF Real Estate y'all.

If you've ever seen pictures from Matilda's bday parties and see a girl that made you exclaim, "OMG, that girl has ridiculous overlush eyelashes like a young Elizabeth Taylor!" - that's Reese.

Oh thank god I finally got my phone to stop restarting. Now I can tell you the important news that I got LDBed and #whamageddoned back to back while cashiering yesterday. Efficient!

Ha! I've been safe since I have not been out and about.

Kids decided not to accept the counteroffer and are waiting until summer to look again. They are way more responsible than I ever was and got panicked at the thought of depleting their cushion so much and want to build up their savings. They did not get their fiscal sense from this side of the family! Proud of them.

Timelies all!

Mr. S has a playdate this afternoon. It's actually a make-up date for the one that didn't happen last month.

I put up my tree! With a judicious selection of ornaments, in case Buddy knocks the whole thing over. Maybe I'll get some fishing line or whatever to anchor it, but I'll give him a chance first.

Next up, lights outside. For that, I think I'm finally going to get a timer, so it's not just at my whim of remembering to turn them on....

I'm in one of those overwhelmed by everything I see that needs doing. Trying not to get paralyzed by it and just keep doing somethings. Some is better than none, right?

Anything is better than nothing, msbelle.

Have fun, Mr. S!

Yup -- just do one of the things.

So, you guys probably already knew this, but the timer for the lights outside? Cost $15. Why didn't I get one years ago? Also having an outlet outside helps a lot.

Maybe I will also vacuum today!

I vacuumed last weekend and it was great. I am loving the Dyson vacuum. Not vacuuming today because I feel like he*k.

I think I'm finally going to get a timer

I LOVE all my timers. I think I'm up to 5 right now. Outside lights, window lights, Christmas tree, downstairs mini tree, and upstairs mini tree. The only thing I do manually is three lights in my village.

Brain is still not cooperating. I really need to get homework done. I took my Adderall hoping that would help me focus but alas, no such luck. I think it ous so busy trying NOT to think about Jack, that it can't focus on any one thing.