To-Do-List

My Christmas End of the Year To Do List

How is is that this month is just flying by? And how is it that the same thing happens every year, and yet every year it surprises me (and seemingly everyone else in suburbia, as that seems to be all the small talk we suburban moms waiting around at ballet/basketball/music lessons talk about)? So with a rapidly moving month comes a to do list a mile long. I'm not calling it a Christmas list, because the things on this list have nothing to do with Christmas. I'm pretty sure Jesus is not interested in all my stressful running about in preparation for His miraculous birthday. I'm pretty sure He'd be happier for me to sit on my list and focus on His glory, grace and purpose for my life. Pretty sure about that. But, here's my list, so I can refer back to it and maybe, just maybe cross something off. Or maybe I can just sit on it.

1. Take dog to the vet (just to be sure that all the plastic, crayon wax and plush stuffing that he's consumed while in our impeccible care this fall have caused no lasting harm. I mean, we do the same for our kids, after all!)

2. Get my hair cut (I mean, I do the same for my kids, after all!).

3. Take holiday pictures of my kids (I mean, I do the same thing for YOUR kids, after all!)

4. Make a gigantic treasure map and think of clever clues.

6. Clean my closet (while shopping last night I found a really cute shirt on sale. Then I realized I HAVE that shirt, I wore it once, and I have no idea where it is. SAD.).

7. Make more Christmas cookies. Because we ate all 5 dozen or so of the ones I made last week. oops.

8. Potty train the little one (HA! like that's going to happen before the end of the year, but if anyone asks, it's on my list).

9. Find a small guitar.

10. Find something to do with all of my kids' Halloween candy and find a home for the blinding orange jack-o-lantern pails that is somewhere other than the top of the fridge. Every kid likes Halloween candy in their stocking, right?

11. Find last year's Christmas card address list so I can mail the rest of my Christmas cards.

12. Do a big cook and fill the freezer with meals. Maybe Fancy can help me with that. She did learn to make toast this weekend.

13. Get back to scrapbooking my 2009 Disney pictures. AND, get to scrapping my 2008 Disney pictures. AND look at my Chicago pictures. Forget it. That's just too overwhelming.

14. Repair my Snuggie (and add that item to the list of things the vet needs to check for as causing no adverse effects when consumed in small quanties by said naughty dog).

15. Have my piccolo repaired.

Yep - I think I'm going to sit on this list.