I don't think I have ever gone a whole week without updating this blog...and now I have gone 8 whole days! I am ashamed. I can only hope that the three people that read this blog have not given up checking it.
I started out with such good intentions of writing three days a week...and I was even a bit snobby that I never went very long without updating things. What can I say? I am human. Shhh! Don't tell anyone!
What has happened to me is that the Holiday season is upon us. I am sure you are thinking that I am scurrying around trying to get my shopping done, but you would be wrong. I was actually almost done by the end of November. I only have one more gift to get, and its for my year and a half old nephew who is very easy to please. Now before you all start grumbling that I am bragging about being finished with my shopping...please know that while my purchasing is done, I am working on a gift for each of my boys that I am making...and I am sure I will be frantically trying to get them all done the weekend before Christmas. At least with shopping you just run out, buy something, wrap it, and you are done. I went out, bought the supplies, and now I have a lot of work left to do. I have always wanted to make some cool things for the boys, and didn't have the time or the energy...this is the first year I have actually done something about it.
Of course, making gifts for the boys is not all that has been on my mind. I somehow got put in charge of our Christmas party at church. Its not part of my usual calling at church. I am actually in charge of Home, Family and Personal Enrichment for the women. This means that I put together monthly social activities and quarterly those activities are on a bigger scale and involve some kind of educating whether its spiritual, learning life skills, hobbies, etc. Our last large scale activity involved learning ways to invite the Spirit of God into our lives...we had lessons on inviting the Spirit by taking care of your physical health, by having a cleaner, more organized environment in our homes (I taught that one since everyone knows I am a slob and was not talking down to them about their homes), and by using good music to invite the Spirit. For November our activity was mostly social and we got together for cocoa, apple cider, cookies and we addressed and filled out our Christmas cards while we visited with each other. That one was easy. I just started this calling at church in September...so I am still pretty new at it. The woman that had the calling before me had asked to be in charge of the Christmas Party, and so it fell to me when I took her place. So I have been distracted for the last few weeks getting things together for our Come to Bethlehem party, which involved getting the food together (pita bread, meat, cheese, olives, grapes and dates) as well as the children's crafts (star ornaments, crowns, and nativity pages to color). Luckily I had some wonderful help with the program part of things so I didn't have to stress out much after we found the people to do the various roles in the Nativity. The activity was tonight, and I survived. I can't say that it was great, because I was so busy running around, trying to help with food, crafts and keep control of my five little shepherds (dressing up for it was optional, but we did anyway) that I wasn't able to pay attention to how things really went. I am glad its over though...now I feel like I can really focus on Christmas (at least once our Stake Christmas Choir concert is over next friday).
I will hopefully be able to sit down and blog more often now, and even read blogs. Yes, sadly I have not been checking blogs every day like I used to...too busy!
I hope that my next entry will be more interesting than this one! Only time will tell!
I started out with such good intentions of writing three days a week...and I was even a bit snobby that I never went very long without updating things. What can I say? I am human. Shhh! Don't tell anyone!
What has happened to me is that the Holiday season is upon us. I am sure you are thinking that I am scurrying around trying to get my shopping done, but you would be wrong. I was actually almost done by the end of November. I only have one more gift to get, and its for my year and a half old nephew who is very easy to please. Now before you all start grumbling that I am bragging about being finished with my shopping...please know that while my purchasing is done, I am working on a gift for each of my boys that I am making...and I am sure I will be frantically trying to get them all done the weekend before Christmas. At least with shopping you just run out, buy something, wrap it, and you are done. I went out, bought the supplies, and now I have a lot of work left to do. I have always wanted to make some cool things for the boys, and didn't have the time or the energy...this is the first year I have actually done something about it.
Of course, making gifts for the boys is not all that has been on my mind. I somehow got put in charge of our Christmas party at church. Its not part of my usual calling at church. I am actually in charge of Home, Family and Personal Enrichment for the women. This means that I put together monthly social activities and quarterly those activities are on a bigger scale and involve some kind of educating whether its spiritual, learning life skills, hobbies, etc. Our last large scale activity involved learning ways to invite the Spirit of God into our lives...we had lessons on inviting the Spirit by taking care of your physical health, by having a cleaner, more organized environment in our homes (I taught that one since everyone knows I am a slob and was not talking down to them about their homes), and by using good music to invite the Spirit. For November our activity was mostly social and we got together for cocoa, apple cider, cookies and we addressed and filled out our Christmas cards while we visited with each other. That one was easy. I just started this calling at church in September...so I am still pretty new at it. The woman that had the calling before me had asked to be in charge of the Christmas Party, and so it fell to me when I took her place. So I have been distracted for the last few weeks getting things together for our Come to Bethlehem party, which involved getting the food together (pita bread, meat, cheese, olives, grapes and dates) as well as the children's crafts (star ornaments, crowns, and nativity pages to color). Luckily I had some wonderful help with the program part of things so I didn't have to stress out much after we found the people to do the various roles in the Nativity. The activity was tonight, and I survived. I can't say that it was great, because I was so busy running around, trying to help with food, crafts and keep control of my five little shepherds (dressing up for it was optional, but we did anyway) that I wasn't able to pay attention to how things really went. I am glad its over though...now I feel like I can really focus on Christmas (at least once our Stake Christmas Choir concert is over next friday).
I will hopefully be able to sit down and blog more often now, and even read blogs. Yes, sadly I have not been checking blogs every day like I used to...too busy!
I hope that my next entry will be more interesting than this one! Only time will tell!
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