Good morning. Hope you have a wonderful day.

Kath, don't know how you function on such little sleep. I really need at least 7 hours and sometime even take a nap during the day. Sounds like you have lots to do but being able to spend time with your daughter must be fun. With such busy schedules it is hard to find time to just have a meal and relax with those we love. Have a good day.

Morning all! I wonder also if you get enough rest Kathsgrdn. You are a busy lady!

Good morning.

Kath I too don't know how you do anything without enough sleep!

We just woke up! It is around 7 a.m. and we all slept in this morning. So hubby had to run off to work. He has a new person starting. not very nice to not be there when someone is starting work for the first time.

I have a few chores to do around the house to get some more decorating on the tree done and the floors need washing.

Then onto a round of errands. Including apparently buying new lights. Our old Christmas lights seem to have bit the Dust for the most part.

Plus I'm looking for an outfit to wear on Christmas Day. Nothing too fancy but a shiny top would be nice.

For supper I'm making a Savory sweet potato casserole. I'm looking forward to that. I love sweet potatoes! It will be served with my pesto salsa chicken and cauliflower.

Hope everyone has a great day.

I really feel the sleep depravation in your posts as well Kath. I see a lot of people who are campground hosts(a job you mentioned you want to do). It looks very relaxing.

The guy came yesterday to locate the gas line under our driveway and mark it. It snowed today, so they postponed the AC install.

It's a cooking and laundry day for me.

I never really slept last night, and I realized I missed a medication that would've helped at 3:30AM. I had to get up at 5, so I said to forget it to myself. I got up at 4:30 and potted up seedlings. sigh. Yesterday, I dug up my oregano since it was looking ratty from pest attacks, but there were enough little pieces looking good that had roots (where it touched the ground) I could make a bunch more plants. I settled on nine seedlings, hoping at least 7 make it, and I can plant 3, give away 4. From one to three and free gifts. Cool. Since I left it all outside in this 30/40 degree weather, and I won't bring it in, it'll be an interesting experiment. It was outside to begin with, and I am pretty sure I transplanted it at the very beginning, a long time ago, in late winter.

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I'm really remembering just how long you can have flowers in the south now that I have my own garden again. It'll be something every month when I get back up to speed. Some months are far more bloom filled than others, but still, even in December there's a Rudbeckia with blooms, the butterfly bush has color, Snaps are still dotted with blooms, and the pansies are absolutely blooming. My stocks and schizanthus are sitting out on the deck all nice and bushy bearing the winter wind's howling just fine. No blooms yet, but even just the foliage is nice to see. The stocks on the side of the house became some deer snack. Grr.

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Son has two more exams tomorrow and he's done until January. Must be nice. But it means there will be no traffic since schools are out. The next three weeks are my gimme weeks. All I have to do is show up. No one is there. No one wants anything. You get caught up on all sort of things, including year end stuff. It's easy peasy. I save vacation for summer and swimming. I think of this is my "banking it weeks". Or for me, the slide into home plate.

Satine, Nicole and Yeonasky, I usually sleep a normal amount of time but don't do it till really late, then I don't get up until the late afternoon, which isn't good. I did only get about 4 hours of sleep today. Got my packages mailed out, though! I'm on vacation so don't have to worry about going into work. Maybe I'll be able to fall asleep earlier tonight.

PKponder, actually been sitting around most of this week watching tv shows on-line, trying to relax.

I tried to get my hair cut today but the person who does my hair was super busy today so made an appointment for tomorrow.

I went home this morning for a few hours and took Little Lil along. You should have seen her she was so excited running from room to room. Icould almost hear her barking Theres no place like home. LOL. I did a bit of dusting and wiped down the kitchen counters ect. It felt very strange, a kind of quiet empty feeling as if its heart was gone.

I really need to bake some cookies. I have butter in the freezer and plenty of flour. I suppose i'll do that this weekend.

Woke up to 6 inches of snow this morning. Our first this season.

Boys just both brought home mid term progress reports. Straight A's. I'm very proud of them. Tim won an award for best cursive handwriting. Maybe I'll take a pic of his writing and show you. Its really very nice for a 4'th grade boy.

Other than this its just another day in paradise.

Take care.