Last Weekend, This Weekend, & The Craziness Between

The marriage conference was great. We learned a lot about ourselves, each other, and what that means in our marriage. We stayed at the hotel where the conference was and really enjoyed it. Great rooms and a wonderful breakfast. I told Mark that if we had to drive the 45 minutes back and forth when it was over at 10pm on Friday and had to be back by 8am the next morning, we might need that conference more than we thought :o)

After the conference, we went for training to be a part of the Early Childhood Ministries at church. We'll be "teaching" a class of 9-12 month olds starting in January. No curriculum, obviously, but we're still called teachers... Then, we stayed for church, went out do dinner with friends, went to the square to see all the lights - sorry no camera - and then went and finished all the Christmas and December Birthdays Shopping. Hurray for us.

And that was just Saturday....

Sunday we had a really lazy day - home group and decorating the house in the evening. I only did the mantel, the entertainment armoire, and the dining room table. I FINALLY got my rosemary tree this year. I've been wanting one for years and we had never gotten around to it. Since we're not putting the tree up this year: going to Texas for Christmas + no little ones around to bug us about not having a tree = enjoying not having to do something if we won't be around to enjoy it much (what? I have a non pre-lit 9 ft tree and a bazillion ornaments...you would find a way to take a break too... :o)....) Anyway, I digress - since we don't have a Christmas tree, I wanted the little rosemary tree on the mantel. It looks so cute. The stockings are hung and all the Christmas gifts are wrapped and sitting prettily on the living room floor. You would think our lives are peaceful...

Except that this is the crazy week: I am planning 6 events this week, attending 5 events that I thankfully do not have to plan, playing at least 1 indoor soccer game (semi-finals) so hopefully 2, and generally trying to not be "bah-humbugging" by Sunday....

If you don't hear from me before Christmas, at least you know where your Christmast gift is.