Time Flies

WOW! Can you believe that Thanksgiving is right around the corner and Christmas is around the next one.

I am not a big "holiday" person. I use to be as a kid. But that was back in the day when:

• I just had to show up at the mall to sit on Santa's lap


• I only had to get gifts for mom - dad - and Bro. And that was easy, I just made them things out of tin cans with macaroni glued on and sprayed gold with a bit of glitter.


• all I had to do was stay in bed until 6 am on Christmas morning. That worked, except the year I woke up and had to go potty. I couldn't resist the urge to look in the livingroom. There I spied the best "Barbie Dream House" you ever saw. Then I couldn't get back to sleep.

I even enjoyed it when the kids were little. Then I only had to:

• get them to the mall to sit on Santa's lap.


• shop for toys that they had already picked out from the flyers that the toy stores sent out


• keep them in bed until 6am while I was up earlier drinking my morning coffee before the "day" arrived.

But somewhere along the line, it became less fun. More work. More commercial.

I think it stems from the fact that I feel the need to try to make everyone happy. To make arrangements that will please EVERYONE! When it was just the kids and I, it was easier. Now there are more players in the game and it is just not possible to do that anymore.

Just let me get through the holiday season without hurting anyones feelings.

So I start with Thanksgiving. The turkey will be in the oven by 8am and dinner will be around 2pm. If that works for you, let me know so I can put on some extra potatoes.