I'm Back...

Well, I hope I haven't completely lost the 3 readers I had. Things haven't been the best lately and for the sake of not sounding too negative, I chose not to post. I tried so hard to stay in the Christmas Spirit but it just hasn't worked. I tried to convince myself that the presents aren't what's important at Christmas. You see, Lee hasn't gotten paid yet. We are expecting a check any day now but it's not here. I started to panic last week when the only present I had was a magazine subscription that I could pay later for. I was really discouraged and ready to give up on the whole Christmas thing until my mother-in-law gave me my Christmas present early. She usually gives the same amount every year so when she gave it to me on Saturday, I just stuck it in my desk when I got home and didn't really think too much about it because I was planning on waiting to use it. Well, on Monday, Lee informed me that he wasn't sure if we would be paid in time to use the money for Christmas. He suggested we use the Christmas money that my mother-in-law gave us for small presents for the kids so at least they'd have something to open on Christmas morning and we would make it up to them when he got paid. I hate doing that because my mother-in-law gets mad at me when I do that but really, what choice did I have? So, I opened the envelope and about died! There was 5 times the usual amount of money in it for both me and Lee! Later Monday night, we had a visitor deliver a gift card to use for Christmas also. How blessed are we to be the recipients of such generocity! So, for the past two days I've been a shopping animal catching up on the gift buying. I was planning on making some presents but since I couldn't buy the materials, it just isn't going to happen as of today. I've decided, that shopping really is fun as long as you have a little bit of money. As of today, I am almost done with the shopping part and wrapping. I feel much better! I can go over to the inlaws on Christmas day and truly say that I got something I wanted. I can't wait to see the kids open their presents Christmas morning! They are going to be so suprised! I just hope my Mother-in-law understands. One of these days, I'll be able to use my Christmas money for something like new clothes. But for now, it has been used to make other's happy and that makes me happy.