First time for everything...
I am 27 years old, married for over three years and have an almost 2 year old. But for the first time EVER, I am stressing about Christmas!
When did this happen? Christmas and that building up to the wonderful season is my favorite time of year, ever. It makes me happy. I become like a child the on Christmas Eve, anticipating the family coming together for such a special day. The tradition, the food, the church services, the memories, I love everything about Christmas.
So all of a sudden, this year, I am turning into one of those women that is freaking out about having enough time, presents, cooking and so on. And I don't like it. I think it is because we will be traveling the weekend before Christmas for the first time. We leave on Friday for Tuck's hometown visiting both sides of parents and grandparents. It will be a great time with tons of visiting, eating and family. Then on Christmas Eve, we will travel back home in time for church at home with my mom. Then we will have festivities with my mom and grandmother afterwards. This all sounds good and fun, doesn't it?
But I am hosting Christmas morning in our new home. This means food must be prepared, presents must be wrapped and the house must be in order. Thankfully, my mom will help me with the food, but we will need both brunch-like food and dinner.
Not to mention there are a bunch of other things that need to take place before we leave on Friday:
- B-man needs a haircut, desperately
- I could use one, too
- We still need to get out our Christmas cards
- Wrapping presents for this weekend and Christmas Day
- Buy Secret Santa present for work on Wednesday
- Frost cookies that we made yesterday
- Laundry
- Clean house
- Relax!
Let me just say that I am not enjoying this newly found stress for the holidays. Hopefully we will get some of these items taken off the list soon so I can start to feel excited about B-man's second Christmas instead of this STRESS!
When did this happen? Christmas and that building up to the wonderful season is my favorite time of year, ever. It makes me happy. I become like a child the on Christmas Eve, anticipating the family coming together for such a special day. The tradition, the food, the church services, the memories, I love everything about Christmas.
So all of a sudden, this year, I am turning into one of those women that is freaking out about having enough time, presents, cooking and so on. And I don't like it. I think it is because we will be traveling the weekend before Christmas for the first time. We leave on Friday for Tuck's hometown visiting both sides of parents and grandparents. It will be a great time with tons of visiting, eating and family. Then on Christmas Eve, we will travel back home in time for church at home with my mom. Then we will have festivities with my mom and grandmother afterwards. This all sounds good and fun, doesn't it?
But I am hosting Christmas morning in our new home. This means food must be prepared, presents must be wrapped and the house must be in order. Thankfully, my mom will help me with the food, but we will need both brunch-like food and dinner.
Not to mention there are a bunch of other things that need to take place before we leave on Friday:
- B-man needs a haircut, desperately
- I could use one, too
- We still need to get out our Christmas cards
- Wrapping presents for this weekend and Christmas Day
- Buy Secret Santa present for work on Wednesday
- Frost cookies that we made yesterday
- Laundry
- Clean house
- Relax!
Let me just say that I am not enjoying this newly found stress for the holidays. Hopefully we will get some of these items taken off the list soon so I can start to feel excited about B-man's second Christmas instead of this STRESS!
posted by Trisha at
3:22 PM
2 Comments:
Yikes! That does sound stressful and a little like what I am feeling. Good luck - you know it will all work out in the end. Have fun!
Did it end up being stressful or did you get through everything alright? I hope you had a great time and were able to relax and enjoy it all!
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