You're a mean one Mr. Grinch...or are you....

      Wow...once again it has been forever since I've posted anything and it's not like I forget to, it's more like what do I have to say, where do I start? It seems like this year has been a whirl-wind. It seems like we never have time to relax because there is always something going on or something that needs fixed or done right now. At 33 years old am I just realizing what adult hood really is all about? Yeah yeah yeah I got all the parts about bills, jobs, etc... but what about those lazy days laying around in your pj's just cause you can and not feeling like a total bum or sleeping all day and not feeling like you have wasted your whole day away in bed?? Thankfully this year has, in general, had more ups than downs. 
     Ok so Christmas... every year I despised everything Christmas until after Thanksgiving. I've been that way since I worked at Wal-mart, my first job other than babysitting. Let me tell you, you spend 3 years working there during the holiday's you will understand. Yep, I was a Grinch, a Scrooge. So my friend Brandy, who I've know since first grade, starts putting posts on her Facebook page about snow, Christmas, blah blah blah. 
No!! Not yet! It's not time to think of that!! But little by little I seemed to find myself in more and more of a Christmas spirit, I was singing Christmas songs in the car, listening to Christmas music on Pandora as I wrapped gifts. Next thing you know I was EXCITED!! This was all I could think of for about 3 days... 

"He puzzled and puzzled till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before! Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas... perhaps... means a little bit more! "

Yes, Mr Grinch, it does mean more. It means spending quality time with my mom and sister in laws shopping in Springfield, it means excited to get the mail cause I can't wait to see how many Christmas cards we got that day, it means seeing the excitement in the faces of the kids as they open their gifts. But it more importantly means the birth of Jesus Christ. We have so much to thankful for that HE has given us all wrapped up in pretty papers, all we have to do is open it! I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe holiday season!!