My Family Makes Me Smile...

I was reading quotes from many different sites today and ran across this....

The family.
We are a strange band of characters
trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste
coveting one another’s desserts
hiding shampoo, borrowing money
locking each other out of our rooms,
inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant
laughing, loving, defending
and trying to figure out the common thread
that bound us all together!

Completely Overwhelmed!!

Today, when the alarm went off at 4:40, I slowly rolled over and pressed snooze.  10 minutes later, that crazy thing went off again and I managed to get up out of bed!  It's normally not that bad....however, as Isaac started asking me what was wrong I quickly realized how overwhelmed I am feeling right now.
Here are a few of the things that are causing me stress:

• the house is not picked up or clean
• the laundry is not done--it's barely even started
• there has been NO Christmas shopping to speak of
• there are no packing lists made for our trip to Arkansas - leaving Saturday
• the dog needs a bath BEFORE the road trip
• no arrangements are made for the guinea pig yet while we are away
• did i mention no shopping has been done?
• the Christmas cards were ordered and picked up, but nothing has been done with them since

So there you have it!  A little stress for my holiday season!!

Love to all!!!