Or did you not notice that little fact? I’m very nearly done with my Christmas prep, which makes me very happy despite the fact that my house looks atrocious. This Friday and Saturday we did the photo shoot for our annual Christmas pictures, which did not do wonders for the tidiness of our home.
The first day we shot in the living room so George moved all the furniture around, put up his new muslin backgrounds he got for his birthday and a big studio light he borrowed from some guys he contracts for, and we spent most of the day shooting. Six hundred shots later, he decided he finally had something to work with! (Yes, it’s a digital camera). This was for the backup picture he was doing in case the main picture didn’t cooperate.
Then Saturday he moved everything out of the family room and put a huge box full of packing peanuts in there with the studio lights again and spent all afternoon shooting with that. The picture actually came out really nicely, but I can’t post it here yet because the people we mailed it to probably haven’t received theirs yet and I don’t want to spoil the surprise. I’ll post both shots next week. Neener neener neener, you have to wait. What can I say? I spend my days with five children. That’s a good excuse, right?
After the photo shoot was done on Saturday, I spent the rest of the day doing Christmas cards (70 for church; 30 to mail), and actually managed to get them all done. Amazing! I have two left to track down addresses for and then they’re completely finished. Phew! Nice to cross that off the list.
George put all the furniture back and got the packing peanuts all out of the house right away; but somehow when a few things are out of place, it’s like everything else in the house thinks it’s ok to be where it shouldn’t be so it goes running into the middle of the floor too. I spent most of yesterday Christmas shopping with my Mom (pretty much all done now) and was a total vegetable last night and for the first half of today.
Apparently my hip decided that walking around was not something it wanted to do so it’s been cranky all day. Anyway, when I came upstairs to work, the kids were cleaning up downstairs and George was on kid wrangling duty. I heard a lot of cleaning type noises (mostly George yelling, “go pick up that stuff over there,” and the vacuum running). I’m hoping this means the downstairs will look a bit better when I go back down there.
You know what? My nail polish looks really nice today. I’m sure you were dying to know that…. I painted them Christmas red a week ago Saturday and they lasted for a week without really chipping or anything. Then I redid them on Sunday and they still look perfect. I’m not exactly careful with my nails either. Filing the top of the nail with an emery board before you apply the polish and then finishing with a no-chip topcoat definitely seems to do the trick. Don’t let me forget that. I’m counting on you now! You’re my backup in case my brain gets stuck. Work, brain, work! Ahem, anyway what was I talking about?
Tonight I need to sit down and finish up my little project I’ve been working on for my grandparents’ Christmas gifts (yes, this means you, Grandpa and Grandma Shaw so I’m not going to tell what it is. Hehe. It might not show up in time for Christmas though since I’m not quite done with it). Anika’s gift will come in on Thursday or Friday, we need to get a stuffed doggie for Faithy, and then we’re all done with Christmas prep until next weekend when cooking starts for church, Christmas Eve at my parents’, Christmas morning here (I make special breakfast), and Christmas Day at George’s parents. I’m planning to start prep probably on Friday.
Well, I suppose I’ve blathered on long enough for today. I hope your Christmas preparations are going along swimmingly and you are able to relax a bit and enjoy the holiday. Merry Christmas!
Rachel
Written by Rachel Shubin ~ Fiendish friend for effusive fun!
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