This year, due to a grave reduction in my wages, I have decided (really I'm forced) to cut down on holiday spending. Funny but I'm finding this less stressful. I don't know why. I'm even having more fun being creative and making many gifts. All my gifts had thought put into them, but I think this year it has more heart. This year's holiday season, with the economy in the tank, I'm much happier, I'm less stressed and I'm more appreciative of time-both of other's and my own.

This seems to be the tone for the year. Not only me, but others I've heard from. Hopefully this is a new trend in our society. It's not about how much $$ we spend, but the time we spend together that matters.

Tonight, the rains have made me decide to skip bootcamp again. I missed Monday because we had just gotten back from up north and I was tired and the rains made it a good excuse to slack. So tonight it looks like the same theme.

I'm looking forward to watching a Christmas movie, wrapping some more gifts and finishing addressing the holiday cards. Maybe I'll even have some hot chocolate or hot apple cider. Yum. Let the holidays begin!