When did I Become my Mom?

Boy we are getting run over in this race. First and second place is all but set in stone and, well clearly they have a plethora of readers, and they keep coming back every day to rub it in our faces! BOO! Shhhhhh. I mean... Boo!


It's all in good fun though, and I thank all of you who voted for saving us, well ME, from the embarrassment of getting no votes I was sure I was going to face.

We actually haven't done that badly, and up to yesterday we seemed to be in fourth place. So thanks again to everyone who voted, and remember you can still vote once a day until Friday afternoon. I'm still going to need your help to stay in fourth place!


And in other news... In case you missed it, go here, and put your name right there if you want to be the one selected to win two lovely necklaces from Happy Haven.


I feel so domesticated these days having taken back up crochet! I decided way too late that I would give some handmade Christmas presents. There's no way I'm going to be able to juggle everything and get any big projects completed now, but it's ok because now that I remember what's involved I'm going to start planning much earlier next year. I stumbled on Ravelry.com and am loving the patterns and tools they offer. Yarns and threads are so limited here, I decided to check out eBay and found such gorgeous stuff! They should arrive on Friday and I am sooo excited for them to get here!


My brats darling boys are going to sleep later and later, and the only way I'm getting them to actually fall asleep at a decent time is to pretend to be mad and be all stern and mean. Sigh. Even bribing them with "Santa's not going to stop at this house if yall can't make it to bed on time..." - nada.

How are you dealing with pre-Christmas excitement? What are you doing to maintain bedtime?