Christmas Eve is a week from today. Am I the only one who finds that really hard to believe? What I’m also finding hard to believe is that my first Christmas gathering for the season is today. Number one of five, I believe. Today is Christmas with my mom, her husband, my grandma, my brother and his fiancee. Christmas Eve is dad’s side of the family, Christmas day is Dad and his wife in the morning and mom’s side of the family in the afternoon. Then there is the gift exchange with the friends that is, as yet, unscheduled. Phew. At least today isn’t the traditional Christmas dinner, there will only be two of those! Today we’re having swiss steak, mashed potatoes and Jennifer’s Favorite Salad. (Yes, I do mean me.)

On the gift list for today-
Everyone gets one of the custom calendars I made.
Mom- A Charles Wysocki puzzle and a roll-up puzzle saver.
Harold- The Deal or No Deal Handheld Game
Grandma- Skip-bo and Phase 10 Card Games
Ryan- PayDay Board Game
Ash-lee- Bath and Body Works in Strawberry Lemonade and Pearberry

The best part is that the last gift for this group showed up yesterday with the FedEx man just as I was finishing up the wrapping! Great timing!