What a day. Everyone was in a bad mood all day. We all are having issues... diarrhea with some... stuffy nose/drainage with others. I guess we'll just build a moat around our house and stay locked inside forever. And we are all tired today.

Jeff went out shopping around 9am. Tried to get tires at Sears, the ad said ALL tires on sale... nope just the expensive ones, so he said forget it. He went to Walmart and got some jeans, they had them for 8 bucks. He said there were only 2 in his size.... whatever. His jeans are so worn out, they have holes in the crotch from leaning over on his table at work when he builds. And yesterday... the one day... I didn't pick out his clothes... and he went to thanksgiving dinner in holey crotch jeans... and of course everyone made a comment. UGH! I didn't notice because I was busy getting the kids ready and myself. I told him to buy 6 pairs today... most of his need replacing... and he comes back with 2... grrrr. He went to meijers got some food... got a lighted reindeer for the front real cheap.... even some icicle lights.... which he didn't get a chance to put up today.

I had too many projects going at the same time today. I always run us ragged. But I finished my xmas cards, just gotta put a stamp and return label. I got the tree up, a few non breakable ornaments, and cut out her homemade ones, just have to put string in them. I decorated the house and cleaned it. Jeff cleaned up the messy kitchen and put up some of the outside stuff. He got one of those blow up things last year on clearance because our last one bit the dust... but you get what you pay for, the thing sucks, so tomorrow he'll just take it down... and see if he can find another thing like the reindeer for real cheap. And he'll have to hang the icicles then.

We cooked the turkey. Really... 12 pounds doesn't go far.... I bet we have enough for another meal.... 2 max.... Not much white meat in there.... but it was nice... had the other thanksgiving fixings too. Of course Jess wasn't interested... but then claimed she was starving a half hour later... too bad, you miss dinner.... you wait until bedtime snack..... we are so mean!

I tried to get a nice pic of them all in the holiday shirts by the tree.... fat chance... I took a million and didn't like any of them.... I wanted to put it in my return labels... I guess I'll pick one... since my cards are going out tomorrow... but none excited me all that much.... it is so hard to get three kids to all look at you and smile nice at the same time....

Now this basement is trashed... with boxes of holiday stuff we aren't using... some of the regular stuff we have around the house, that I put away for the holidays... I gotta get this kid proof, otherwise Jon won't be able to come down here tomorrow.... And at 9pm at night, this isn't really what I want to be doing... the messy ass computer desk is more like it... or upload my pics so I can print out the return labels... will more than likely be what I have the time and energy for.

The cat bothered the tree... biting on the limbs... more than likely we'll find needles in his poop. Jessica kept rearranging the few ornaments we had, which was really annoying... Jon wasn't too bad... he was so excited... clapping and smiling... but could I get it on film... of course not..... today just wasn't the day for pics... some cute ones... but many just so so ones...... He loved the lights outside... and was so amazed by it.... oh well, time is ticking and I need to accomplish something this evening.....