Wednesday, November 14, 2007

I'm Doing Nuttin' for Christmas


See this picture above--I'm not going to be doing anything out of that magazine.  I may not even open it so I won't be tempted.  Around this time every year I get tons of ideas of all sorts of projects I want to do, things I want to make, etc.  Sometimes I involve the kids but mostly I just shoo them away so I can craft for hour upon hour.  I don't know what it is about Christmas.  In general I am not much of a crafter and I'm not very good at it but at Christmas I want to make all sorts of things.  Not this year!  I've decided that after today's Christmas bags I am done with crafting.  I am going to TRY to really give of myself to my kids over the next month.  I will play more games with them, watch a movie or two with them (my least favorite thing), read some good books, let them help me in the kitchen, etc.  Even though I am home with them all day I tend to get busy doing my own thing and half our day is taken up with school as it is.  I have a tiny kitchen and even 
though someone 
is always asking to help I often say no.  So--I'm giving the gift of time.  We'll see if I can stick
to it!