So much to do . . .

and so little time! I always feel this way around the holidays, but even more so this year. It really shouldn't be surprising given that I have a 3 month old baby now. I so often feel like I need to do all the decorating, all the cooking, baking, everything from scratch. As my husband says (while in Michael's, as he's watching me drool over all the Martha Stewart craft supplies), "Where's the seeds? You know, the seeds to plant the trees to make the paper for the scrapbook?" I get a good giggle from that. Maybe I need to start taking a page from Sandra Lee's Semi-Homemade. Take advantage of that which is already ready. ::Sigh:: But I wanna make it all by myself! Oh well. I'll do what I can.

I had a super-grumpy child this afternoon. Our morning went very well. I was able to get us out of the house in time to get to my Weight Watchers meeting (yes, I'm one of those women, but more on that later) and then to Costco to pick up my Christmas cards. I am determined to get the cards out the door on time this year, instead of sending them just barely before New Year's. Note: I actually ordered photo cards this year, instead of doing the lovely handmade photo cards I had hoped to make. I did make my address labels. So there. K did so well with our errands. Being home was a totally different story. She needed a nap so badly, and fought so hard to go to sleep. Now, I suppose I could have been a bit more patient and just sat with her in my lap while she slept. The Christmas cards were calling! I was dying, just sitting there not able to get to my cards without waking the child. And when I tried to put her down, and we're talking multiple attempts here, she'd wake up almost immediately. After an hour and a half of this back and forth, I finally plopped her in her swing. It took 15 minutes, but she conked out. Woohoo! I was able to get my cards in the envelopes, print out my address labels and stick them on the envelopes. I also printed a handful of my baby announcements to tuck in with the Christmas cards. Hey, why not kill two birds with one stone! By the time the hubby came home, I was ready for our family walk. K came along, all cozy in the moby, and we got our 15 minute walk done.

So yes, I do Weight Watchers. I did it for all of 2006 and lost about 15 pounds. I had hoped for more, but I just didn't work the program as well as I could have. I stopped as soon as I found out I was pregnant (just after new year's 2007), and I went back as soon as got clearance from the doc's office. I am happy to report that i lost 0.8lbs this week. While it's not much, it's right where I need to be since I'm still breastfeeding. That makes a total of 4.4lbs. I'll take it. In addition to doing WW, hubby has encouraged me to take up running again. I found the walk/run program I did a few years back and we've started it again. I say "we" because he's taken it upon himself to run with me as extra encouragement. Today was day 3.

Well, I should hit the sack. All the cards we've received so far have been hung, the felt for the stockings has been cut out, and a few more baby announcements have been printed. Mission accomplished.