Ch-ch-changes

Good morning!
I decided to do a little different of a blog today. I don't know why, I guess it just seems like my blogs are always the same. Well, it'll still be about me (my favorite subject! No just kidding. Really.) I'm going to divide my thoughts into categories, or something. I'm making this up as I go, if it wasn't obvious already.

Today:
I'm feeling: surprisingly chipper. Why? I'm not sure. I didn't get much sleep last night...but its a sunny morning. And even stranger is my use of the word "chipper", because that word really bugs me. I guess that's due to the lack of sleep.

Song in my head: Another strange one: "I saw three ships come sailing in, on Christmas Day, on Christmas Day. I saw three ships come sailing in on Christmas day in the morning!"

I'm happy about: Getting off an hour early today! Yippee! The Christmas parade is today, so we're getting out of here before our cars get blocked in my the happy parade-goers.

I'm reading: A book about how to make the transition from a working mom to a stay-at-home mom. Very good reading. I'm also reading a new blog, damomma.com. Its very funny, she's a really good writer, in fact she just wrote a book called Motherhood is not for wimps which I hope to buy and/or read in the near future.

I'm nervous about: possibly having to sing a solo on Christmas Eve morning at church. Last Sunday, I was recruited to sing (I guess, a duet) with Julia, the lady that was singing the solo. But I think she wants me to just do it. We'll see.

I want to: Get an angel off the angel tree at the mall. Jessie and I talked about it last night, but he says what the kids ask for is usually semi-expensive, so I told him to go look at the tree today and see if any of the gift requests were in our budget. I feel kind of scrooge-y for that, but I do hope we can do one.

I need to: Take the kids to go see Santa Claus! Wrap presents, mop the floor, balance my checkbook, get a new strand of lights for my tree...nothing too daunting! Just a lot of little things.

All I want for Christmas is: Seth's two front teeth! Haha Hmm..I just want to have a good Christmas. It's been a good Christmas season so far. Not to change the subject drastically or get weird, but I think my antidepressants have really been helping me, or maybe Jessie and I are just getting along better, or something. But I've felt happier lately. So that has had a good impact on our overall family mood, I think. I haven't felt as pull-my-hair-out stressed as often as usual (haha). So, overall, things are going well. And Seth's new tooth is already growing in. He's so cute as a snaggletooth.