J O Y and the speed of life

It's been busy around here and I sort of wonder if we are really going to get everything finished for the holidays.   One full week to go and the list looks like this: bake and decorate cookies, finish making, packing, sending, buying, and wrapping gifts, finish decorating house and porch, think about menu's and get prepared, clean, clean, clean.  You may wonder what we have actually done.  Well, the tree is up and the boys are merry.  And isn't that what counts the most anyway?