This, That and the other...

Man, time just flies by during the Christmas season (which for the record, I consider it starting on NOV 1st HAHA)
I started Christmas shopping early because, well, our paycheck demands it.  We're done shopping!  Hooray!  Almost done wrapping..BIGGER hooray!  So much happening this month.

Not that this is NEW news to anyone, I just can't help but talk about it again.  I am so proud of my husband.  We have the USO 51st Armed Forces Gala to attend in just few short days (ok,9, but who's counting?) I can't wait to see my husband accept his George Van Cleave award.  He so deserves it!!

And if I sneak away from the enormity of that, can I just say how EXCITED I am to be out in NYC with my husband?  And how utterly excited I am to get all glammed up?  That just doesn't happen often enough!! 

I can't wait to get all girly.  I love the prepping for a fancy night.  Long, hot showers, hairdo drama, make up! I love make up!!  Nails, toenails.  Seriously.  I just love it.  Don't worry, I WILL post pictures of the dashing couple.  LOL.

To change subjects completely, I like to call December "Do For" December here in our house.  We have items everyday that we do for someone else.  Could be buying someones dinner, could be washing dishes.  Doesn't matter, as long as we do something kind for someone else.  I love this time of year, yes, it can get hectic, BUT I love teaching my kids how good it feels to do something for someone else.  And to do it in a spirit of love and expect nothing in return.  I try and teach this year round, but there is just something magical about this time of year.  The anticipation of the event that changed the course of history.  I know that there is lots of evidence that would prove Jesus was born in the summer, but I'll be blunt, it doesn't matter to me WHEN he was born, but THAT he was born.  And yet, I am thankful that the church picked a date to celebrate that day!

There is a song that I love, and I'd like to post the words here.  So beautiful.

Mary did you know that your baby boy will one day walk on water?
Mary did you know that your baby boy will save our sons and daughters?
Did you know that your baby boy has come to make you new?
This child that you've delivered, will soon deliver you.

Mary did you know that your baby boy will give sight to a blind man?
Mary did you know that your baby boy will calm a storm with his hand?
Did you know that your baby boy has walked where angels trod?
And when you kiss your little baby, you have kissed the face of God.

The blind will see, the deaf will hear and the dead will live again.
The lame will leap, the dumb will speak, the praises of the lamb.

Mary did you know that your baby boy is Lord of all creation?
Mary did you know that your baby boy will one day rule the nations?
Did you know that your baby boy is heaven's perfect Lamb?
This sleeping child you're holding is the great I am.

From my family to yours, Merry Christmas!!