Nine Days Until Christmas Day!

I didn't know if we were going to get it in this year, but at last, we had a chance to go to the Bass Pro for a Santa picture. I think Jackson has had his picture made with this same Santa for three years in a row. Of course he's also sat on dozens of other Santas laps, but I like this Santa the best. They also have games set up there for kids to play, like a remote control racetrack, remote control Monster Trucks and a train. So Jackson had a good time this morning.

He woke up with a runny nose and had been coughing in the night and I woke up with a congested head, so I just kept him home from school. We are both feeling better. But the weather here is nasty. It's rainy and yucky. But I guess it could always be worse. It could be icy! I cannot and will not drive on ice. It's ridiculous.


I haven't had much work here lately, and I'm really glad. I get stressed out enough this time of year without work deadlines thrown into the mix. I'm sure we'll get busy the first of the year. I've been back working since August, and I really don't mind it like I thought I would. I mean, Jackson's in school, so what else is there for me to do? I'm glad to be making money again! The job is still hard sometimes and can be stressful, but I'm handling it better this time around!

Jackson LOVES nutrcrackers. I have got to find him some nutcracker ornaments before Christmas. He has always had a thing for them, but this year he points them out wherever we go.

I took a picture with my cell phone of a letter Jackson had written to Santa at school. The teacher has them all hanging up on the wall. I don't know how to get that picture off of my cell phone and onto here, but in the letter he asked for a Donkey Kong wii game, drums, camera, a racetrack and a pogo stick. A little birdie from the North Pole told me that he's getting pretty much all of that, except for racetrack and pogo stick. I do NOT know where the pogo stick wish came from or where he's ever seen one, but I don't think Santa is going to come through on that. And he already has a great racetrack that just needs to be repaired and it would be as good as new!