A blog by Cameron and Shannon

After three days and nights of Thanksgiving festivities in good ole Live Oak, FL and a harrowing ELEVEN HOUR DRIVE (it is supposed to take EIGHT, people) back to Nashville, we are finally home.

Home…where it is snowing. Although I don’t mind that much right now. As much as I love and miss Florida, there is something nice about having a time of year where you honest to goodness can’t be doing anything better than cozying up with your book/movie/letter writing/journaling and coffee/hot chocolate.

However, all of that will have to wait a little while, as I made a to-do list this morning and promptly began having anxiety attacks about All There Is To Do. Please note:

1. Buy Christmas presents online where applicable.
2. Pay electric bill.
3. Return library books, including ones I am sure they have a price on my head for because they got buried in a secret place in the car.
4. Deposit checks I have been carrying in my purse for a month.
5. Obtain quarters for the laundry room so I can finally do “all” the laundry.
6. Put up Christmas tree so we can spend the rest of the month keeping the cat from stealing all the ornaments.
7. Take Christmas picture for cards.
8. Send out Christmas cards so they do not get NOT sent at the last minute, like last year.
9. Do some Christmas baking (any fun ideas?)
10. Buy plane tickets to wedding in January.
11. Attempt to plan vacation that will hopefully happen for reals this time.
12. Return all the things I bought but did not actually want, e.g. boots in the wrong size, makeup in the wrong color.
13. Buy 2009 planner so I can do better next year. I thought I could handle this all electronically but have to return to pen and paper.

Additionally, both of our office Christmas parties are this weekend. So that should be a fun adventure for all.

Also, how is it December? This year has been crazy. Next year, I am assuming, will only be crazier what with weddings and my best friend having a BABY GIRL (!) (speaking of, where can you find awesome baby stuff that isn’t Babies R Us?).

However, all of those things are the good kind of crazy, so no complaints here!