Three more weeks until 2008

I can't believe it's the middle of December already. It seemed like yesterday that it was June and I was looking forward to hiking the Enchantments and running the marathon. They sure are right when they say time flies too fast. I always have all these grand plans at the beginning of the year and then life gets in the way and I have to reschedule all the things that I really wanted to do or accomplish (like painting the house). So my pre New Years resolution is to not make any resolutions so I won't be disappointed when things don't happen or get done.

We had a great family dinner last night with my Uncle, his family and my sister and her girlfriend. Along with the no gifts theme Rob and I have adapted we held a craft night/dinner to celebrate the holiday. We drew wooden framed ornaments out of a hat and painted them for each other as our "gift" to the family. It was so much fun and we got to spend some quality time with each other with no TV, drama, or obligations.

Andee painted the snowman for Rob and Uncle Ray painted the penguin for me.

I highly recommend the no gifts idea for the holidays, it makes things so much easier. No stress, no shopping at the crazy mall, no disappointment when you don't get that thing you "really" wanted, easier on the pocketbook and most of all you can spend more time with the ones you love. WhoHoo!