January 1, 2008

The beginning of a new year. It was a quiet day, but productive around here. Michael did not get out of bed until after 10 a.m. Caleb was up before 7:30 of course. That boy is just going to be the death of me purely for the fact that I'm never going to get to sleep the way I need.

None of us got dressed before 11:00, though. I brought the totes and boxes upstairs to start putting away Christmas. I did get all my Santas back in their individual boxes before lunch time. Then, we went to Burger King because Caleb has been begging to go there for about three weeks. We missed the iDog he was wanting, though. But, he does like BK better than McD's. Thank goodness.

Then, we came home. Michael sat on the couch and watched the Mizzou game while I started to take ornaments off the trees. About half our ornaments go back in their original boxes so I made Michael do that for me.

It took me most of the day to get everything put away in the totes and boxes. I did leave the tree and the blow up snowman for Michael to take care of. We Freecycled the old tree and Caleb's old car seat, so the basement is de-cluttered too.

I did take a little bit of a break to eat some supper. Michael went and got pizza from Pizza Hut so I wouldn't have to cook. But, I still had to put all the other stuff back onto our shelves and move furniture back where it belongs and vacuum. I was finally completely done by 7:00 p.m. or so.

It's nice to have my house back to normal. I do love Christmas, but usually by the time it's over I'm ready for my house to be back to normal. The tree just takes so much room and I start feeling claustrophobic. Now, my living room is more spacious. We have more room to Wii, now!

Caleb and I did play one game of Tennis on the Wii. He boxed some and then it was time for the kids to go to bed. I'm getting ready to go shower and go to bed soon. I have to go back to work tomorrow. Both kids will be at Guppy because Michaela does not go back to school until January 8th.