Christmas Craziness

Sorry for being so tardy with this post...the Christmas Season is in full swing, and so is my stress! :) I am pretty much done with my shopping and decorating - so that feels good. But I am figuring out that what would save us all a lot of time and stress - would be if we bought a few presents for ourselves (so we could get the things we REALLY want) and just do presents for the kids in our lives. (that really enjoy it) And spend our money on the people who REALLY have needs - the angel tree kids at our churches, the troops, giving money to missionaries. The birth of our Saviour is what Christmas is really about - not the craziness. We bring that on ourselves... Although, I really do love buying gifts - and to see a smile and know they really do like what they got!

On that note, I want to let y'all know about something I heard on the radio. Southern Link Wireless is collecting cards, letters, and care packages to send to the troops overseas that are from our area. They are doing this in several states - not just Alabama. So go to www.southernlink.com/community and click on the soldier option. It will give you all the details for what they need. All you have to do is drop the things off at one of their locations (listed on the site). Campbell and I are writing letters and making Christmas cards to send, and I also went to the Dollar Tree and loaded up on stuff for the care packages. They have TONS of stuff that they need, and it doesn't cost much! Please consider doing this - we should be so thankful for our troops - and they deserve a great Christmas being so far from home...

Part of the Christmas Craziness at our house has been Ben working extra to make some money to put towards Christmas... this has left me and Campbell a little lonely - but we are thankful for his hard work! It was so sad - Ben hardly saw Campbell at all this week (he was on call several times, and worked late). Wednesday night he came home at 6, but then had to leave again at 6:20. He picked Campbell up to tell her by before leaving again, and she looked at him and said "Dada workin?" He answered yes, and she replied "All done workin!" It broke my heart - she wanted him to be all done!
Poor Ben was a little teary too, so hopefully he can have some time off soon.

I heard someone say the other day on TV that it doesn't surprise him that people get so stressed during Christmas. What other time do we try to send a card to everyone we know, buy a gift for everyone we know, redecorate our house, and visit all our family - all in less than one month! :)

Stay tuned for pictures of our tree, Campbell, etc!