Oh yay...Christmas is coming!

That comment is dripping with sarcasm! Can't we just go away for Christmas? I know I sound like a scrooge, but I have very good reasons! First of all, Paul still has no job. Needless to say, money is TIGHT! We have 21 kids to buy Christmas presents for, not counting our own. I realize Reese is only one so she won't know that she got short changed for Christmas (not to mention her birthday 2 days later). So what do you do? Give junky presents, explain to a child that we are broke, or charge it? Second, people in Memphis get 10 times stupider come December. They forget how to drive, how to walk, and how to say excuse me. RUDE, RUDE, RUDE!! Plus I think they multiply this time of year. Where in the world did all these people come from? Go back to where you came from if you can't be any nicer than that! Oh and the other reason I am dreading Christmas....our families! We really love our families, but we like to love them at a distance! All of them together on one day, that my friends, is a recipe for disaster! Why can't we be on the beach somewhere, instead of refereeing a wrestling match between Paul's brothers. We could go to the mountains and see snow instead of putting up with the crazy that is my family. Better yet, here is my Christmas wish: to stay home in our warm pajamas with our baby girl and watch Elf and Christmas Vacation all day while she plays with wrapping paper!