this year feels so good

Christmas cards ready to mail: Check!

I am having a seriously hard time not getting overwhelmed by how ready I am for Christmas when it is still over two days away. How can this be?

Remaining tasks:

• Pick up some jeans for Jack and a Jazz hoodie for my dad
• Wrap said jeans/hoodie and re-wrap the items sweet little GusGus unwrapped
  
• Make a stop at the grocery store to pick up the fixins for Christmas Eve dinner and Christmas day dinner and maybe a kitty litter scoop for my mom
  
• Make cookies on Christmas Eve day
• Prepare emotionally for the apparent insanity that will be Christmas Eve family party this year
• Uh, wait. Strike that last one. There is no adequate preparation for when the family gets together at holiday time, right? I mean, uh, the party will be great as always.

Did I mention we have three dogs now? Yep. Jr brought home a golden retriever that has adorable furry white socks on her huge feet and a little white tip on her massive tail. Georgia is a sweetheart, afraid of the kitchen floor, but still a sweet, sweet dog. She's sleeping over for the holidays. I thought JoJo was a big dog. No. Georgia is a big dog. Lucky for us, she's older, calmer, and more sensible. We're hoping she'll teach our maniacs some manners. And we're hoping they don't ruin a perfectly good dog during her visit.