I saw the strangest thing at Target the other day.  Lots of women grocery shopping with their husbands.  It was weird to me because grocery shopping is something that my husband and I have never done together.  I mean we have been to the grocery store together, for example, if we were on our way home and then needed to stop and get something, but no, we’ve never left the house together to shop.  Is that weird?  

Anyway, it was one of those nights that I really wanted to get away.  I really didn’t need anything at the store but I just needed to go.  The girls had been sick all week and its been the sort of sick that kept them away from other kids but not so sick that they didnt want me to entertain them all day.  So I toodled around Target, managed to spend $110 on nothing and enjoyed my time away.  

This brings me to the holiday season.  It was quite brisk here in Texas last week.  When I walked outside and felt the air I was reminded that it is Christmas Time.  One does not get to feel that way in Texas very often.  In prior years it took stepping into a mall to remember that the Christmas season is upon us.  I am very excited this year because we are going to NY.  Its been 3 years since we have been there for Christmas and I am so looking forward to seeing my family and enjoying the holiday for the first time with both of my girls.  We plan on taking Jordan to the Big Apple Circus in Lincoln Center.  I thought I might take her to a Broadway show but I think that she is still just too young.  

Ahhhh Christmas gifts…..  This year I am getting a decorator to help me with a few things around the house.  I know that sounds soooo pretentious, but if you knew how bad I am at these things you would understand.  I am sick of living like I am in a college dormitory with blank walls and nothing on my fireplace and no window treatments and nothing on my dresser.  When people come over they tell me “Oh well, you just moved in.”  But that’s not the reason the house looks like this – its because I cant decorate!  If I don’t get someone to help me it will look like this 3 years from now.  In fact, you know how they say that a house always sells better with the furniture in it??  Well, when we were selling our old house a realtor actually told us that the house would probably sell better empty.  I was offended for a few minutes, but the truth is that he was right.  I am horrible at decorating so I just don’t do it.  So we’ll see what this decorator comes up with.

The kids – I swear I have no idea what I got the kids.  I bought them a bunch of stuff and it got wrapped and it is all in NY awaiting our arrival.  I know, I know, I sound terribly on the ball and that is just not like me.  I am pretty impressed with myself this year!  So Santa is apparently going to come to NY and to Texas for my girls.  Jordan’s BIG gift this year is a bicycle - which she will get here of course.  She has a tricycle, but never really got the hang of it.  The pedals and the steering all at the same time was a bit much.  Maybe she is not the most coordinated kid.  But anyway, now its too small for her.  SO we’ll see how the bike thing goes.  For Katie, well, shes really hard.  Its hard to get her something that isn’t already in this house from her sister.  I did manage to find a few things, but I am sure that a few empty boxes and some wrapping paper to crinkle will do her just fine!   Oh an Jordan keeps telling me that Santa will sneak up on her at night when she's sleeping.  Hmmmm........ Santa sounds kind of creepy when she puts it like that.

As for hubby – well he is already done (see previous PS3 blog).  You cant really get him anything.  He just buys whatever he wants when he wants it.  I do know that he does want a Harley……  ha ha……  But there is not a chance in hell he is going to find that under the tree!

And I just needed to say that I am still so sad for James Kim – the father that lost his life trying to save his family.  I know there has been a lot of tragedy in the news as of late, but this one hit me pretty hard.  I cant get the thought of him out in the freezing cold walking as far as he did.  This man is a hero in my eyes. 

Well, that’s all I got today…….  Gotta go get the kiddos from the babysitter…..