It is 9 pm here as I write this and I have just walked in the door from looking at lights. Oh wait, let me back up!
Yesterday evening after my husband finally did his Christmas shopping, the boys begged to open one gift. So, we all chose a gift and sat in our respective places. I pulled out my camera and, guess what, it has DIED!! I switched batteries, etc and it simply will not work. I get these weird beeping noises and the display says E 18. My husband Googled it and found that it is a very common error, but none of the 7 listed DIY fixes worked. So, we opened our one gift each without taking pictures. Tank is 3… do you realize what that means? It means this is one of the most fun Christmases for US that he will ever have. Everything is fun and exciting for him and I have no stinkin’ camera to record his incredible lit up face. 
So, tonight we went out on our annual 3 hour trip to look at lights and visit Santa. Oh that’s right… I DON’T HAVE A STINKING CAMERA! Does it matter? Oh, heck no, it doesn’t matter because it started raining and Santa wasn’t even there. Now, I have no camera and my kids haven’t seen Santa this year.
Wait, I am not done yet… we get home from looking at lights and someone left a bowl of food on the stove. Thanks to the rain (and the bowl… oh, and the wonderful child that left it there) I found my kitchen literally COVERED in ANTS!! Yes, ANTS! They are inside my stove, etc! I have sprayed and washed dishes and sprayed some more. They keep coming out (stupid, death defying ants!) and I am crying and just plain overwhelmed. I cried every time I saw a pretty house that I couldn’t take a picture of and well, I have no way of recording this Christmas.
Oh yeah, here is the kicker (crap, Ricky is spraying again!!) I will have a house full tomorrow at 11 am for dinner with Ricky’s family! I have an ant problem, a crying problem, and no camera! Dinner will be great!
How’s your Christmas going? On the plus side, it can’t get much worse, right?
*Disclaimer – I am beyond stressed and just really need to rant. Yes, I know how lucky I am…
- I have 3 wonderful, healthy kids.
- I have a husband who adores me.
- A friend woke me up this morning with great news (that I can’t share yet but it has to do with the We Blog! Conference)
- I have a home that doesn’t cost me too much in a mortgage payment each month.
- Both of my parents are still alive.
- I get along with my in-laws. <grin> In fact, I am really good friends with my husband’s sister.
But, aside from all that…. I have AN ANT PROBLEM, a CRYING PROBLEM, and NO CAMERA! It still feels really bad. Oh, did I mention that I am still sick!? Ugghhhh!
So, again.. MERRY STINKIN’ CHRISTMAS!
How? By utilizing all the Blogging Basics that I have been bringing each of you. How do I decide how much increase I want? For the first time I recorded my stats then a month later, recorded them again and set goals for the next month. I paid attention to the increase number and made the next month’s goals increase by more. Make sense? 
