Are we there yet?

And no.................I'm not actually on a trip or taking one..................it's the overwhelming feeling I've had for the past 3-weeks that doesn't seem to want to go away.

Seems to be the "norm" this holiday season. Just about everyone I have talked to has felt completely overwhelmed with a feeling of getting nothing accomplished.

For those that may not know me, I'm a very organized person. My lists have lists & I run circles around my circles. It's my nature & I can't seem to be much different........................until this year?

1) Was it all the blogs I visited where I saw all the beautiful Christmas decorations I just felt I "had" to make?
2) Or was it the Christmas cards I started making about 6-weeks ago & still only got 20 made? 3) Maybe it was the Thanksgiving trip I took which threw our "usual" Christmas tree shopping & putting up to the next weekend?
4) Or still maybe it's the dance team Ashlyn is now on which consumes my every breathing moment?
5) It couldn't possibly be that hubby seems to be in the same state of overwhelmedness & hasn't helped me w/anything this year? Na.......couldn't possibly be that!!

Whatever it is, I took some time one night to veg with some scrapbook magazines. While rereading my Simple Scrapbooks issue, Stacey Julian had written some profound words that hit home: She "simply" stated that maybe she was overwhelmed with all the things she felt she needed to get done, that made her happy, but didn't necessarily mean anything to anyone else." Pretty simple hu?

That's me in a nutshell. I'm willing to bet no one cares, or even notices, I made 20 Christmas cards, I took my girls Christmas picture, I altered 3 foam Christmas trees, made an Advent calendar, a present wreath, ornaments AND miscellaneous birthday cards in between. NOPE!!! I do all these things because it brings me pleasure. I love trying something new, finishing it & then reveling in it's "doneness."

Maybe next year I won't make a danged thing. I bet someone notices then? Have a very blessed Tuesday.......I'm not making anything:)