7 Quick Takes, Mid-December Edition

Update: I figured out that the Orwellians over at Google want everyone to update to the new blogger interface, and so made the old one unworkable.  The new one is nice, but I'm always leary of tech changes, so didn't change until now.  I've updated this post to include photos and links.  Thanks for stopping by!

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Got my Christmas cards out this week (finally). We have good friends in Chicago who send an annual laughfest of a Christmas letter every year, and I kept waiting for their letter to arrive so I could have some inspiration for my own attempt at wittiness, but time was drawing close, so I figured I better just get at it. So my letter this year is only sort of funny.

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Can I just say enough with the sickness already? We haven't had one sick-free day in this household since Birdie was born and I'm just weary of it. And it being only mid-December, we probably have several more months of this mess to go. Right now all three kids have terrible colds, and I think I'm coming down with something too. My husband thought he was maybe getting sick last night, but he seems fine this morning.

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We had our first parent-teacher conference this week for Piglet. It went well--he is doing well in preschool, able to keep up with the work and so forth. Which is good, given all his issues, but he is also in a class with kids who are around age 2.5 and he is almost four, so that is somewhat discouraging too. He does pick up on things quickly and is doing well with the routines, so that is something too.

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I was asked to guest post over at Conservamom this coming week, so I guess I'd better get cracking on that post. It is about our Christmas traditions, so I won't bore you with the details here. Just check her blog this coming week.

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Peapod/ meal planning update: We are still enjoying our Peapod grocery delivery service. It has made things somewhat easier in the food department. I'm still doing okay in the meal planning, but I couldn't keep up with cooking a week's worth of meals every Saturday. It was nice while it lasted, but Birdie cries too much, and my husband is in the throes of another Supreme Court case and doesn't have time to take care of the kids while I cook. So I'm doing the daily scramble to get dinner on the table every night by 5:30. Usually two of the three children are screaming, and I have to wear Boo on my back while I cook or he is just a monster, but that's life for now. I keep hoping it will get better. sigh.

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Nope, I got nothin'.

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Wanted to show you a card, but Blogger's toolbar totally disappeared and I don't have the time or mental energy to try and make it work (which is why there are no links on this post either. (Sorry Jen).  

So here's the card:

I made it a while back, but never got around to posting it.  I didn't come up with the original idea, but tweaked a few details.  I like gatefolds but never remember to make them.