Christmas Prep!

This past week has been very busy, as those near Christmas usually are.

Last week I was feeling very unprepared for Christmas and a little stressed out. Then, on top of that, our car battery decided to die when I left work on Friday night - the night of our Christmas party! Thanks to the help of some wonderful friends and neighbours, we managed to get to the party just a few minutes late. After the party we went and bought a battery which Peter installed on Saturday morning. We were in a bit of a rush to get the battery in as we both had plans on Saturday morning - Peter to go help a friend on a house and me to get my nails done. Gee ... I think I got the better deal! Anyway, after dropping Peter off and before my nail appointment I managed to get to Shoppers. I redeemed some points and got almost all the rest of my shopping done - yay! I still have one gift left to buy, but I'm not too stressed about that.

After I got home around noon, I did some cross-stitch finishing (can't post pics as I finished some gifts ...) and finally used my sewing machine for the first time! I bought it in a yard sale last year and it's been sitting idle ever since! I also had some little gift packs to package, and I got all that done. So ... I'm feeling much better :) I think the exhaustion of the first trimester has finally lifted and I've had much more energy this week than in previous weeks.

Last night I got a bunch of baking done for a youth group party this Thursday night. I did double batches of skor bit shortbreads and chocolate chip cookies, so some will go in the freezer for our Christmas baking! Yay! Tonight I'm babysitting for some friends so it will be a stitchy night - tonight I work on Carousel - can't wait!

Sorry for the novel - that's what happens when you don't update in a week or so!

Oh yeah - we have a dr's appointment tomorrow where we should be able to hear the heartbeat for the first time - I am so excited! I'll post the rate on here so anyone who wants can make predictions ;)