This is my Wish. . . .

A Simple Christmas.
That's my heart's desire.
My heart will be disappointed, I fear.
My heart will not give up hope for a simple Christmas.

. . . but it's most likely not going to happen this year. And yes, that is yours truly - courtesy of Mom's old photo album, and my scanner. It was fun to look through our old pictures.

Update on the kiddos. . .

Edison made it through an entire day of school today. Of course, the word I received was that he was tired and sore. I'm sure he is. But, he made it through--and that's more important than just about anything. He's competing in the county-wide spelling bee tomorrow night, so I really wanted him to go to school 1 or 2 days before the competition.

Caroline? Mystery. We took her back to the doctor today, because her fever spiked up again last night, and the rash got bolder. Of course, they found nothing wrong with her. We've taken her off Benadryl (no itching) and are continuing the Tylenol. I'm flummoxed, but not defeated. I'm taking her (Christmas) shopping tomorrow. She will think that we're making random stops at stores. . . but I'm actually shopping for her. Shhhh!

So other than that, I'm finding myself burning the candle at both ends, in the middle, and across the top. But, what else is new? I'm seriously trying to do some advance work so that the week(s) leading up to and following Christmas can be relaxing weeks. We'll see.

Until we meet again, my friends. . .I leave you with another picture. Enjoy!

Yep. That's me and my daddy!