I have to say that I am pretty much sick of Christmas already!! Hubby and I are going to do the kids Christmas gifts this weekend and will just have my brother and mother to shop for and we will be DONE!! We decided to go down to Dallas for Thanksgiving to visit with my IL's and will give our Christmas presents to them while we are there. So that means we will have to get their presents this weekend also. I have ordered 1 thing for each of the kids from Disney. Personalized throw blankets. From there I have hit a wall. My hubby does not want to get the kids toys for Christmas, mind you they are 8,6,3, and 16 months. WHAT do you get a kid other than toys for Christmas?? Underwear and socks??? THat is a kids worst nightmare, and I see clothes as a neccesity, not something that they should get for Christmas!! My oldest did say that he wanted a clock, so I passed that along to my MIL, my oldest daughter wants the Barbie Swan Lake DVD, that I also passed along to my MIL, but what about the 2 little ones?? What else do you get them other than toys??? I understand that my hubby does not want to get toys because they already have a TON of toys, but what else do you do?? If anyone has ANY ideas let me know!!! We have toyed with the idea of Gameboy advances for the older 2 and bikes for the older 2, which would be great, not a big deal, maybe even a little trike for our youngest daughter (fill my garage that is already full with a van and jet ski, instead of the house, gee what a good idea =o) ) Well, luckily it will all be done with this weekend, I hate shopping the day after Thanksgiving, and waiting til the last minute, so it should take a a load of me when it is all said and done. WHOOO HOOO :o) Of course there is still the hubby to shop for, but I still have not figured out what I am going to get him. He is rather hard to shop for since he buys what he wants when he wants. And again I hate to buy clothes since that is a neccesity and not something most people want. But I will come up with something. Maybe some golf clubs and some goober pants :o)

I would like to say welcome to my friend Jeff. He is now a writer on here too. I figured since I am on here bashing the Wings in public I am not giving him a fair shot at the Blues and that is not right... so WELCOME JEFF!!! He is a great friend that I met a few years back and have continuously talked to for several yrs now. Talk away buddy :o)

Since we have decided to go to Dallas for Thanksgiving it should be interesting, it is about a 12-13 hour drive and with 4 kids it will probably take a little longer!! Plus my sister in law and my nephew from Tulsa will be there, and so will my MIL's husbands daughter and hubby from CA.... so we should be packed in like sardines!! We will stay here for Thanksgiving with my family, then get loaded up in the car and head for Dallas, we will probably stop in Tulsa to see some of my hubbies dads side of the family, then get to Dallas sometime in the middle of the night, then have Thanksgiving with them on Friday, then on Saturday have Thanksgiving with one of my MIL's hubbies kids and then come home on Sunday... so we should be nice and FAT by the time we leave Dallas :o) What are YOUR plans for Thanksgiving??