Oh, Man! Our work contracted out professional decorators to come and set up Christmas trees! This is absolutely hysterical to me. I can't imagine what the cost was for this. Anyways, I spent the bulk of my work time yesterday and today setting up the other Christmas arrangements--reindeer, stars, etc. It looks quite beautiful, but, really, how hard is it to decorate a tree?

Ds5 is sick with croup. He sounds like a seal and no one in the house is getting much sleep. Hopefully tonight will be better. I'd feel sorrier for the little guy but he's soooo sick that he spent most of yesterday rearranging every pillow and sofa cushion in the house into a pile at the bottom of the stairs and then diving down into his arrangement. Sick? I think not!

Yesterday was a no spend day. Today I spent almost 50 dollars on groceries. We had no vegetables or fruit left in the house, and I wanted some sliced turkey and cheese for lunches. I'm trying to lose the 10 pounds I've been carrying around for the last year. I lose weight fairly quickly, luckily, but this 10 seems to really like me. My pants are feeling tight and I hate that! So, if I have all the stuff that's healthy for me close by, then I'll go for it. Basically, I like to eat.