My brain is kind of fried right now, not going to lie. I was up super late last night dealing with some fairly last minute gift purchasing (?- kind of…there’s a week left, but I just really want/need to be done with all gift buying for all people now!).
I am feeling some serious “gift buying fatigue” this year for some reason. Despite loving buying for others and gift giving in general, I sometimes find it really stressful and kind of overwhelming. More on this topic another day, because I don’t have the mental energy to explain right now. 🙂
On a fun note, check out this stack o’books that Asher got yesterday!! Holy cow. We picked up his surprise library package(s) and I can’t believe how many books they sent home with him!! Truly awesome. He followed Ethan’s idea of spreading them all out and rolling a dice to see which one to start with. Ethan is tearing through his stack from last week at a seriously impressive pace. Asher does not read “quite” as intensely and borderline obsessively as Ethan does, but he seemed pretty pumped to dive into these too.
Wisdom Wednesday- Two things to make you think today:
1. “Your outcomes are a lagging measure of your habits. Your net worth is a lagging measure of your financial habits. Your weight is a lagging measure of your eating habits. Your knowledge is a lagging measure of your learning habits. Your clutter is a lagging measure of your cleaning habits. You get what you repeat.”
– James Clear (http://jamesclear.com)
2. “If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito. ” 🙂
Proof of completion of Day #3 of the 12 Days of Christmas Challenge:
5 am yesterday morning…a 20 minute Beachbody stretching workout in my office, in the quiet and dark + Christmas lights! It was very nice. 🙂
Up today #4: family candlelight dinner on a Wednesday night! Looking forward to it. Chipotle crusted pork tenderloin, red potatoes and broccoli is on the menu.
Daily Gratitude:
I am grateful for furry, warm, cozy boots.
GRATEFUL KAE 
I love how much your boys read! My 10yr old just finished The Unwanteds and he loved it (so that is what he would recommend from Asher’s stack.
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Ethan read The Unwanteds in the past too and also loved that series! I hope Asher likes it too. 🙂
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The way I read James Clear he makes me feel woefully inadequate but also like going for a workout. Do you have any boot recommendations?
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Actually the ones I have been wearing are just some from Shoe Carnival! Not a top brand or anything but they are comfy and warm for basic everyday wear.
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talking about gift fatigue… I feel you!!!! i haven’t bought any of the santa gifts for the girls… and I have exactly today to buy them.. grrrrrrrrr…. when can we stop doing this? oh well… what we do for the kids to keep the magic just one more year.
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So we have majorly scaled back on gifts. But gifts are the dead last love language for Phil and me. 3-4 years ago we told my parents they could stop buying for us. They don’t live close to shopping and with 5 married kids, that was 10 people to shop for in addiction to the 7 grand kids – and there will now be 10 grandkids in feb. they agreed to stop buying. Most years is siblings donate to a sponsor a family charity that buys gifts for needy families. The grandkids do a gift exchange so I buy a gift for the person Paul draws and then we get some things for Pablo but that’s it for the most part. For my godson, I put money in a savings accounts I started when he was born which I will sign over to him when he graduates. Phil and I don’t exchange gifts either. I know we sound super Grinchy! Ha. I know gifts are important to the magic of the season so we will make sure that gift holidays are always special and exciting for our boys. But I totally get the gift giving fatigue. I felt that way in the past, especially when friends still wanted to exchange gifts and I was just sooo done.
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