I am getting so excited for Christmas! Only 6 more sleeps. This year will be our first year to have Christmas without any extended family. Just us four. I'm embracing it and so far the season has been more than I could have hoped for. That being said, it's still kind of strange to me. I'm not sure how I feel about it actually. I mean, I love the fact that we can spend the entire holiday break doing exactly what we want to rather than running frantically from house to house trying to see everyone. I love that we decided to have a roast on Christmas day which means almost zero cooking for me! And I super love that Zach doesn't have to work this year!
We are always in our own home on actual Christmas morning regardless of taking a trip or not. I think that I am still a little more homesick this year than years past. I guess it is because we normally make a trip before or after Christmas. I'm not sure. I am sure about the fact that I am just ready to be closer to home. I'm done with missing birthdays and basketball games and weddings and babies being born and especially holidays! We will always wake up in our own home on Christmas morning (a traditions that we plan to keep no matter where in the world we are living) but I'm ready for the frantic running around all throughout the break again. 7 years is enough of living so far away. I am welcoming the next 4 years in Kansas!
So, since we won't be home again until late Feb or early March, I actually exited my comfort zone and not only designed and printed but also addressed and stamped 50+ Christmas cards! If we can't be there, at least photos of us will! This is the first time in the history of the Butcher-Frakes family that I actually have every intention of taking this stack of cards and sending them on their way first thing tomorrow morning!
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| This is a pic of the card on the computer screen. Just in case they don't make it any farther than the shelf by the front door |
Now you guys know me. I love every thing Christmas. The lights, the decorations, the movies, the music, the smells. Everything. Everything except sending out cards. I LOVE getting loads of cards in the mail. I love photos and recap letters. Love them. I have no idea what it is about sitting down, addressing and stuffing envelopes that seems so unappealing to me but I am pretty excited for these to make their destinations. I feel like i just defeated my arch-nemesis. Silly, I know. I figured that since I was on a roll with trying harder to keep up with things that I really WANT to do but just never seem to do them (ie. this blog), card sending should be added to the list. Normally I get about this far and they never make it to the mail. Then I spend an hour in early January cutting used, unused stamps off of envelopes. We'll start small. If these actually make it out the door then I may try my hand at sending a birthday card or two this year!
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