5 more days

So we are hitting Christmas crunch time. I still have bits and pieces to buy. The holiday season is never a quiet one in our family. I am not sure how it is in others, but I see tv shows with people sitting around a fireplace and relaxing, hahahaha
My friend, Dickie, who has a brain tumor just got an early christmas present and found out that the tumor has shrunk 2 mm! That is great news. Yeah Dickie!
My friend, Melanie, from Disney (now stationed in Japan while her husband works at Tokyo Disney) has come back into town and I hear that Japan was great for her. I am a little green with envy as I hear she has time to hit the gym and lose a ton of weight. Yeah Mel!!!
We have made no New Years plans. Bill's father is coming into town that weekend, but is leaving New Year's Eve night, so we are probably going to make dinner here and have a "ball drop" for the kiddos around 8pm so they can go to bed at a reasonable hour. Not sure how it is in other houses, but in mine, the later the kids go to bed, the earlier they wake up.
I have ben trying to hit the gym, but the warmth of my bed keeps calling me back in. I really should utilize the babysitting services there and then I would have no excuse. I guess I know a new year's resolution.