Holiday Chaos

Chris & I leave on Saturday to visit my mother for Christmas, and then we fly back east next week to spend New Years with Chris' family... I'm finally done with shopping, but does the to-do list ever get smaller this time of year? I don't think so. One thing gets accomplished (after which, if you're anything like me, you do a little victory dance) and then four more things get added to the list. What is up with that? Anyway, the pre-Christmas craziness is winding down, as there are fewer and fewer days left in which to get anything done. And, as frenetic as that makes me feel, I'm glad it's almost over.

In other holiday news, the splitting-a-water-buffalo idea is spreading - I know of two more Heifer International gifts which have been given as a result of hearing about what Chris & I decided to give each other this year. That makes me feel great, and is the perfect antidote to the long lines and congested roads.

Gift-Giving for People Who Don't Need More Stuff

Chris & I were chatting yesterday and found that we'd both come to the same conclusion... We didn't want to give each other more "stuff" for Christmas this year. Instead, we decided to share the cost of purchasing a water buffalo for a family in need. I'm extraordinarily happy with this outcome, as it gives me a warm fuzzy feeling in my heart and allows me to say that my husband gave me half a water buffalo for Christmas. And if that's not a conversation starter, I dunno what is.