Caught up ... sort of

I spent the last week catching up on everything I had let slide during the launch of Tales from Bethlehem. I mailed the last of my Christmas cards, published and mailed the December family newsletter, shopped for and wrapped and bagged Christmas presents, caught up on the regular household chores, and had my first gift exchange.

This coming week, I will:
-- Have at least three Christmas gift exchanges.
-- Work on my goals for next year.
-- Stay warm. We're supposed to get ice and snow on Christmas, and it won't improve until Friday. Which is good because I'm supposed to travel on Saturday.
-- Continue to work on organizing my desk and craft supplies. I am determined to reduce what I have to what I actually use or will use.
-- Establish a blogging schedule again.

Y'all have a wonderful Christmas. I hope it's peaceful and sweet. This is my favorite time of the year, but it's also the one where I miss my parents terribly. The black dog never rests, you know. But even if Christmas tinged by sadness and loss, it still means a lot to me. It's the beginning of the redemption story. Later on there would be blood, sorrow, and death before joy comes again, but at the beginning, there is only the joy and a babe in the night.