First, the reason for the post title-this comment from my sister in law “Java Junkie” on my Christmases Past and Present post:
*hug* Good for you sis! No one works harder at this, nor deserves to stop and take a break and breathe in the wonderfulness that you do it for (your three babies, JUST for starters) than you do. P. turns 3 in less than a week and I find myself trying to find the rewind button. Even though I’ve spent so much time giving him love, playing with him, teaching him, I am frantically trying to grasp at time and make it stand still, just so I can hold and hold and hold him. Christmas is magical. It’s about loving and being loved, giving and being blessed. You have three of the coolest (and cutest) kids I know, and one of the best husbands on the planet. You could live out of a cardboard box and still be 10 times more blessed than the richest person on the planet.
I love you, Sissy. I don’t know what I did to deserve such a special SIL and friend! Well, yes I do, I married your brother 
It’s been a tough couple of weeks for me as you know, which is why I have taken a major step back from the Internet over the last few days. Now it’s time to get caught up, though, because I have obligations and they need to be taken care of. I know it’s the weekend and all, but I am going to attempt to get completely caught up on all five of my blogs. So if you subscribe to any of my feeds, you’ll be seeing a lot of activity today and tomorrow.
Right now I’m sitting in my kitchen, which is not where I usually work, but I needed a complete change of scenery in order to get my head together. I’ve got a CD called “Christmas Favorites” playing-someone named Dick Haymes is singing “White Christmas”. I’ve never heard of him, but his voice is like a cup of hot chocolate.
The kids are playing with toys in the back room, even Ryan, because Chris finally set the Family Timer on the Xbox, and they’ve already used up their allotted time for the day. I believe there is something going on involving Army Men, Ben 10 guys, the big wood Train Station, and rubber lizards. Maybe that’s what President Bush needs to do-send some Ben 10 guys into Iraq to get this war over once and for all.
Chris helped the boys decorate a small artificial tree last night, with ornaments Nathan picked out at Target, and it looks really nice. We bought a real tree at Horrock’s last night too, it’s the first real tree we’ve had since before Ryan was born. It made me so happy that we all went together and picked out the tree as a family. Now I just have to decorate it-lights are my job, because I am so anal retentive about getting them just right. Chris knows to just stand back and let me do the lights the way I want them
And finally, my riches:
And that is what keeps me going despite the people who try to bring me down.
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I know exactly how you feel, and getting caught up is enough work in itself without having other people add to your list of things to do. So I apologize in advance for this, but I was actually meme’d over at my blog and you happened to be one of the privileged that I tagged also.
You can find the details on my blog at http://wahfacts.blogspot.com/2007/12/meme-7-things-about-me.html
No rush! Feel free to share if you get a moment.
All my best,
Crystal
Twitter: blm03
(44 comments.) says:
I was thinking about you today. It seems like everybody is picking on you. However, look at it this way. They are threatened by you — otherwise it wouldn’t even be worth mentioning.
So just think Mr. Assington is both threatened and jealous of what you have done with your blogs. 
You definitely do have some wonderfully made riches! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
I need to go check out your 4 other blogs
Your kids are beautiful! So glad you all got out as a family to get a real tree. That sounds awesome. I am the tree lights Nazi at my house, but have had to let that go since we’ve had kids.
Twitter: bcmom
(40 comments.) says:
You are very rich! What lovely children you have, and a wonderful husband, too.
Made me booey to know what I wrote touched you. And I am VERY glad you married my Tover.. He needed you! And I mean that in every way. Without you Tover would have never found any sort of direction anywhere. Without you he wouldn’t have that beautiful tribe to come home to that he does. Without you, he would have never made it through last year. Don’t ever forget it.
I’m SO glad you guys got a real tree! Monkey and I agreed to skip real/artificial every other year. This year is artificial because we’re coming home (up there) for Christmas anyway. So I’m even glad for selfish reasons that you got a real tree this year. But more than that a childhood just wouldn’t be a childhood without at least ONE real Christmas tree. Did you make sure Tover cut the bottom of the trunk off before you put it in the stand? Hopefully next year I’ll be able to talk Monkey into going to a cut your own tree place because those last SO much longer. Last year needles were falling by the handful a mere week after we bought it (but I didn’t go with him to get it, he doesn’t tend to ask “When did this tree get to this lot?” haha.
Anyway, can’t wait to see you guys in a couple weeks and give you all smooches. I might have to buy some super red lipstick just for the occasion!
And I know you’re putting your nose back to the grindstone, but make sure you stop and have some alone time and some mommy time every day. One of my life mantras in this last year has come from Dr. Seuss. “Be yourself, because the people that mind don’t matter, and the people that matter don’t mind.” – The people that matter are there and will always love you and love you just the way you are. Screw everyone else. 
you have a great family.
Elizabeth, I’m glad you didn’t let that bad experience keep you down. And you’re so right. Our riches are not in money and things we own. They’re in love, relationships with those dear to us, and our precious children that we’ve been blessed with. (and to have a 4 month old grandbaby like I do…it’s awesome!) The pictures of your kids are so cute! You are definitely blessed!
About depression, have you had your hormone levels checked? I highly recommend finding a doctor who will do Saliva Testing. You can find out the exact levels of the different hormones. If there’s a hormone imbalance,such as a progesterone deficiency, then that can trigger depression. I am taking a prescription for natural, compounded progesterone. It has been a blessing in my life, and I just wish I had known about it years earlier!