The holidays stress me out. They have for as long as I've been a Mom.  This year has been even more stressful than usual, I think because I'm creating a lot of stress for myself due to my complete lack of ability to organize. Organize what?, you ask? EVERYTHING. I am the most unorganized person in my entire family.  Which is probably why no one EVER says "let's get together at Elizabeth's house". When I say that my New Year's Resolution is to get organized, I MEAN IT. I can't go on living this way. My family can't go on with me living this way.  I have no system in place for organizing my blogging, my household responsibilities, my emails, my life in general!  And now it's the holidays, Christmas is in 11 days, I haven't even ordered Christmas cards let alone started gathering the addresses, I haven't wrapped a single present, it's just all a big mess.   In fact, Chris and the kids decorated the tree, a job I usually love, while I sat on the couch deleting emails. … [Read more...]