A couple of years ago, we ran a
commercial that asked a very timely question--
What would you rather have this time of
the year, more time or more money? I’ve always agreed with the
answer the commercial gave, perhaps no more so than this year.
I would MUCH rather have the extra
time!
That’s become OH so apparent the last
week or so as I’ve I tried to cram in the start of cookie baking,
shopping, visiting family & friends, more baking, more shopping,
and a few non-essential items like eating and sleeping each 24-hour
day. I didn’t get everything done; not all the cookies are baked,
NO gifts are wrapped (they’re not even all purchased yet), and, as
I realized last night while lying in bed unable to sleep, the time
for all of that is rapidly running out.
After all these years, you’d think
we’d figure out how to budget time around the holidays, but it
never seems to work. Every year, things seem to get added onto our
schedule, and what we may have been able to accomplish before the
holidays LAST year now mocks us as we cry while looking over our
“to-do” lists.
I’ve taken to adding something onto
my Christmas list every year. For the past 20 or so years, when
anyone asks what I want for the holidays, I’ll list a couple of
things I think people will want to get me, and then a couple of other
fanciful items that I’d like but I know I’ll never get, which
usually consist of world peace and my own spaceship. Since 2005 (I
think) I’ve added a third item--a 25th hour in the day.
Well, a boy can dream, can’t he? And
while I have, in various forms, received “world peace” and “my
own spaceship” over the past few years (on T-shirts, toys, and
trinkets) Santa has yet to slip that extra hour per day into my
stocking.
If you happen to visit Santa before
next Saturday night, wanna drop a hint or two for me? I’d sure
appreciate it!
*****
Speaking of not having enough time, if
you don’t have enough time (or gas) to drive around and look at
Christmas lights, try THIS.
You can thank me later!!)
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