Wow is time flying

I can hardly believe that it has been a week since I have posted anything. All is actually going well here, just busy busy busy.
Mike did go to his appointment with the spine surgeon last week however, we have no more answers that before we went. He is scheduled for another test tomorrow which hopefully will give at least an answer to whether he is a surgery candidate or not. For me this is a definite catch 22. I would love for there to be a procedure that would give him a painless life, but surgeries, especially spinal surgeries are so risky.
Other than Mike's medical visits, we are like all of you busy preparing for Christmas. Though my house is still in need of much cleaning, I think we are making progress. I hope to wrap gifts tonight or tomorrow and I plan of finishing the necessary grocery shopping this morning. As every year I cook Christmas dinner. I started this when the kids were small so that they could stay home with their new gifts and not have to open them and then put them away to go to Grandma's and then to another Grandma's and then get home so late that everybody heads straight to bed.
Now that the kids are getting older, we have some nice after Christmas dinner time to just relax, which is wonderful.
Relaxation is another thing that Mike and I vowed to do this season. Last night we scheduled a relaxation night. We rented a video from the red box,Cindy was working, we put the boys to bed, turned off all of the lights other than the Christmas tree, grabbed a large bottle of wine,some cheese and crackers and kicked back. We hadn't done anything like this in a long time and it was so nice.
Well, it is about time to get my day started. May God bless you all as you finish your Christmas preparations !