Women are like lionesses at the gate of the home. . . . She guards that gate, and things matter to that family if they matter to her. . . . Sisters, you are each like the lioness at the gate. This means that there has to be some prioritizing. I was taught years ago that when our priorities are out of order, we lose power. If we need power and influence to carry out our mission, then our priorities have to be straight.

Monday, November 29, 2010

Decompressing

Don't you just hate the Monday after a long holiday weekend? Me too.

We spent our Monday decompressing. Two of us stayed in our jammies all day. The other one only changed out of jammies so that 25 different dress-up outfits could be put on. I took Sudafed all day as I try to recover from a cold I caught from Rachelle. The girls gleefully played with every. single. toy. they own that apparently they missed while we were out of town for 5 days. We never left the house.

And poor Michael had to go to work.

But we need a day to recover from the best Thanksgiving ever. I mean, did you stay up all night after eating a bunch of turkey to battle Virginian crowds at Target to get $100 off a new camera? Or pound the pavement with a cold at a Virginian Walmart for $5 Barbie deals? Better yet, did you go to the beach for Thanksgiving? Or go back in time to 1776 to see Paul Revere and yell at the British flag, "We've had enough!" Did you find yourself at the most magical place on the planet to ring in the Christmas season - and I'm not talking about Disney World?

We did.





Details to come.

Feel sorry for Michael. He didn't get the day to recooperate. Tomorrow it's back to the grindstone for me as well. Boo!

And just for your information:

This evening, we tried to keep the Christmas excitement alive by watching The Nutcracker. There is a version on YouTube that features the Royal Ballet - the whole thing is there! It is shown in several 10 minute clips, so you can sit down and watch the whole thing, or just a scene or two, depending on how long your kiddos are willing to sit in front of the computer. It is not Balachine choreography (you probably don't care about that) but it is beautifully done! I highly recommend it. And the dancing is way better than that $50/ticket performance you're about to go see. Unless you're about to go see the NYC Ballet perform. But then I guess you wouldn't be getting a ticket for $50.

Click here for the first Act (labeled Act 1. -1), and then follow along to subsequent scenes in the options shown at the end. (ie: Act 1. -2., Act 1. - 3. - you get the idea!)

Cleverly written by shelley