The wind is howling outside. The snow is coming down in sheets. The sky is a dark gray. And it’s cold. We are getting some very nasty weather in the Northeast today. A classic Nor’easter. We typically get these storms after the first of the year so this is very unusual for us. It has also been much colder than normal for the last two weeks with temperatures barely out of the teens. This will be the first white Christmas we’ve had in four or five years. So much for a milder winter this year.

The hubs and I got most of our Christmas shopping done last night. There are a few things I still have to pick up - candy for their stockings, clothes for each of them (funny how the hubs didn’t want to shop for clothes) and a few books and sketch pads and journals for each of them. It’s going to be a musical Christmas this year. My son asked for a drum set and we indulged him. My daughter wanted an acoustic guitar and we indulged her too. Then we decided in a fit of madness to get our two youngest their own set that included a tambourine, triangle and wooden jingle sticks. I should have picked some of this up for hubs and I - lol.

So today the kids are still with their big sister. Hubs and I are going to wrap all the presents and then we’ve got a Christmas party to go to tonight. We have one small challenge to figure out. The alternator went in my van yesterday and we can’t seat all six of us in his truck. So we may just end up bringing the two littlest girls home after the party and leaving the older two with their sister. We’ll figure it out somehow.

Also, today is my BFF’s birthday so a big shout out to her! You’re as old as me now you old bag! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!