Late as usual!!

Wow...I said not like Jonathan and yet, here I am, a month later, trying to pretend that I am on the ball. Actually, nothing is on the ball right now. Our Christmas tree is still not decorated. The kids have been gone every weekend in December so far, either to the exes or Hannah's swim meet. On the bright side, David and I have bought every single Christmas present without the use of a credit card. NO MORE DEBT is our new slogan.

Hannah just competed in her first out of town meet. It was kinda neat because it was in Rock Hill, which is where I started college, met Lee and fled after three years. Lee's mom was able to come and see her swim though. Hannah had her best meet ever, dropping seconds like it was nothing. So much so, that her coach has decided to move her up to the next training group. I get this email about it and print it to show Hannah. She was reading a bedtime story to Macon that night so when she was done, I went in to say prayers with Macon and handed the email to Hannah on her way out. She closed the door, I turned out Macon's light, knelt down to start prayers and hear Hannah say, "Yes!" Then I feel the floor start to shake and paper begin to rattle as she does a happy dance in the hallway. Needless to say, she was excited.

Last night, Hannah had two girls spend the night. I was gone when they arrived, picking Katy up from a birthday party and driving her back to Lee's to spend the night there. When I got back, David was playing Monopoly with the giggling girls. I remember when we first got serious about dating, he asked me why the girls made that noise. "What noise?" as silly sounds emanate from the other room. "That noise....the high-pitch sound coming from their little bitty lips" Oh, the sounds of little girls and here he is making them giggle by pretending to have stolen their Monopoly money. What a long way we have come in seven years!!

I have three parties to attend this week, a cookie swap, Bunco and a couples' party Saturday night. Thank goodness they are all on different nights because I cannot wait for them all!! The cookie swap and Bunco are two different groups of women and I love both of them. The couples' party is at a good friend of ours and they have invited lots of fun people. The kids are spending the night with David's parents that night so David and I get to stay out WAAAAY past our bedtime.

Speaking of past bedtime...I have to go to bed now. Macon is our only child in the house tonight and I think I have convinced David to let me sleep late in the morning but I cannot count on it. Macon is my little alarm clock. He'll sneak in to tell me what time it is. "Mom, mom, it's seven--dot-dot--zero-two. That means it's time to get up." I LOVE to sleep and have never been the mom who wakes up the minute her little darlings do but with three Rushton men in the house, that is hard to do. They get up early and they make no bones about the fact that if they are awake, then everyone else should be too!! Bless David's heart, he cannot be quiet to save his soul. He also has a tendency to wake me up in order to ask me what time I want him to wake me up. My response is always the same. "Well, what time is it now??" "Seven--dot-dot-zero two (He and Macon tell time the same way:)" "Well, then, wake me up at 7:02."

I'll try not to let so much time pass.....you know how it flies when you are having fun :)