- Early morning meeting with client to review drainage plans
- Attend Christmas Show at daughter's school
- Bake cookies for daughter's holiday party
- Check client's garden installation progress, site new location for river birch tree
- Pick up quick gift for "secret Santa" exchange at daughter's holiday party
- Finish addressing, writing little personal notes, stuffing, licking, stamping and mail Christmas cards (picking up where I left off after the "F"s - only 135 to go!!)
- Review gift list and pick up last few stocking stuffers
- Send copies of client's patio plans to contractors for estimates
- Find 5 sweet little hostess gifts to take to upcoming parties over next 3 days
- Get gifts to husband's family to Federal Express (while 2-day is still an option!)
- Hang wreath outside that has been lying on the ground for a week waiting until I attach the bow and buy some more floral wire
- Buy more floral wire (at the hardware store - pick up a couple of stocking stuffers while there)
- Plan Christmas eve and day menus
- Prepare grocery lists for 2 different grocery stores
- Finalize dog sitting schedule for post-Christmas trip to niece's wedding
- Buy wedding gift for niece
- Take husband's tux to cleaners
- Write 3 thank you notes for holiday parties last week
- Buy new slacks for son to wear to wedding
- Shower and dress for 3 holiday parties
- Drive children to various events for evening
Really, this is my list for tomorrow. I don't get excited or worked up over Halloween because I know, every year, just around the winter solstice, I turn into the Tazmanian Devil.
