Mayhem - On the Last Day of Christmas, My Family Gave to Me -

enough laundry to last for eternity! Seriously, after a great Christmas, we all went to bed with visions of sugarplums and sweet dreams and hopes that perhaps the kids had played themselves into a Christmas Day stupor and would sleep until noon the next day. How very wrong we were...........

Sparing all of the gory details, I'll just put it this way...It all began around 9:00pm on Christmas night with Park, it hasn't really ended yet, and in between there have been about 7 loads of laundry consisting of EVERY towel, blanket, sheet, and washcloth in our home that wasn't being otherwise used. It has been such a long couple of days. In all my years of having children, I have never had to work as much "shift work" as I have the past couple of days.

Seeking the silver lining in all of this mess, I can honestly say that I am so very grateful for my front load washing machine and dryer that has the deep clean and sanitize cycle! I can also says that even though my children have been sick, they are much easier to handle when they are taking 4 hour naps and unable to keep any caloric energy in them, haha! Lastly, I am so thankful for a wonderful husband who has played Mr. Mom with the best of them so that I can rest from not feeling wonderful myself.

I know the Lord has a sense of humor. I think He knows how fond I am of "keeping it real." When someone's life SEEMS too good to be true, it usually is. I think He wanted to remind me that I do not have a perfect life, and that this is as real as it gets!!!! Hope everyone else had, at the very least, a little less memorable Christmas!