Wow.  I’m really kind of surprised at you guys.  It took a looooong time before someone was finally able to identify #2 on last night’s list.  And here I thought that was the easiest of all the quotes!  You all need to brush up on your holiday movie knowledge.

1. Evie is sleeping in her crib.  At night, at least.  She slept in there last night ALL NIGHT without waking.  Holy heck! 
2. That we got our Christmas shopping done before the budget crisis hit.  
3. Fudge.  No nuts. 
4. Red, red wiiiiine.
5. Knowing tomorrow is a Friday.  (Oh thank GOD)

You know what sucks about having a “Stuff we need” list in December?  Because December is a “Stuff we want” month.  And it’s not always “we” but “they” (if it were “we”, then it wouldn’t be such a conflict, would it?).  Everything gets tied up in buying and doing and making and preparing for other people.  And then crap hits the fan, as it often likes to do, and suddenly you find yourself in a budget crunch. 

Or maybe that’s just us. 

Here’s a short list of the things we NEED right now: 

• A new tire for Kile’s van.  Oh yeah.  It’s totally flat.
• Van registration for my van.  Yeah, that’d be handy if we ever wanted to drive anywhere. 
• Shipping for gift bags for our families. 

Then there’s the list of things we need, but can (and have) put off:

• New glass for our sliding glass door.  Yeah, still haven’t gotten that replaced. 
• New glass for the two windows upstairs that are also broken.  SIGH. 
• New fence in the back for the fence that blew down LAST SPRING. 
• (Nevermind that the backyard remains UNLANDSCAPED *cough*)

And I’m sure sometime this month we’ll need: 

• Groceries
• Gas
• Medication (again… *cough*)
• Doctor Appointment copay

Oy.  Normally (I have to pause and laugh here because WHEN is anything ever NORMAL around here??), we would only have to worry about the “sometime this month” category.  But we’re unlucky/negligent/poor sorts that get to enjoy the other two categories.  And this is all while Kile gets paid ONCE a month (so yeah, that ship has sailed already) and we don’t use credit cards.  Sooooo…. yeah.  

Doesn’t this all sound marvelous?   This is usually when Kile will say something to the effect of “this is just a bad month” and I will have to remind him that last month was “just a bad month” too.  I swear, I hear that so much that it doesn’t even mean anything anymore.  What the heck does a “good month” look like?  And is there any chance of getting one anytime soon?  Please? 

_{As a subnote:  no one has sent me their address for Christmas cards yet.  I feel so rejected.  FINE, if you don’t want my uber-fancy Christmas cards, you don’t have to have one.  I’ll just go over to the corner and eat some worms.}