9 days until Christmas!

It's hard to believe that Christmas is only 9 sleeps away! I am officially done all my shopping for the holidays and that is a big relief. I spent the last few days trying to finish my shopping for gifts, food and drinks. I am very grateful that my mom was able to give me a ride all around to get it all done. I went to the States on Monday and got some really neat groceries and gifts that you can't find in Canada. I also went to M&M meats yesterday and picked up a bunch of really good food. I recently discovered their store and love their stuff!! They have some really nice party packs which is great because you don't have to do a lot of the work and taste great. I also picked up homemade Russian perogies to keep up with our traditional Russian Christmas. I know that I should have probably just made them myself but that place does such a great job and I know they will turn out great. Superstore was crazy yesterday but glad to have it all done! I even did all the shopping with a cold. I haven't been feeling too good the last few days but seem a bit better this morning after taking Cold f/x. I plan to finish my wrapping today and maybe do some baking. I don't get as stressed about baking because I enjoy doing it and am looking forward to making some really neat things this year. I still need to clean my place but am going to do that when it's a bit closer to Christmas. I am a lot less stressed than I was a few days ago. Thank goodness for to-do lists. It helped me to be organized and get stuff done and not forget. I am starting to look forward to the holidays. My kids only have one day left of school and Anakin is almost on holidays. I am VERY happy to have both of my kids home this year for Christmas. I often have to split up the holidays with the teen because of my ex husband. She will be with us until boxing day and then goes to my ex's families for their Christmas and also new years. My ex husband will be joining us for our big family dinner on the 25th. A lot of people think this is strange but we are still friends and he's a part of the family. We got our 20 pound turkey and SO much food that there should be plenty of leftovers. We got enough to feed an army. lol. :D Skywalker will be going on a trip with my FIL for two days during the holidays after Christmas and the teen will be away. This means that Anakin and I will get some kid free time during the holidays. I am hoping there will be lots of playing and naughty fun as well as relaxing. We might even have New Year's eve together too alone. I would love to cuddle up and watch Dick Clark and be able to celebrate the new year together just the two of us. I used to like to party for NYE but not anymore. I much prefer a quiet celebration with the one that I love. It's the perfect way to ring in a brand new year. I am looking forward to 2011! I have a feeling that it's going to be a very good year ahead and many things to look forward to. I am not sure how much I will be blogging in the next week but I hope to at least write one or two more posts before we go on hiatus. How are your holiday plans going? Is everyone done their shopping? What's your plans for NYE? What are you looking forward to in the new year? May the force be with you all!! ~padme amidala