I KNEW you were going to get the ragdoll!  Only I figured Andrew would surprise you with it (that was before you said you were returning your gifts).  Yay!  Can you lock him up in the bathroom with a little litterbox?  We did that with Angel for the first 4 weeks.  We let her out only when we were around and I also got her a collar with a bell so we'd know where she was.  I still like knowing where she is!  I moved her out of that bathroom around Thanksgiving so I guess it was actually more like 6 weeks in there.  Tied up the bathroom but gave Sami a break from her and kept her corraled.  I let her out a lot though - and sometimes when I wasn't home when she was a little bigger I'd still let her out but close doors to the lower basement and bedrooms.  Altho that would be harder for you with kids there during the day!

 

Yay on the cat.  I hope you get a lapcat out of him.  Angel is one and it's very cool.  Our first!

 

Well everything is SOOO done that I'm more nervous than normal.  And it doesn't feel like christmas eve.  the kids and scott just left for their traditional movie.  I ahve no idea what to do next!  Teh house was so nice last night I got cocky and left all the food prep for today.  I probably should have done it last night but in a way it's good because it gave me something concrete to start with today.  But now that is all done.

 

We got an ice storm so Scott couldn't get to work - it took him 15 minutes just to leave our neighborhood and an hour to get out of Hanover so he turned around.   But it has since changed to rain so we're still good for company.  He was home by 8:15.  But after laying around, "cuddling," and him napping he didn't really start helping 'til 11 which was when he was going to try to be home anyway.  I didn't get going 'til 10 myself.

 

I'm going to just write out my lists upstairs and stay off of here.  Otherwise I'll get caught up.  I'm so anxious (no idea why!) that being on here will probably make it worse.  I'm going to make a sandwich, sit down, and figure out what to do next.  Actually I may end up on here after all lol.  Who knows?  If not, please have a merry and peaceful Christmas okay?  I never get to wish you Merry Christmas - we're usually not on here Christmas Eve so I hope yours is wonderful - you deserve it to be nice!  Oh and my comapny stayed 'til 9:30 so I guess they were enjoying talking but I never even gave them food or anything.  We never even sat down.  I wasn't sure with them what to do.  So we just hung out in the playroom which is the Christmas room and talked.  Cahne was confused and thought they were going to "do Christmas" (he came up and said "you're here, time to do Christmas!"  He was very huggy to them which they loved but it was weird since he doesn't see them much, especially Warren.  And he kept trying to get Debbie to play legos so she told me she wants to come up one day soon and play legos with him.  That will be odd!  She's so nice and loves kids though.  She came up one day when Braeden was little to look at I Spy books with him.  So it was nice and my house was totally done all the way through - not to perfection but to my own standards so that was okay.

 

Gotta go eat.  I'd take a drink but am afraid to with my meds - usually I end up drinking on Christmas Eve, my one time a year! To calm myself