Can someone please press "STOP"...or at least "PAUSE"??

It's so easy to get stuck in one schedule and just keep on going like the "stop" or "pause" buttons are broken. This has been my life recently. With all of the holiday happenings: Thanksgiving, Christmas shopping, cookie parties, play group parties, work parties, decorating the house, more Christmas parties, etc. etc. etc., I've barely had a chance to have life as I know it. Then, when you toss in a child, the fast forward button seems to be pushed. Days fly by and before I know it, it's less than two weeks until Christmas!

I don't really have a way to stop this, but thought I'd share that this is what I'm going through right now. While it is a blast, it is also a little bit crazy. Hopefully you're finding ways to stop and smell the pine of the Christmas trees. Let me know how you do it!

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