Christmas Eve 2008

Today is the day...must have it all done by now or else PANIC! Okay so not panic really but wonder if you can finish in time. I have it pretty much together for the most part, still wrapping and baking a bit but mostly done! This year is different from past years, the economy has really put a damper on the Holidays and unfortunately we here at the Steppey's have felt it a bit harder this week. We just received a letter "a Christmas note" I keep calling it, anyhow it was Merry Christmas and oh we just cut your pay by 20% for the new year! I call that Merry Christmas US economy style! With all that said I know we are soo fortunate to have a job with all the lay offs and businesses closing in the area we are actually BLESSED. We will make due with what ever knowing that as long as we are together than we can stick it out here! I have been praying this week for a peace to settle on me, and I really somehow feel a little better. Yes I know the economy is still bad and things will probably get a lot worse before getting better but I still have that little bit of peace now. The kind of feeling like somehow its going to all work out~ I guess because it has too. Anyhow~enough of that money talk~

I am loving having the kind of Christmas that you can spend with your friends and family~ That is truly what it is all about for me ...we are hoping Marc's sister in her family will still be able to come up for the holiday, but the flu bug hit their house today so its still up in the air whether they will be able to make the trip or not!

I have presents to wrap and laundry to do before tomorrow so I am off to work on that! Sorry again its been a while since I wrote last ~ Life is just way too busy!

Until next time......and MERRY CHRISTMAS

P.S I forgot to mention I made the Dean's list this past semester at school and so far have a 4.0 YIPPEE! :)