christmas tree up (been up for a couple weeks, but now complete with decorations)
nativity up, village lit
very few decorations going up this year....sweet and simple (although it still looks like christmas threw up in our house)

entry closet gutted....3 bags to sell, 1 bag and 1 box of trash (the closet collapsed randomly the other day)

now about to empty the laundry room, including disassembling the pantry shelves i installed (the dryer needs to be tended to for the first time in 13YEARS! holy fire hazard)

on the major hunt for a place to live.  prefer to rent a house. sick to my stomach about the process and the fact that it isn't happening in one of the MONTHS THAT I'M NOT WORKING.  kind of crazy that my job allows me to be completely off all summer, but i have to move in the middle of the insanity. 

in a beyond major throw away/give away mood. how the heck did i get all this stuff?!
i'm dying to simplify. as annoyed as i am about being forced to move, i'm so excited about simplifying. 

confession: the boy and i still save some of his clothes/things for his (one day) siblings.  we added to that stash tonight.

i'm so overwhelmed with work.  i needed to be there for a lot of hours this weekend and i went zero.  i needed to grade and i didn't even get out a red pen.  i need a teacher's aid or an assistant.  although i don't know if i'd need my assistant to help me with work or home more:)

the boy has his winter band concert tomorrow and i had to let about 3 inches out of the length of his pants.  so i guess i'm hemming pants (which i don't know how to do) before going to bed, too. oh and he needs black shoes.  and one more pair of jeans to make 2, and size 13 socks.  he's growing like a mad man.

okay, now that i've had my rant i should probably get to it.  i'm totally exhausted.  how do you guys do all this?!  as domestic and i like to think i am, i see i've got a lot of work to do to be successful!
nightie night peeps.