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Once again, weekends aren't ever long enough to get it all done =).

Aliyah was able to have the joy of turning in her shoebox for Operation Christmas Child today at church. If you are unfamiliar with this, it is an organization through Samaritan's Purse--Franklin Graham's ministry. Our church is involved with the shoeboxes and such. We sent 650 last year and they hope to do even more this year. Even as an adult it was such a fun thing to work on with her. The thought of children that do not get a single gift sometimes their entire lifetime. It is amazing what you can fit into a shoebox. We did a girly theme of course and made up one for a girl around Aliyah's age. We had several Hello Kitty items, some little dolls, and pens and such. They send the shoeboxes off to all different countries and tell the children about Jesus in addition to giving them their very own shoebox of gifts.

Today, the weather reminded me of November weather in Florida. That's how nice it was here! I could go for a winter of this weather any day. It was around 73 degrees I think.

In other items of note, we filled our gas tank from literally empty for $36.00!! That is awesome considering gas is about 50% cheaper than it was 6 weeks ago!!

I am considering hosting a Christmas party this year, however we have to determine if the upstairs bath will be finished by then. Maybe that would be a great incentive to complete it!! The downsides for me are the small size of my kitchen and the menu.

Other than that, I have 5 totes in my living room just staring at me. I am going to organize them again so that they have the correct items/sizes in each tote. I will also take out the things that we are no longer going to keep. This is one of my husband's favorite things for me to do--NOT!

The extra hour of sleep from the time change was definitely welcomed! It's almost time for the Amazing Race--love that show and I need to get those totes tackled.