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Dear Monica, Having seven children, might I make a suggestion as to what to do. Turn some of the tasks over to the children and sit down and manage them. You will at first hear complaints, "Why do I have to do it. It's not fair. I'm still just a kid!" (This from my eighteen year old son!) After the initial shock of ingratitude, you have to persist. You will find that some of your children have hearts of gold and some haven't a clue and will never get the alegebraic equation of mutual aid. Merry Christmas, David >From: Monica Bolin <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Holidays >Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 20:53:50 +0000 > >Me and my Martha Stewart ways will have to change! For years I have made >homemade candy at least 10 different kinds of hand dipped chocolates and >other types of candy, three kinds of cookies and up to 12 pies at >Christmas. >Then all the typical decorations (she would be proud) and the properly >wrapped presents that have a theme, i.e. the bow or decoration matches the >theme of the wrapping (an angel on the angel wrap, etc.) The 8-foot tree >with all the trimmings from my 30 year old‘s kindergarten reindeer to my 11 >year old’s cub scout ornament. All of the painstakingly handmade ornaments >that I have made each year are added to the tree. But the hand strung >popcorn is not. >This year I find I can not stand long enough to dip the chocolates, and >they >are not without mistakes due to the shaking. The hand decorated Christmas >cookies with 7 different frostings, all different colors and flavors, sit >partially decorated in a tin until I can get to them, again, when I am >relatively able to do it without much shaking. The packages sit in the >closet, waiting for the finishing touches, the bows, the tags and all. (I >hope I don’t forget who they are for when I can get to them again!) The >lights are partially up, and not at all finished, the nativity set is still >in the box, but the manger is out-empty and beckoning. >I have only so much energy and good hours to use! How will I ever finish >before Christmas comes? Well, I must decide which things are not necessary, >not important, or not needed. Already the children are complaining that >Christmas isn’t like it used to be, with so many “shortcuts”! What am I >going to do? >Monica >P.S. Thanks, Dee, for the insight! I had just written this to send to you >all, as I'm sure you have all been at this point. I am still getting used >to >the idea. > > > > > > > > > > >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: >>mailto:[log in to unmask] >>In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: >mailto:[log in to unmask] >In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn