mid-afternoon musings

1. I am happy to finally be able to answer my phone again.  I had pretty much given up answering because 9 out of 10 calls were pre-recorded election mumbo-jumbo!
2. I wasn't really excited about either of our options for president this time around.  I voted based on which one I disliked the least.  I don't want to get all political, so I won't say who I voted for, but I am definitely interested to see what these next four years will hold.  Lots of people have such high hopes, so we'll see how that all plays out.
3. As I was putting away some clothes that Emery has outgrown, I realized that she is my first child to actually be big enough that she needed to move into 3-6 month size clothing when she was three months!  Hooray!
4. I know this happens every year, but I still am always shocked when I go into the grocery store the day after Halloween and already see Christmas candy!
5. The baby has been napping for the last 2 hours.  This does not usually happen.  I am a MUCH happier person when this DOES happen.
6. I love the farmers' market and it is now closed until April!  Say it isn't so!
7. I'm really excited for Christmas this year.  Last year, I puked from November to February (and got bronchitis as a fun little treat), which made it a little harder to enjoy everything.  There were lots of things that I wanted to do with the family, that just didn't happen since I was feeling so horrible.  I have great expectations for this year's holiday season!