I am not sure what happened to the month of December! But it is gone! And I have not posted at all this month. I did write a couple of blog posts, but never actually got around to posting them (OK… So, I decided to post my Thanksgiving post before this one to get me back on wagon). This month has been so insanely busy that I truly never made time to just get things posted! Here’s to staying on top of things in 2017.

December has been very much a whirlwind of a month. I was preparing for our Christmas party at work which is planning for 40-45ish people. That includes buying a gift for each person in attendance for our white elephant gift exchange. It is a month of head counts, making lists, checking them more than twice, wrapping, shopping, errand running, more shopping, a lot more wrapping and last-minute touches to everything (including last-minute wrapping lol). In between this and after the Company Christmas party I had to finalize my own plans. And it really makes you lose track of things… like the whole month. On top of this I had a huge project at work that I was trying to get completed which included long days, late nights and working on weekends and holidays. So, that is where the loss of the month comes in lol.

This year I just do not feel like Christmas has come and gone. I did not do any of the normal “December” things. I usually have a cookie party… and I did not. I usually bake a lot… and I have not baked a thing since Thanksgiving (maybe the pies scarred me?!?! Lol) I am usually in the Christmas mood, which I never found this year. And to top it off we did not spend Christmas with my whole Family this year and we were running late to the Christmas celebration with my in-laws. I just feel like Christmas was disheveled. So, Christmas 2016 was very blah to say the least. I am sure we will regroup in 2017 and make it fabulous again!

I know what I need to do… Finish out the year with at least one baking project! Be thankful for the family/people we spent time with for the Holidays. Realize that we had an amazingly busy but successful year. Celebrate all our accomplishments this year and learn from our mistakes.

Here’s to hoping you enjoyed your December/2016 and are looking forward to a wildly successful, entertaining, and blessed 2017!