Ronaldo, dreaming of Santa

Ronaldo, dreaming of Santa, originally uploaded by KRob2005.

We had a beautiful (albeit sickly) Christmas. This is Ronaldo on Christmas Eve, waiting for Santa.

Dan got really sick but was a trooper as we went through our Christmas rituals. We were with my family this Christmas and Dan had to cancel his travel plans to go to Seattle to spend some post-Christmas time with his side of the family. He is on the mend now, but it really sucked having to make the decision not to go. I get to enjoy his time now, but feel bad for his family.

We've been busy "cleaning up Christmas" and have almost all of the decorations down already. As much as I LOVE Christmas, I feel the need to be done with it and move on already. I think I'm anticipating a really busy Jan and Feb and the sooner I can "get my game face on" for that, the better. I need to get things done, put things away, write things down and prep for the next couple of months.

I'm reviewing my "Getting Things Done" processes and getting psyched for "stress-free productivity." I listened to a few pod casts today on GTD and 43 folders. Good stuff.

We are actually thinking about hosting a little New Years get together even though we already did a big Christmas bash. We just love to entertain. It's what we do.

The kids got XBox Live for Christmas so they have been busy setting it up and figuring it out. They are having a blast with it. Oh, yeah. We finished our fireplace re-model!

Comments

[twinga]

Happy Holidays from Germany! You know, it's so interesting: after having been back here in good old Germany for a week, I've already gotten a bit back into the 'German groove' and reading your blog post is a classic example of how different small things are:
- I cannot imagine a German talking about "Getting things done" processes. Instead, they would probably whine a bit of how much is ahead of them ;-)
- People "pushing 40" ;-) surly haven't heard a whole lot about podcasts
- Hosting holiday and New Year's bashes? Some crazy California-German first has to return from SF to mix up the status quo: I'm having my birthday bash tonight and even asked friends to bring other friends (that I don't know) ... extreeeemely unusual!

But there are other things that are great:
- no to do lists
- lengthy coffee breaks
- people who ask 'How are you?' because they really want to know how you are, etc ... :-)

Have a great one! Keep writing!
Hugs from Augsburg!
Dani