The Holidays & Cold

I think I might have a cold. At first I was convinced it was just allergies – sneezing, congestion, itchy eyes. Now I’ve graduated into a totally blocked left side of my nose that I can get NO air through (yet somehow it still manages to drip??) and a phlegmmy cough. I'm super tired but I think that’s equally due to being slammed at work only to be slammed at home and never getting more than about 6.5 hours of sleep when I really need/want 8.5.

I'm WAY behind on my Christmas shopping. Fortunately my brother Mike and I determined we’d exchange restaurant gift cards and babysitting offers so I picked up his and Lindsay’s about 3 weeks ago. I’ve known what I want to give Ryann for about a month now but haven’t had the time to actually go and get it. My parents are mostly done but I feel like I need just one thing each more… but I don’t know what. Greg is almost done for Christmas but he hasn’t decided what he wants for his birthday (12/26/07) other than a new car (ha). Same for Mom whose birthday is 1/15/08. Just seems like people don’t actually need anything anymore…

I made a photobook at Shutterfly for Jim’s parents- it’s all about Nicole. I put some pictures from it below – if you click on them you can enlarge it and actually read the text. We gave it to them last night at Outback - they really liked it which made the effort worth it. : )