My Elf with a Tail

I haven't been posting much and I can blame it on two things: work and Christmas. Chad missed Thanksgiving thanks to a stomach bug. Katie and Marin had it too. Once we survived that week, we moved into full on Christmas mode. Our life doesn't have to much free time but right now it's being take up by Christmas. Things aren't chaotic but I'm taking a "vacation day" today in an effort to try and stay ahead of things and avoid our typical stressed-out, sprint-to-the-finish Christmas season. I am determined not to get stressed out so I'm trying to take all things in stride... but my assistant keeps sitting in the middle of my wrapping station!