super-mommy (Christmas edition)

I just have to stop and share with you ... it is 12:30 AM and I am hanging up clothes. Baby girls are snuggly sleeping in their beds; batch #2 of chex mix is in the oven baking (batch #1 is on the counter cooling); batch #3 & 4 of deer jerky are in the fridge merinating (batches 1 & 2 are already individually packaged in little holiday ziploc baggies); and a lovely bunch of bananas are ever so ripe awaiting tomorrow's banana nut bread - I am ON FIRE!! OK, so I can't really take credit for allowing the banana's to 'almost' go bad, but I did plan all of the other things!! Since our Christmas budget is rather limited this year, I have decided to make baskets of food instead of buying gifts. I'm not so sure about the deer jerky - this is my first attempt at that; but I think everything else is turning out well. And, it's the thought (and hours upon hours of work) that counts ... right?! Right! And in between all of that work, I managed to spend some time shopping for a needy family today. And that was the best part of my day ... despite Ellie's persistent dismay of the shopping cart.

One last thought ... so much of our Christmas stuff in the store is made in China. Do you ever wonder if the worker in the Chinese factory knows what they're making with a cross on it, or the name Jesus?! Do they even know who He is or why we celebrate this particular little baby's birth? Who will tell them?!