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Wayull....stress! I love the holidays and all, but man is it stressful! It didn't use to be stressful...I guess having to buy presents for three kids will stress anybody out..because you want to give them a good Christmas, but things have just gotten so expensive...I mean...we got Ben a robosapien and that thing was almost $100! And that's not including all those PlayStation 2 games we got him, $50 a pop...and there are more things on his list..and that's just one kid! We have like three or four presents per kid right now and we've already spent $500! I mean...what the hell? Sigh...Vandilous and I usually don't even get each other anything for Christmas because we don't have the money to after we buy for the kids. It's funny how everything changes after kids....I can remember only being concerned with what I got for Christmas...and now all I'm concerned about is getting most everything the kids want and possibly getting Vanny something nice as well. Two Christmas' ago I didn't get anything at all! lol I got Vanny some cuff links that year...okay...I know that sounds crazy, but he needed them...he was selling insurance...oh god, it's horrible looking back sometimes! lol We definitley had some hard times after 9-11...we were both unemployed for a good while...neither one of us celebrated our birthdays that year (both December babies) and Christmas was just barely pieced together....mostly for the kids...the kids will have a good Christmas this year....but we had toast with gravy poured over it for dinner last night...it's sad really...and I wonder if they'll even appreciate it...hmmmmmm



Okay...do I not look like a freakin' midget in this pic? I'm 5'1"...I should look atleast a little taller than that! Especially in my bear boots which add a good 4 inches height to me! I mean, what the hell?!?! Is this what I normally look like? I mean...when people look at me, are they thinking...good god, that girl looks like a Keebler elf! Sigh...and my parents were tall....I just don't understand it...although, I do have to admitt...I never had the problem of boyfriends being shorter than me...not even in junior high when all boys were shorter than the girls! HEHEHE! lol