Dried pine needles litter the floor, half the ornaments are cozy in tissue paper and put away in the box, turkey noodle soup is on the stove and turkey salad is in the ‘fridge ready for sandwiches tomorrow.

Here we are 3 days post Christmas and the kids are still in their jammies ~ one with a slight fever and one still napping at 6:30pm {yikes!}

The house is semi back-to-normal…dishwasher is empty, laundry is {almost} caught up, the upstairs is vacuumed, there is one bag ready for Goodwill and the new toys and goodies have found a home.

Jay’s poor uncle is stuck in Miami until Friday, though. He can’t get a flight out to NYC until then….thank goodness he has a friend in South Florida.

A little sad that it’s all over, but looking forward to another New Year’s Eve close to home {on our street!} and possibly {OK, for sure} some karaoke. Look out Beyonce…..

Some good stuff is already on the calendar for January ~ 1st or 2nd {Rose Parade float viewing} and then the following weekend is reserved to help my bestie welcome the big FOUR-OH! Trying to figure out how to wrap her walker and making a mental note to head to Wal-mart for some Geritol!

Should be fun.

Then it’s back the the ol grind with school, homework, sight words, dance class and workouts!

I have let myself slide since December 5th…too much indulging and certainly not enough activity.

OK, so maybe a {little} activity, but certainly not enough!

Now to vacuum up those pine needles and ladle up that soup.

Hope your Tuesday had you relishing in the last few days of 2010!