"Will I ever get caught up? (hint: not a chance)

The fact that I haven't posted in over two weeks is a testament to how crazy my life has been lately.  I was blessed to have been asked to help with the Festival of the Nativity and it was a great experience but I am not going to lie, I am still playing catch up and at this point I'm about to accept the fact I won't get caught up.  Like ever.  The thing is, it's easy to get overwhelmed by everything I'm not getting done and the list is growing.  For example:

1.  Christmas decorating.  We finally managed to get our tree up but there is a squishy pumpkin still on my porch from Halloween.  I am not making that up.  That pumpkin is two months old!

2.  Again with the decorating:  I just got our advent calendars up.  And we are already 12 days into the month.  I had purchased these really cute advent Disney ornaments that you fill with candy but I felt so guilty looking at them still in their packaging that I exchanged them for some comfy jammies which I am currently lounging in.

3.  Christmas cards.  Not. Going. To. Happen.

4.  My bedroom.  I really wish I wasn't so lazy because I would take a picture of my bedroom for you.  It aint pretty.  We have been digging our clean laundry out of the laundry basket for the last two weeks and my nightstand looks like it could be featured on "Extreme Hoarders."

5.  Christmas shopping--not even close to being done.  Do kids still expect Christmas presents these days?

6.  Cooking.  Out of the last 10 days I have cooked a real meal a total of 2 of those days.  2.

And on and on it goes. And yet, I have found that I am learning to let some things go and let others help.  Friends have helped with carpools, Dave took over dinner for three of the nights, and I'm trying to be better about having the kids help.  In fact, one of the best things that has come out of me asking for help is turning over our "Elf on the Shelf" duties to one of the boys.  That has been a whole lot of fun and a whole lot of creepy--you've probably seen the pictures on Facebook:-)

So I've decided that I'm just going to chill out a bit.  So what if quesadillas are on the menu for the third time this week?  It's ok that my pile on the tub has birthed another pile on the bathroom floor.  The world is not going to come to an end if the second Christmas tree doesn't get put up.  (But I am throwing away that pumpkin--nast.)  Because all that matters is that I'm trying...