Crazy Busy

I know I haven't posted anything this week but that's only because we are crazy busy around here.  Work has been insane for me the last few weeks and Bill was studying for an in-service exam that he just took yesterday.  Mix that in with trying to plan for our first Thanksgiving as hosts (yikes!), and we have zero time for anything else.  We've made Thanksgiving dinner many times for friends and small subsets of family members but this year, we'll have 17 people in our house.  We knew that we needed to finally get our basement organized and set up as a game room in order to accommodate that many people.  It went from being a total mess of unpacked boxes and stacks of junk that we didn't know what to do with, to a rec room complete with tables, chairs, futon, TV, game consoles and dart board.  The unfinished side of our basement has four sets of shelves that we completely filled and then some.  We still have work to do but for this week, it will be perfect.  On Friday, Bill's parents are coming in for Audrey's birthday (yay 3 year old!) and then will stay to babysit so I can go on a 4 day business trip to Richmond.  The night after I get home, we have the urology department's holiday party and then the next day, we're having a small birthday party for Audrey.  I'm exhausted just typing this.  I expect that I'll have a lot of posts coming up as long as I survive the next two weeks.  To be honest, I have draft posts that I just haven't even gotten around to....one on Audrey's big girl room that I started back in August!  Life always gets so busy but I wouldn't have it any other way.