The High Priestess puts her feet up....

I can now officially relax. The shopping is over. The spending is done. The cookies are baked. The gifts are wrapped. Pere Noel...bring on the party!

I'm so excited about so many things. Mostly, I'm excited that there will be NO silly squabbles over where to spend Christmas and why it's always such an ordeal. I'm not trying to be awful, but now that my father-in-law is no longer in the picture, things will be SO much nicer. No emotional blackmail. No manipulation. Just Christmas as it should be, spent with the ones you love and no dark cloud hanging over. God bless us; every one!

Here's hoping that it is just that way for everyone else.