Christmas By the Numbers

Here's a recap of my Christmas week by the numbers:

10 - mini loaves of bread that I made for Christmas dinner
3 - kinds of pies for Christmas dinner (apple, french silk chocolate, peanut butter)
9 - packages of cinnamon rolls (of various sizes) to give out as gifts to the neighbors
78 - grins and giggles from Abby over receiving more princess junk
10 - number of girl cousins David has
3 - friends we invited over to share Christmas dinner with us.
86,158 - grams of sugar I consumed over the last 5 days - give or take a few
26 - hours I spent in the kitchen on Friday (or so it felt)
215 - dishes I've washed
128 - more dishes to go
6-8 - inches of snow we got
10 - minutes the kids lasted during sledding (they gave up too soon during the course preparations)
45 - minutes Aaron and I had alone together sledding once the kids copped out.  It felt like a mini-date!
3 - cookies left out for the Christmas mouse on Christmas Eve
0 - cookies left from the Christmas mouse the next morning
2 - presents we got for each kid of ours
4 - hours spent quietly playing with new gifts right after opening them
1 - pretty bracelet Aaron and the kids bought for me
2 - nights I've spent sleeping on the couch so I don't wake up Aaron with my wracking cough.  : (
1 - voice completely hoarse (mine)
3 - days of school last week
3 - days of school this week
8 - number of waking hours spent at our house during the past two days
1 - house in desperate need of disaster clean-up
obscene - number of cookies I've eaten recently
1 - more Christmas celebration to go (in January!)
3 - amazing children I am so completely proud of
1 - husband that I adore
1 - God who loves us even more than we can possibly imagine
Merry Christmas everyone!

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  1. AnonymousDecember 30, 2010 at 10:47 AM

    I'll join you on the obscene cookies, the amount of sugar, and the disaster house.

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