Thanksgiving is over - can Christmas be far behind?

Wow, it has been 2 weeks since I posted last. Guess that goes to show that my life is not all that exciting. Nice, actually! We spent Thanksgiving at the farm with 60 "close" relatives! I was glad to be back home to the peace and quiet. I cleaned house today and decorated for Christmas so, except for a tree, the house looks ready for Santa. It is warm and rainy today, not really very festive weather for decorating but, we made do. December is shaping up to be a BUSY month, already! I have 2 surgeries to get through, Claire has 2 dance performances at Victorian Christmas, Hannah has 2 band performances (parade & concert) and we will have the usual school activities, holiday get-togethers and church activities as well. I look forward to the girls' being done with school on the 19th and then, just relaxing and enjoying the week of and after Christmas. We have decided not to go the property like we did last year. Dave Ramsey (and FPU) have convinced us it is more important to establish our Emergency Fund than to spend the extra money we will have from my Christmas bonus! FPU is going well and we are excited for 2009, financially speaking. We should have most all of our small to medium debt paid by the fall and will begin the real work on the bigger credit card debt, the HELOC and even the van! To be "debt free" will be astounding!