What to do first?

Now that Thanksgiving is over, it's time to prepare for Christmas, right?

New house.  New decor.  Trying to find places for the old decor.  Deciding what to keep and what to donate.  I ran into a woman at Hobby Lobby who said she was going through her decorations and realized she was just tired of some things, bagged them up and took them to Goodwill, and was at Hobby Lobby looking for new stuff.   I feel that same way.  Everything I think about buying, though, is met with another question.  What will I do with it once the holidays are over?  That is also an issue.

So the decor is something on my mind.  What to do?  Where to put it?  What to keep and what to put away and what to donate?

Sewing.  I went to Rossville Quilts this afternoon.  I was looking for a layer cake of fabric for a quilt for Sandy since I drew her name in the family drawing.    Not only did I find what I wanted, I was immediately cast into the 'quilter mode' and realized how much I had missed sewing and creating quilts.  The last quilt I made was for Ryan, Matt and Courtney's baby, and that was in April.  It's been a long time!  I am ready to get started, but my mind is not focusing on what I need to do, the fabric I still need to buy and scheduling time to make the top.  It's something I want to do, I mean REALLY want to do, but I feel like I am stalled.

Devotions.  What can I say about Reading the Bible in 365 Days?  Well, I haven't been.  I got behind in September, then caught up in late October, but I fell behind again around Veterans Day and I just can't keep up again. Why?  Because reading the Bible had been the first thing I did each morning---and now it isn't for some reason.  We have been getting up and going early, so that has contributed.  I haven't been sleeping well past 4 a.m. so that has contributed also.  It just isn't working.  Switching to reading in the evenings doesn't work either. I just don't know what to do.

OBS.  The last OBS I did I read the first chapter and that was it!  I even volunteered to be responsible for a Tuesday activity each week, hoping that it would make me more responsible.  But it didn't.  I failed miserably.  This one has been good for the first two weeks, but I haven't read anything for this week yet, and here it is Tuesday night and I am behind.   Again.  How can I make myself focus on this?  I don't have the answer.

My plan a few months ago was to send our Christmas cards early because of our new address.  The time it takes for mail to be forwarding is horrible.  We received a letter on Saturday that had been mailed from Winamac on November 8.  Two weeks later it was in our mailbox, forwarded.  Ridiculous.  But I haven't addressed the first card yet. I don't even have my list ready. 

Too many things on my mind.  Too much to do.  Too many decisions to make.  At least I don't have to drive an hour to get to Lafayette or Rossville any more!  That is definitely a plus!