the best gift for me today

coming up next on when our worlds collide - things that people said in October that made me want to kick their asses into January. but first, more on when control freaks marry.

this a.m. we were getting ready for the housekeepers to come.

ridiculous, i know, but needed. the housekeepers aren't ridiculous, that's a gift from my in-laws - a year of housekeeping to alleviate stress! best gift ever...but what is a bit ridiculous is that we pick up (a lot this time) before the housekeepers arrive. today marks a 3-week stretch of no Gaby and Rosa and the house shows it bad.

plus, the exhumation of Christmas decor.

plus, a week of Drew out of town.

plus, photo orders that had to be done.

did i mention Christmas - decorations, gifts arriving, hiding of said gifts from nosey kids, wrapping and all the extras.

and me with 3 kids solo.

point being, my husband rocks the free world when you give him a task (or 20). dishes, kids need lunches, sheets off of bed and in washer, pick up in C and S rooms, trash out.

and now, the house is almost clean enough that Gaby and Rosa could have the day off!