I'm choosing not to get stressed out this holiday season. Yep, we'll see how that goes.

I have figured out what's wrong with this country. There are soldiers that won't make it home for the holidays, and what are people concerned with? TWINKIES.

Today is Nov 20. Only 42 days till the holidays are OVER!!!!! OMG if my family knew how much I HATE THE HOLIDAYS!!!!!!! Getting that paintbrush out now to paint a smile on my face! EFFFF! Right now I am very thankful....for TRUU.

And so it begins- 6 weeks of pretending I enjoy the holidays when I can't wait for it to be over.DH dosent get along with most of my family. My parents are chronically late for holiday dinners.My stepkids mother always causes problems by changing plans around the last minute.If I even mention to anyone how I feel WW3 would break out. So I paste on a smile for a couple hours a day, then in the morning on Jan 1, I will literally dance with joy around the house before DH and the kids are up.

I just want to say Kudos to everyone taking control of their lives and holiday plans and not bending to your family/friends guilt trips. Happy Holidays!

46 of last 47 Thanksgivings: Spend holiday with family in one form or another. That one where I didn't: I went to Disney World with a friend. It was awesome. This year: Headed to Vegas with yet another friend. DH hates holidays so he is staying home alone. Can't wait to have my anti-Thanksgiving!

Lied and told everyone we had plans for the holidays...well, not precisely a lie - our plan is to stay home alone and enjoy ourselves instead of rushing here and there like maniacs!

Everyone talks about the busy holiday season. I WISH ours was busy. I see everyone else running around to parties, cookie exchanges, and open houses but DH and I never have any invites. I don't get it. People come HERE and have a great time but don't reciprocate. I'm tired of always having to do the inviting.

Feels like my entier life is falling down around me....a little over a week ago my husband lost his teaching job due to some " inappropriate " conversations with one of his students on Facebook. Now we are both unemployed with the holidays coming up, I don't know if I even want to stay married to him or not and I have nowhere to go and no one to talk to about it honestly. They all think it will just blow over, its no big deal etc....the police dept. called on Friday wanting a statement...yes its a huge deal and he could go to jail you morons!

The goal is to make it through the entire holiday season without buying an candy cane hershey kisses. Let's do this.