Wait ... I Need to Breathe too?!

So my brain is bubble, I've decided.  Bubbles are generally filled with nothing but air (side note: which is probably why my mom always told me to "blow my head up as it was deflated" when I was a kid...thank you for that mom).  However, my brain "bubble" tends to fill up ... and quickly.

This time of year is busy for the average Joe to say the least.  For my little mid-west family and I ... October through December is CHAOS!  Between every single one of my in-laws including my husband having a birthday in that time frame, you also have Thanksgiving and Christmas ... which of course means copious amounts of gatherings, parties and tons of time with friends and family.  Not to mention the amount of cooking, baking and candy making that's required .... *slumps from exhaustion*

All these events and "things to do" just start filling up my "brain bubble".  Now, I will admit that the filling up of my brain bubble is my own fault, but good golly, I LOVE hosting events.  However, if it were just hosting events and not worrying about what I have to do at work for year-end "things" ... I would be fine.  Or just the work things and not the events that I'm hosting... but "All work and no hosting makes Tasha hostile". ;)

But as I fill up my brain bubble, I have to work exceptionally hard to remember this one thing ...

BREATHE

This time of year is AMAZING!  Am I right?  Between family and fabulous food and friends ... all the celebrating and joy that is just spread across these few months is monumental and seriously salvation for my soul from what we endure the whole first 2/3 of the year.  But breathing is important, and we have to really learn to prioritize what is truly important and what we think we have to do/attend.  "No" is ok to say when your schedule starts looking more like obligations and less like "fun things to do".

So though I have birthday's and holidays and friends getting together and a mountain of baking and cooking to do ... I'm sitting here, writing you all, listening to Christmas music (shh... don't tell), and preparing to make cute little Christmas gnomes.  Sure, the kitchen still needs more cleaning, and the floors could use a good mopping, I could prepare more for the birthday party for tomorrow, OR I could enjoy these moments I have right now just listening to music, enjoying the sunshine coming through my window, while holding a needle and thread in hand creating something.  ... I'm not sure about you, but I think I'll go with that.

This holiday season, don't forget to breathe, enjoy and seriously just LOVE on those around you, including yourself.

God Bless and Happy Thanksgiving!