Grrr. Hubby just came over to join my brother and I for supper. He just told me that he mentioned to his daughter about our long-term plans to change Christmas, starting with going away somewhere next year. Right away she invited herself along and hubby agreed. That's definitely not what I had in mind. When I say I need a complete break, I mean a COMPLETE break.

But I'm forcing myself to take a deep breath and shelve this (it's a whole year away!) and just deal with THIS Christmas.
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When you don't like a thing, change it.
If you can't change it, change the way you think about it.

(Maya Angelou)