Christmas by the Numbers
Posted by Danielle Bean in Family on Monday, December 20, 2010 10:00 AM
I can’t believe it’s been five years since I first posted this original “Christmas by the Numbers” post on my own blog.
Now I feel like an old old blogger.
Anyway, since a friend emailed me looking for the link to this last week, I figured I would share it here as well. I hope you’ll share your stats in the comments!
My Morning in Numbers
Complaints about school work: 46
Threats about coal in Christmas stockings: 46
Pages of school work completed: 8
Pages of school work corrected: 0
Times I shouted “STOP SHOUTING!”: 7
Special breakfasts Kateri cooked for her chickens: 1
Scorched pots found in the kitchen sink: 2
Baths the baby needed before noon: 2
Baths the baby got before noon: 1
Doses of Exedrin taken: 2
Times I put the baby down for a nap: 3
Naps the baby took: 0
Times I swept the floor: 6
Times the floor needed sweeping: 7
Candy canes found in the washing machine: 1
Candy canes found stuck to the dog’s rear end: 1.5
Candy canes found by stepping on them: 6
Times I answered the question “How many days till Christmas?”: 27
Christmas tree skirts stolen and used as Superman capes: 1
Christmas tree balls shattered: 2
Times I seriously considered adding a shot of Kahlua to my cup of coffee: 1 … okay 2 … 3 tops
Times I remembered to thank God for the precious gift of my children: 0
But with the baby in bed and Barney on the TV, I’ll do that now.
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