Tis' better to live your own life imperfectly than to imitate someone else's perfectly ~ Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert

I am no Martha Stewart.  This is a painfully obvious fact. But I love my family and I love my home and I most of all, I love having people over to come and enjoy the two together. So tomorrow I am hosting my in-laws for an early Christmas and my own family next week-end. I spent the day shopping, cleaning, cooking (well, okay...more like preparing than actual cooking) and everything is coming together pretty nicely, if I do say so myself.  So the house isn't decorated in Sarah Richardson's high style, the food won't be 5 star restaurant quality, and the absurd amounts of tape used in the wrapping process is clearly visible on the gifts, but I have better things to do with my time than participate in the never ending quest to achieve someone else's idea of perfection. Like take a nap by a blazing fire on a cold winter afternoon...which I think I'll do now.

It may not be perfect according to some people's standards, but it's all mine and it's perfect to me!