The month that got away

December has been hectic at our house.  You see, we are leaving tomorrow for Mr. SpiderKate's brother's wedding in Michigan.  We are going to be gone from Thursday to Monday.  Then on Tuesday my sister arrives for an extended visit followed by my parents coming in for Christmas weekend. Ahhh! Craziness. I feel like I have this long list that I'm slowly checking things off.  My list looks something like this:

1. Finish Christmas knitting
2. Finishing Christmas shopping for people I have to ship gifts to
3. Wrap, pack up and ship out gifts
4. Write, address, and mail Christmas cards
5. Finish up laundry
6. Prepare house to be left for 3 days (mostly done with this one)
7. Make sure everything is prepare for pet sitter (mostly done with this one)
8. Pick up Mr. SpiderKate's tux
9. Pack for wedding
10. Prepare guest rooms (I'm semi done with this one)
11. Find time to knit

I feel a little better looking at the list since I have quite a few crossed off and some of them are "mostly done".  Tomorrow is going to be a long day though - I'm bringing Mr. SpiderKate early into work so that he can leave right from work.  The good thing about being up early is that at least I'll get an early start to the day.  The bad thing is that our flight doesn't get into MI until 9pm....so it's going to be a long day.  Now I just need to figure out what knitting to bring with me on the trip....