'Twas TWO Days Before Christmas

'Twas two days before Christmas, and all through the office,
hardly anyone was here, and for Simple just three of us.
Jen in her darling hat, and Carolyn looking cute,
and me in my grungy old brown track suit.*

* you can get away with dressing down when there's no one here!

okay, I'm giving up on the poem. That first couplet? Worst rhyme ever! But it was a lovely thought, don't you think?

Yeah, the office is pretty much deserted, and we're trying our BEST to focus, because it's only TWO DAYS before CHRISTMAS! But alas, we have a production deadline for our March/April issue on December 26, and an editorial deadline for our May/June issue on January 8. (What were we thinking?) And some of us will probably be back at work on December 26, wishing we were back at home, sipping hot chocolate, eating figgy pudding, NOT returning gifts, and scrapbooking. But the magazine MUST go on!

What about you? Any big crazy deadlines you wish you hadn't committed to over the holidays? Do share!

p.s. we were all amazed at how nice that photo turned out! We took it in 5 seconds on my web cam, yet it could almost pass as a Christmas card pic.

Comments

[Nicole]

glad to see you crazy girls are making the best of it!! have an AWESOME holiday!! =)

[Candice]

At least you have a festive snowstorm to keep you company :). Love the hat, Jen!

[Jennifer Larson]

Happy holidays! As for deadlines...I never make promises I suspect I can't keep. So when students ask when they'll get their papers back, I say, "By the end of the trimester!"

[katie scott]

Hi Angie & Merry Christmas to Everyone at Simple :)

When are the page calls for May/June going to be posted? The last few months of the year are always super busy for me so I haven't been able to scrap as much as usual, so I've missed my scrappy time & I'm ready to get back to scrapping & I love the page calls for ideas of what to do scrappy-wise. (hows that for a run on sentence - just excited about getting back to my scrap room) Thanks!