Ready for Christmas?

It's December. The middle of December. Less than two weeks from Christmas.

I guess we're ready. The tree is up. The decorations are all in place. Most the gifts are wrapped. All the Christmas shopping is done.

Just a couple little things left.

And one big thing...

On Katie's side of the family, we have a Christmas tradition that I really like. At the beginning of the year, not too long after Christmas is over, we draw names for the upcoming Christmas, and then we spend all year making gifts, instead of buying something. Katie and I have her brother and dad.

We thought about it for a few months, and then came up with a combined present for both of them. We are converting their VHS collection into digital. It was back in May or June that we started. But I didn't like how it was coming along so I re-did everything over again in July. Little by little the project is nearing completion. But there is still a lot to get done. It will still be an AWESOME gift if it's not 100% done when we exchange gifts, but I would like to have it as close as possible.

We knew the collection would be too huge to do it all, so we're focusing mainly on the VHS in the library that are not also on DVD. A lot are recorded off television, and some have quality issues, and it is a lot harder to process them than I thought it would be. But I'm sticking to it. And if there is some left to do after Christmas, I'll keep going until completely done.