I ran away from home last night.  For three glorious hours.  Christmas Break had gotten to me, and I was at my breaking point.  Thank goodness I have a wonderful husband who encouraged me to just go.  Forget the meatloaf I was going to make for dinner.  Forget the dishes in the sink.  Go.

And that's what I did.  Wish I could say I did something exciting and fun.  I didn't.  I went to Target and to TJMaxx.  Not thrilling, but oh so necessary.  I had Pizza Hut for dinner and leisurely strolled around the stores.  I bought socks for the kids and took the Christmas money my father-in-law gave me and bought a beautiful red leather laptop bag for myself.  I guess that's pretty exciting.

Also exciting is that fact that I won a new Toshiba laptop!  I can't believe I forgot to blog about it.  I won it in a fabulous contest from Family Eden, the social networking site for families I blog for.  It hasn't arrived yet, but I'm waiting with baited breath.

Not a bad start to the new year, I'd say.  I've got some more good news, that I will share in an upcoming post.  It has to do with a couple of blogging jobs I've recently received.  Things are really moving along for me.

Despite the good things that are happening in my life, and despite the fact that I love my little angels, I still needed to get away for a bit.  I'm usually the evangelist for mommy "me time" and for pampering ourselves.  I'm not sure why I've neglected taking my own advice, but I intend to work on that in the upcoming year.  Have you ever "run away from home"?