Briefly, between some struggles in teen-dom and a three-year-old unable to fall asleep or tolerate staying in her room alone there’s a wee bit of overload going on around here.

Add to that work, allergies and the September adjustment factor and yeah, overload.

Where is Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle when you need her?

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After a little sigh, here are three good things:

1) We raised nearly a thousand dollars for doubling the SNAP benefits through our pie contest!

2) Last night we had an impromptu potluck dinner with our friends, putting aside all woes for some easy laughter and not worriying that we were sitting on the floor not at the overflowing-with-piles-of-everything table.

3) I procured more peach seconds. I am going to make more jam. If you are celebrating the winter holidays at my house, you can probably guess what you’re getting.