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Ahhhhhh, the day after Christmas. This is a day I have come to appreciate. My house is completely trashed yet, could there possibly be a day when you have as good an excuse as you do today? No way. Santa came yesterday, of course the house is a mess.

Plus, there's the added bonus that all the shopping is done, the gifts have been given, the food has been cooked, no more wrapping to do. Today is the day you can breathe a sigh of relief.

Of course, if you are a mom then you work isn't quite done. There's the 487 piece battleship to put together. The new curling iron to figure out. The camera that needs to be programmed. Foosball tournaments to be played. Cars that need to be freed from their plastic prisons.

And on that subject, why is it that some environmental person can't figure out how to package toys with less packaging? Holy smokes! I don't think we had this much cardboard in our house the last time we moved. And don't get me started on the plastic. I just know that someday I will mortally injure myself trying to get into some stupid Cube World package with my dull scissors.

So sit back and enjoy today and try not to step on any Legos or go skating across the house on a Hot Wheel. And let the kids win the video game at least once.