Our Elf on the Shelf 2013 Adventures: Day 1

The best laid plans...this year I was determined to be on the ball in terms of Eli (our Elf in the Shelf).  The precept, I believe, is that the elf is to arrive the day after Thanksgiving ( don't quote me on that as clearly I am a novice with this whole thing).  The day after Thanksgiving came and went.  No Eli.  I forgot.  So when T asked where I thought he was, I told her that he probably had a long trip from the North Pole.  Then I added that he might be a lazy bones.  Really?  Why even say that?  I am a self-professed lousy liar - case in point.  So Day 1 = Elf on the Shelf fail.