Holy Crap There's Only Two Days Left?

I got it into my head to make pinecone wreaths for two of our friends and I'm down to the wire.... two days to go... but at least the service is done for Christmas Eve. I'm presiding over the Christmas Eve service since our minister retired last winter and this is no small thing let me tell you. Hubby and I are headed to town to finish the grocery shopping and take the ill fated stupid artificial tree back to the creeps at the upscale store I told you about.... really they're not that bad.... I think it was a dud tree.... a lemon.... Anyway I have a few stocking stuffers to pick up and I need to get some embellishments for the two wreaths.... and I'm done. Tomorrow Hubby and the girls are going to a friends house for sliding but I will stay home and finish printing the bulletins for the Christmas eve service, wrap the last of the gifts and straighten candles for the candle light service..... (they've been stored in a box in the basement of the church hall for a year and so I will have to clean them up a little). I am hoping to have Christmas Eve day just for fun with the Daughters and Hubby.

Hubby and I have made a decision to walk two kilometres every day unless it is below -30 degrees, then we will stay home and think about it. : ) It is just too frigid for me when it gets below -30.

I have the decorating done for Christmas here at Nicholsville farm but the clean up is not done so I'm hoping to post pictures tomorrow of the job we've done once again in our little log home. We even did a little work in the kitchen and finished the breakfast bar though I need an electrical fix in order to plug in my toaster, bread maker and coffee perk.... other than that it looks great. The door is still not on my pantry.... but I have lots of storage.... mind you if I had tons of storage I'd still find a way to fill it and want more.... there never seems to be enough storage.

Today I will give you tip #2 on how to get the Christmas feeling. If your spouse and family are sleepers in, it bodes well to wake a little early and in the quiet of the morning come to your living space that contains your tree, turn on the lights and just sit in the dark with JUST the tree lights and listen to the silence...... Christmas is there in the silence. That's what Mary and Joseph heard when they were in that stable, that is what the shepherds heard after the angels left. The quiet of the night gives you ample time to hear Christmas in your soul.

Merry Christmas.