Just like the ones I used to know.......
Yep I really, really wish that the Christmases of my childhood were the ones that I experienced now.... you know... the ones where you didn't have to buy your own Christmas gifts......
Today I received a pair of boots that I ordered from Sears... they are from Pops (that's my father). He came to my house a while ago and said, "here's some money, get yourself something that you need and wrap it from me"..... (sigh) it kind of takes the surprise out of Christmas.
I told the Daughters that I wanted hand made sox.... I even told them about the lady who makes them.... they are crocheted and they are lovely... far nicer than store bought sox. I think they bought me a pair at the Craft Fair.... they couldn't keep their faces straight even though they tried when I talked about them. It's not really their fault but it just means one less surprise.....
Hubby said the other day that I should order whatever "spinny things" that I want because he'd screw it up... so basically there are no surprises for me at all. Baa humbug!
Actually, it's ok I'm an adult and I can handle it right! Waaaaa!
Ok so here's how you know your a red neck.....
1.You use your old toilet for a planter on your deck
2. You hang your wreath at Christmas time and hope that people will notice how nice the bow matches the Tuck tape that keeps the vapour barrier from letting in cold air...
I think my Christmas decorating theme should be Christmas meets hardware store.....
Ok so I'm off to paint the frame of the mirror for the downstairs bathroom.
Maybe Santa will put something in my stocking.....
Monday, December 7, 2009
Sunday, December 6, 2009
14 Years Ago
14 Years ago... I woke up early when the nurse came into my hospital room to start the drip again after the day before not having any serious induced labour. Yes I was one of those lucky few who had a baby that wanted to stay in the nice warm belly. As the day wore on and still the induced labour was not producing the required results, in marched the doctor and with a shock, ripped open some nasty thing and broke my water..... and with a disgusting flush that still startles me to this day, labour began in earnest.
Several hours later, and 3 cms of dilation, and a whole lot of pain, Daughter #1 was stuck. So with the whole hearted agreement of myself and Hubby, it was decided that an emergency C section should be done. By this time, it was about 9 p.m. and I was exhausted. I remember being rolled into the operating room where it was frigid and the nurses had removed my nightgown....I had a light sheet over me which was not the warmest thing in the world... I had eaten a light supper while waiting for the baby to arrive so the anesthesiologist, told me that they would have to perform some kind of throat thing when I was put to sleep....(I couldn't have an epidural because of the steel rod in my back). I waited a few minutes shivering in the cold while the rest of the operating staff gowned and washed..... they placed an oxygen mask over my face and I felt like was about to die..... I couldn't breath right.... wait a minute isn't oxygen supposed to help a person breath? For whatever reason, my body wasn't behaving normally so I indicated that I was having issues with breathing in a frantic hand signal..... the doctor at my head who was in the process of knocking me out with a very large needle told me to relax.... RELAX how are you supposed to relax when your breathing is nuts? At that point I just wanted to get knocked out..... the nurse tore off the sheet which was my only defence against the frigid air and the last thing I remember is one nurse holding down one hand another nurse holding down the other hand while my whole naked body was exposed in a way that I really don't care to think about, and the doctor at my head trying to strangle me..... (he wasn't really but he was trying to keep me from regurgitating the offending meal I had eaten earlier in the evening so that I wouldn't choke on my own vom.... well you get my drift). Suddenly there was bright light and a warm summer day and everyone was happy... the grass was soft under my feet and all was happy in the world..... then I woke up on the elevator with the oxygen mask threatening to knock me out again. I tried to take the damned thing off but the nurse who was bringing me to the ward told me to leave it..... so I left it..... except not quite on my face... it was only partially covering my mouth and so I was able to breath regular air.... which really helped my breathing a a lot.
I remember wondering if I had a girl or a boy and what was happening but I kept falling asleep I think... then there were two big doors and a Hubby on the other side of them with a bundle of white towels in his arms.... He spoke to me and I remember him saying we had a girl and he was trying to show the baby to me but my eyes wouldn't focus..... meanwhile I was being hauled down the hall to my room which as luck should have it had no one in it except me. They stripped me down again (what was with them did they want me to biver (that's a Newfy word meaning freeze, shiver) to death?). But then there were lovely warm wet cloths cleaning off antiseptic and Hubby was nowhere to be seen with the bundle of towels. I was re-dressed in a warm gown with warm blankets from the blanket warmer and the stupid oxygen mask was removed and once again I felt like I might survive after all.... That's when Hubby showed up less one bundle of towels.... we talked quietly for a little bit about my recovery with the nurses taking part.... they didn't have much to do since there were only four other mothers on the maternity ward. Then it finally dawned on me that somewhere I had a daughter and that I really didn't know anything about her. I asked to see her and Hubby disappeared for a few moments and came back from the nursery with...... my beautiful baby girl.
It is hard to believe that all happened 14 years ago.... it seems like only yesterday.
She's taller than me.....
Several hours later, and 3 cms of dilation, and a whole lot of pain, Daughter #1 was stuck. So with the whole hearted agreement of myself and Hubby, it was decided that an emergency C section should be done. By this time, it was about 9 p.m. and I was exhausted. I remember being rolled into the operating room where it was frigid and the nurses had removed my nightgown....I had a light sheet over me which was not the warmest thing in the world... I had eaten a light supper while waiting for the baby to arrive so the anesthesiologist, told me that they would have to perform some kind of throat thing when I was put to sleep....(I couldn't have an epidural because of the steel rod in my back). I waited a few minutes shivering in the cold while the rest of the operating staff gowned and washed..... they placed an oxygen mask over my face and I felt like was about to die..... I couldn't breath right.... wait a minute isn't oxygen supposed to help a person breath? For whatever reason, my body wasn't behaving normally so I indicated that I was having issues with breathing in a frantic hand signal..... the doctor at my head who was in the process of knocking me out with a very large needle told me to relax.... RELAX how are you supposed to relax when your breathing is nuts? At that point I just wanted to get knocked out..... the nurse tore off the sheet which was my only defence against the frigid air and the last thing I remember is one nurse holding down one hand another nurse holding down the other hand while my whole naked body was exposed in a way that I really don't care to think about, and the doctor at my head trying to strangle me..... (he wasn't really but he was trying to keep me from regurgitating the offending meal I had eaten earlier in the evening so that I wouldn't choke on my own vom.... well you get my drift). Suddenly there was bright light and a warm summer day and everyone was happy... the grass was soft under my feet and all was happy in the world..... then I woke up on the elevator with the oxygen mask threatening to knock me out again. I tried to take the damned thing off but the nurse who was bringing me to the ward told me to leave it..... so I left it..... except not quite on my face... it was only partially covering my mouth and so I was able to breath regular air.... which really helped my breathing a a lot.
I remember wondering if I had a girl or a boy and what was happening but I kept falling asleep I think... then there were two big doors and a Hubby on the other side of them with a bundle of white towels in his arms.... He spoke to me and I remember him saying we had a girl and he was trying to show the baby to me but my eyes wouldn't focus..... meanwhile I was being hauled down the hall to my room which as luck should have it had no one in it except me. They stripped me down again (what was with them did they want me to biver (that's a Newfy word meaning freeze, shiver) to death?). But then there were lovely warm wet cloths cleaning off antiseptic and Hubby was nowhere to be seen with the bundle of towels. I was re-dressed in a warm gown with warm blankets from the blanket warmer and the stupid oxygen mask was removed and once again I felt like I might survive after all.... That's when Hubby showed up less one bundle of towels.... we talked quietly for a little bit about my recovery with the nurses taking part.... they didn't have much to do since there were only four other mothers on the maternity ward. Then it finally dawned on me that somewhere I had a daughter and that I really didn't know anything about her. I asked to see her and Hubby disappeared for a few moments and came back from the nursery with...... my beautiful baby girl.
It is hard to believe that all happened 14 years ago.... it seems like only yesterday.
She's taller than me.....
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Updates
I had a look at my blog from the point of view of someone just having a quick look and decided that my blog needs a few updates..... I have seriously fallen down on the job of keeping up my lists to the right.....
I think I will start with the Christmas list. I'm realizing that first of all it is upside down. I should have had number 1 at the top.... let's see...
1. Write Christmas poem..... screw that!
2. Make Christmas cards...... screw that!
3. Finish made item for NPSW gift exchange...... hmmm can't screw that one..... I better do that tonight.
4. Make 4 locker hooked rugs..... in my dreams...so screw that!
5. Spin fibre for commission jacket..... I wish I could screw that.... sigh!
6. Purchase gifts to be sent for the 1st of December..... argh..... right got to get on that one especially since the 1st has gone by!
7. Deal with Daughter #1 birthday... yep... that's coming this week.
8. Finish gift for HH gift exchange..... I still have a full week.....
9. Advent.. start decorating one item a day...... yup... that's to save what little sanity I have.
10. Prepare something special for the church pageant..... screw that.... well maybe.
11. Get gifts for Mom and Dad..... right... I'm watching the flyers for a sale.
12. Order gifts for daughters.... well that's partially done.
13. Order something for Hubby.... I'm sort of working on that.
14. Stocking stuffer shopping... well that's something I have to do really close to Christmas or I eat it all.... screw that! Mumf scrumf... yum!
15. Make baked items for friends who live around town..... was I NUTS when I thought up this???!!!!
16. Clean up for Christmas..... don't get me started.... we don't even have a couch yet!!!!
I guess I should add a few....
17. Buy a couch.
18. Find a reason to like Christmas... argh!
OK moving right along here.... let's do the "In The Sudio" list
1. Working on knitted lace gloves..... alright, alright already.... I'm a slow knitter ok?!
2. Started on cute child's poncho..... I ran out of yarn and so decided to use this for the gift exchange for the NPSW.... at least that is the plan.
3. Started to spin for the woven jacket commission.... still at that.
4. Knitting a tote with novelty yarn .... I forgot about that.... I wonder where that is.
5. Waiting on Madder project.... still waiting...
6. Spin ginned cotton.... well not ginned but cotton rovings... going well.
7. Woven shawl on tri loom.... still working on that.
8. The studio..... cleaned up but now the living room is a mess.
Right.... "In The Barnyard"
1. Ipwitch, the new ram..... dream on.... the ewes just kept laughing at him..... they need a real man....
2. Oscar the other ram... screw that.... literally.
3. The male alpacas.... screw that.... they can only dream..... (har har!!!!)
4. Reece... screw that.... I think we missed one of the boy lamb's balls when we ringed them in the spring and he's going around chasing Reece saying "screw that screw that"
So there you have it all the updates in my neck of the woods.... I think I will go do some of the work that I should be doing like the jacket commission.... naaaaww screw that!
I think I will start with the Christmas list. I'm realizing that first of all it is upside down. I should have had number 1 at the top.... let's see...
1. Write Christmas poem..... screw that!
2. Make Christmas cards...... screw that!
3. Finish made item for NPSW gift exchange...... hmmm can't screw that one..... I better do that tonight.
4. Make 4 locker hooked rugs..... in my dreams...so screw that!
5. Spin fibre for commission jacket..... I wish I could screw that.... sigh!
6. Purchase gifts to be sent for the 1st of December..... argh..... right got to get on that one especially since the 1st has gone by!
7. Deal with Daughter #1 birthday... yep... that's coming this week.
8. Finish gift for HH gift exchange..... I still have a full week.....
9. Advent.. start decorating one item a day...... yup... that's to save what little sanity I have.
10. Prepare something special for the church pageant..... screw that.... well maybe.
11. Get gifts for Mom and Dad..... right... I'm watching the flyers for a sale.
12. Order gifts for daughters.... well that's partially done.
13. Order something for Hubby.... I'm sort of working on that.
14. Stocking stuffer shopping... well that's something I have to do really close to Christmas or I eat it all.... screw that! Mumf scrumf... yum!
15. Make baked items for friends who live around town..... was I NUTS when I thought up this???!!!!
16. Clean up for Christmas..... don't get me started.... we don't even have a couch yet!!!!
I guess I should add a few....
17. Buy a couch.
18. Find a reason to like Christmas... argh!
OK moving right along here.... let's do the "In The Sudio" list
1. Working on knitted lace gloves..... alright, alright already.... I'm a slow knitter ok?!
2. Started on cute child's poncho..... I ran out of yarn and so decided to use this for the gift exchange for the NPSW.... at least that is the plan.
3. Started to spin for the woven jacket commission.... still at that.
4. Knitting a tote with novelty yarn .... I forgot about that.... I wonder where that is.
5. Waiting on Madder project.... still waiting...
6. Spin ginned cotton.... well not ginned but cotton rovings... going well.
7. Woven shawl on tri loom.... still working on that.
8. The studio..... cleaned up but now the living room is a mess.
Right.... "In The Barnyard"
1. Ipwitch, the new ram..... dream on.... the ewes just kept laughing at him..... they need a real man....
2. Oscar the other ram... screw that.... literally.
3. The male alpacas.... screw that.... they can only dream..... (har har!!!!)
4. Reece... screw that.... I think we missed one of the boy lamb's balls when we ringed them in the spring and he's going around chasing Reece saying "screw that screw that"
So there you have it all the updates in my neck of the woods.... I think I will go do some of the work that I should be doing like the jacket commission.... naaaaww screw that!
Friday, December 4, 2009
Didn't Work
I tried getting the slide show up but I can only do it if I have an account with a photo website like Flickr or Photobucket which I do not, so I thought I'd post my pictures of the Advent decorating challenge right here.
So the first thing to go up was the picture that I'm using as my header. The next thing that went up was our Nativity scene.... here are some pictures...
Yesterday I cleaned up my pine cone wreath and put that up.... I know I was supposed to put up the Christmas village but I ran into the difficulty of not being able to find the shelves that go with it. So the pine cone wreath was the decoration of the day. I will look for the shelves again today. Maybe the village will go up today.... if not it will be the outdoor lights... I think!
In other news..... Hubby shaved off his beard and mustache. I'm devastated! I feel like I'm cheating on my husband. Hubby has been with me for 22 years.... 4 before we got married. In all those years, he only ever shaved off his mustache once and let it grow back out right away. So for approximately five days in our years together he has been without a mustache. The beard doesn't bother me so much because he has shaved that off at least once a year, but the mustache?!!!!.... I want to cry. You see I love Hubby's mustache. I love the fact that his mustache is turning white. It's cute.... like a white fuzzy caterpillar.... well ok maybe that's a bit weird! The thing is... his mustache is a happy thing.... it made him look like Santa. All jolly.... without the mustache it makes him look upset all the time. Hubby has a funny top lip that sort of makes him look like he is frowning all the time and with the mustache it was covered. But now he looks like he is going to bark orders at you instead of hug you..... I want the happy face back not the growly face! If I want an old bear in the house, I'll just look in the mirror!! Besides... two teenaged daughters are as growly bear as we need these days. Meanwhile kissing Hubby is definitely a weird thing now because I'm not kissing Hubby but some weird freaky looking guy who is acting like my Hubby.... it's like going to bed with an alien..... at least I don't have to look at him when the lights are out.... maybe I should squirt myself in the eye again with Afterbite.... then I wouldn't have to look at him when he hugs me and I'd have an excuse too!!!!
Maybe I should dye my hair blue and see if he likes it! Maybe I should shave my hair... I don't want him to get a complex but he's really freaking me out..... shaving the mustache just doesn't work..... so that's two things today.
Well I'm off to get some breakfast... shower... and head to the shed for a Christmas foraging trip..... have a good Advent decorating... baking... shopping.... parcel wrapping.... day!
So the first thing to go up was the picture that I'm using as my header. The next thing that went up was our Nativity scene.... here are some pictures...
Yesterday I cleaned up my pine cone wreath and put that up.... I know I was supposed to put up the Christmas village but I ran into the difficulty of not being able to find the shelves that go with it. So the pine cone wreath was the decoration of the day. I will look for the shelves again today. Maybe the village will go up today.... if not it will be the outdoor lights... I think!
In other news..... Hubby shaved off his beard and mustache. I'm devastated! I feel like I'm cheating on my husband. Hubby has been with me for 22 years.... 4 before we got married. In all those years, he only ever shaved off his mustache once and let it grow back out right away. So for approximately five days in our years together he has been without a mustache. The beard doesn't bother me so much because he has shaved that off at least once a year, but the mustache?!!!!.... I want to cry. You see I love Hubby's mustache. I love the fact that his mustache is turning white. It's cute.... like a white fuzzy caterpillar.... well ok maybe that's a bit weird! The thing is... his mustache is a happy thing.... it made him look like Santa. All jolly.... without the mustache it makes him look upset all the time. Hubby has a funny top lip that sort of makes him look like he is frowning all the time and with the mustache it was covered. But now he looks like he is going to bark orders at you instead of hug you..... I want the happy face back not the growly face! If I want an old bear in the house, I'll just look in the mirror!! Besides... two teenaged daughters are as growly bear as we need these days. Meanwhile kissing Hubby is definitely a weird thing now because I'm not kissing Hubby but some weird freaky looking guy who is acting like my Hubby.... it's like going to bed with an alien..... at least I don't have to look at him when the lights are out.... maybe I should squirt myself in the eye again with Afterbite.... then I wouldn't have to look at him when he hugs me and I'd have an excuse too!!!!
Maybe I should dye my hair blue and see if he likes it! Maybe I should shave my hair... I don't want him to get a complex but he's really freaking me out..... shaving the mustache just doesn't work..... so that's two things today.
Well I'm off to get some breakfast... shower... and head to the shed for a Christmas foraging trip..... have a good Advent decorating... baking... shopping.... parcel wrapping.... day!
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Really Trying
So here you have it... I'm really trying to be a lot more Christmassy and less Scrooge-like. I've changed my look for the Christmas season. The picture in the header is a paper tole (3D Decoupage) that I did back when I first got married. I did a course of Paper Tole back when I first got married almost 18 years ago. I wanted to do more of them but traveling two hours to do a course twice a week was more than I could handle. So unfortunately I only did about 5 or 6 of them. Some of them I gave away as gifts and some I kept for myself and over the years the picture frames have gotten broken unfortunately. I would have liked to keep them but they have gotten thrown away and the two that I did for the girls disappeared when we did the move for the renovation. I think Hubby took them to the dump.
This is the first of my Christmas decorations to go up. I will be doing a slide presentation (to the right) of my Advent decorating as each day I add one new item... That is if I can get this to work! The nativity scene went up yesterday and so I have added that too. Today is my Christmas village that I painted myself. This is a ceramic village that I started the year Hubby and I got married and kept adding a piece until they discontinued it a few years ago. I will try to get a couple of pictures of that since it is quite large.
I hope your Advent Christmas decorating..... baking..... shopping..... etc.... is going well....
This is the first of my Christmas decorations to go up. I will be doing a slide presentation (to the right) of my Advent decorating as each day I add one new item... That is if I can get this to work! The nativity scene went up yesterday and so I have added that too. Today is my Christmas village that I painted myself. This is a ceramic village that I started the year Hubby and I got married and kept adding a piece until they discontinued it a few years ago. I will try to get a couple of pictures of that since it is quite large.
I hope your Advent Christmas decorating..... baking..... shopping..... etc.... is going well....
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Jazz and Books
Hubby went to town yesterday for a meeting and since he was late getting home I decided after the Daughters went to bed that I would sit and read while I listened to some music. My favorite.... (today).... musician is Diana Krall. She is always right up there on my favorites list. Whenever I get in a blue funk I can always be assured that crooning to a few of her cds will put in a good mood. Meanwhile I have been doing a little reading of late. Right now my downstairs book is "Have A Little Faith" by Mitch Albom. My upstairs book is "A Redbird Christmas" by Fanny Flagg who also wrote "Fried Green Tomatoes". A Redbird Christmas" is my favorite Christmas Story. It will give you heart even if you are the worst Scrooge..... which I think I am!
So last night the Daughters headed off to bed and I had a lovely hour of just sitting and enjoying a book and some music. What a wonderful treat. I didn't feel one bit guilty about anything... like not spinning for my jacket commission or spinning cotton for level 3 or finishing Pops' wristlets. Recently I finished a duo of books that are written by a youth writer. They are called "The Summoning" and "The Awakening" by Kelly Armstrong. I like to read what the Daughters are reading so that I know if they are being corrupted. I was surprised actually at the caliber of writing. She writes a good story.... but then as all series seem to be today.... they were cut off shortly at the end. There obviously will be more books of hers in the future to continue the story further.
Everyone headed out the door a little while ago and it looks like winter is definitely rearing its ugly head this morning with severely cold weather. Brrr! I'm glad to be home in the house. There will be a little more Christmas decorating today and listening to Diana Krall.... actually I'm listening to her right now and the wonderful song "Fly Me To The Moon".... so mellow.... how could anyone be in a bad mood when listening to her.
The other job that I have set for today is to get a parcel off in the mail to my partner for the secret Santa gift exchange. I took this one on and totally put it out of my mind till yesterday when I finally got an email to remind me that the deadline for getting it in the mail is tomorrow..... I also have my secret Santa sending me something.... it went in the mail yesterday and so I am looking forward to that. But I do have to get mine in the mail this week at the very latest.
So my day seems to be planned for me and it is not even daylight yet. The nice thing is that I will get a little time to listen to Diana and I might get a chance to pick up my book too. What a better way than to take time for a little jazz and my favorite books.
Here's hoping you have a nice December day.
So last night the Daughters headed off to bed and I had a lovely hour of just sitting and enjoying a book and some music. What a wonderful treat. I didn't feel one bit guilty about anything... like not spinning for my jacket commission or spinning cotton for level 3 or finishing Pops' wristlets. Recently I finished a duo of books that are written by a youth writer. They are called "The Summoning" and "The Awakening" by Kelly Armstrong. I like to read what the Daughters are reading so that I know if they are being corrupted. I was surprised actually at the caliber of writing. She writes a good story.... but then as all series seem to be today.... they were cut off shortly at the end. There obviously will be more books of hers in the future to continue the story further.
Everyone headed out the door a little while ago and it looks like winter is definitely rearing its ugly head this morning with severely cold weather. Brrr! I'm glad to be home in the house. There will be a little more Christmas decorating today and listening to Diana Krall.... actually I'm listening to her right now and the wonderful song "Fly Me To The Moon".... so mellow.... how could anyone be in a bad mood when listening to her.
The other job that I have set for today is to get a parcel off in the mail to my partner for the secret Santa gift exchange. I took this one on and totally put it out of my mind till yesterday when I finally got an email to remind me that the deadline for getting it in the mail is tomorrow..... I also have my secret Santa sending me something.... it went in the mail yesterday and so I am looking forward to that. But I do have to get mine in the mail this week at the very latest.
So my day seems to be planned for me and it is not even daylight yet. The nice thing is that I will get a little time to listen to Diana and I might get a chance to pick up my book too. What a better way than to take time for a little jazz and my favorite books.
Here's hoping you have a nice December day.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Sparkley Day
I'm once again in the driver's seat behind that face of this computer, and once again I can look out on a terrific day.
The trees are covered in hoar frost and the sun is four fingers above the horizon. With the sun shining so beautifully the frost just sparkles brilliantly. Everywhere you look there is hoar frost. There is hoar frost even in the air. It is a sparkley day.
Once again I'm back at my moving furniture. The office/studio/dining room is looking really good and I went to the shed to find a leg for one of the chairs in the living room..... it needed to be fixed. Several years ago Hubby and I bought four leather recliners for our living room. They were on pedestal bases and could swivel as well. Pedestal bases are not good. The wood was a cheap laminate and so they one by one cracked or something until they became a waste of good money. Two of the four are completely out of commission. The other two are in our living room and one has a bum leg. So I went into the shed and dug out a good leg from one of the decommissioned chairs and brought the leg in and attached it to the good chair. So basically we are using the two bad chairs as parts for the good chair.
Advent is here and I had decided some time ago to start putting up one Christmassy thing each day. Yesterday I put up a paper tole picture of Santa Claus in the downstairs bathroom which really is a joke because the bathroom is still under construction. Today I am putting up some shelves to hold a nativity scene. Tomorrow I will put up the outside lights. My goal is to have all the decorating done long before Christmas actually arrives.
One time I loved to decorate the house for Christmas, I'd put on nice music and get the decorations out and just do it. Then as the children came into our lives there came to be more decorations and as they got older they would help. It has become a real horror there are so many decorations and the girls don't seem to want to do anything. Last year they invited their friends over on the day we were supposed to put up and decorate the tree and disappeared upstairs while Hubby and I struggled to get it all done. I swore that it would never happen again. I'm thinking that only a portion of the decorating will be done and I'm thinking that there will be an artificial tree so that it can be done long before the middle of the month. Christmas has become just one more thing to struggle through. No one in our house really enjoys it because we are too busy with other things. About the only thing I liked about Christmas was Christmas Eve Candlelight service and I can't even enjoy that this year as I will have to do it since our minister has retired and I'm it for preacher. By the way I am not an ordained minister. I am just a lay person..... still without a minister I am afraid that the congregation is stuck with me. I do enjoy boxing day.
Anyway I don't meant to bring everyone down.... I think it is great when I find people who do enjoy Christmas. I just wish I knew how to make it fun for us again. If you have suggestions well I'm all ears.
But for today, it is a sparkley day
and I'm going to turn on some nice music.... no not Christmas music.... probably classical though, or maybe I'll get out my Dianna Krall cds and crank her up and get that nativity scene up and move the TV to accommodate the new artificial Christmas tree.
Hi ho,hi ho, it's off to work I go....
The trees are covered in hoar frost and the sun is four fingers above the horizon. With the sun shining so beautifully the frost just sparkles brilliantly. Everywhere you look there is hoar frost. There is hoar frost even in the air. It is a sparkley day.Once again I'm back at my moving furniture. The office/studio/dining room is looking really good and I went to the shed to find a leg for one of the chairs in the living room..... it needed to be fixed. Several years ago Hubby and I bought four leather recliners for our living room. They were on pedestal bases and could swivel as well. Pedestal bases are not good. The wood was a cheap laminate and so they one by one cracked or something until they became a waste of good money. Two of the four are completely out of commission. The other two are in our living room and one has a bum leg. So I went into the shed and dug out a good leg from one of the decommissioned chairs and brought the leg in and attached it to the good chair. So basically we are using the two bad chairs as parts for the good chair.
Advent is here and I had decided some time ago to start putting up one Christmassy thing each day. Yesterday I put up a paper tole picture of Santa Claus in the downstairs bathroom which really is a joke because the bathroom is still under construction. Today I am putting up some shelves to hold a nativity scene. Tomorrow I will put up the outside lights. My goal is to have all the decorating done long before Christmas actually arrives.
One time I loved to decorate the house for Christmas, I'd put on nice music and get the decorations out and just do it. Then as the children came into our lives there came to be more decorations and as they got older they would help. It has become a real horror there are so many decorations and the girls don't seem to want to do anything. Last year they invited their friends over on the day we were supposed to put up and decorate the tree and disappeared upstairs while Hubby and I struggled to get it all done. I swore that it would never happen again. I'm thinking that only a portion of the decorating will be done and I'm thinking that there will be an artificial tree so that it can be done long before the middle of the month. Christmas has become just one more thing to struggle through. No one in our house really enjoys it because we are too busy with other things. About the only thing I liked about Christmas was Christmas Eve Candlelight service and I can't even enjoy that this year as I will have to do it since our minister has retired and I'm it for preacher. By the way I am not an ordained minister. I am just a lay person..... still without a minister I am afraid that the congregation is stuck with me. I do enjoy boxing day.
Anyway I don't meant to bring everyone down.... I think it is great when I find people who do enjoy Christmas. I just wish I knew how to make it fun for us again. If you have suggestions well I'm all ears.
But for today, it is a sparkley day
and I'm going to turn on some nice music.... no not Christmas music.... probably classical though, or maybe I'll get out my Dianna Krall cds and crank her up and get that nativity scene up and move the TV to accommodate the new artificial Christmas tree. Hi ho,hi ho, it's off to work I go....
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