Christmas Decor Starts Indoors

A hot tub soak was enjoyed right after our morning coffee in the beautifully calm, no-wind morning. A quick shower later and it was on with the day. I sorted and put away all the “smalls” I had in the basement "store" ready for the fall market, which led to reorganizing more of the furnace room and hauling out the Christmas boxes.

S spent part of the morning trying to sort out a New Year’s Eve concert plan with the Benbows, but it looks like we’re too late—hotel full and only general tickets left. Time to start thinking about a Plan B. Before lunch he headed outside with the chainsaw and chopped up the rotted bottle tree post from the island that had been lying there all summer. I set up the nativity to kick off the Christmas decorating.

just the usual blue and silver

S left for town after 12 to play hockey at 1. I got busy setting up the Christmas tree while watching another season of Project Bakeover on my iPad. After the initial turquoise-and-silver setup, I dove into my ornament chest—sorting, repairing, and deciding what to give away. I ended up decorating the tree with many of my angel ornaments… and wow, do I ever have a lot of them. The homemade ones needed some TLC, so those were fixed and tucked into boxes for future years.

one of my favs <3

S arrived home with his sidekick Cooper he picked up after 4:30. He fed the dogs while chatting with Craig, and I kept working away on the tree. Supper followed, though the prime ribs were disappointingly tough—likely from older cows.

We spent the evening finishing The Beast in Me series until 1 a.m., each with a jumbo fruit-and-yogurt bowl. B arrived around 8:30 after working late, fed, and then took Cooper home.