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16 Monday Jan 2023

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the project for Saturday was to return the regular mugs to the cupboard and put away the Christmas/holiday ones…

first thing I did was go into the office to get the boxes out from under the dresser…

and they weren’t there… even got down on my knees to be sure…

kind of freaked out wondering if I had accidentally put them in the giveaway pile which had gone out before the holidays;-(…

looked in the basement, kitchen and all over the messy computer room again… then I checked in the den closet and there they sat… clearly I put them in there knowing they would end up upstairs, but thinking I would save some steps when it came time to repack them…

whew… that got the blood pumping, lol…

didn’t take too long to get them changed over and looking good…

they sat on the stairway and then made it upstairs to wait for next Christmas…

and they will go to the spot I expect them to be…

in the dresser, in the office closet, not underneath it, with a label on the front🤪…

stairs…

05 Thursday Jan 2023

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spent Tuesday putting away the little trees…

now the stairs look a bit naked…

the front trees are put away but that space looks filled with the plants that returned from the den…

I’ve been trying to add a new tree to the collection most years, but didn’t manage it this year… maybe next year;-)…

shelf…

30 Friday Dec 2022

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on Wednesday I took all the ornaments off the trees in the living and dining rooms… the dining room one looked a little lonely and empty as it sat on the table…

the ornaments ended up on two tables and are still there, lol… but I have washed out a bin and it is drying as I write this…

Thursday I brought up the box that the trees live in and was able to squash them in…

then I taped it closed and was able to get it downstairs but not onto the shelf where it lives… will have to wait for someone else to lift it up;-)…

banging…

25 Sunday Dec 2022

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I wasn’t expecting to get up early, but apparently my body remembers previous Christmas mornings, lol… although it was 6:47 am when I woke up, for many years it was often around 4… and I would eventually start banging pots in the kitchen to encourage all of the sleepers to wake up…

around 7:30 I got up, made breakfast and then read for a while in the living room enjoying the tree lights…

there were matching pyjamas, calls, texts, visits and naps throughout the day… the naps may have had something to do with the 6:47 wake-up, lol…

spaced amongst all of that were relaxing dinner preparations… beautiful mashed potatoes, delicious stuffing and tasty gravy went perfectly with chicken, turnip, ham, and previously homemade cranberry sauce…

I was absolutely spoiled with a myriad of wonderful gifts…

a lovely day… amazingly blessed, as always…

exchange…

22 Thursday Dec 2022

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Christmas came on Monday…

my BS group gathered for lunch, a visit, and gift exchange…

we had a great time;-)…

everyone chose what they wanted for lunch and a few of the group picked up the order… we gathered around the dining room table and visited as we enjoyed our meal…

back in the living room we had cookies and coffee, and then shared our goodies;-)…

I am always amazed at the wonderful items that we each find or make for one other… none of us really need anything so it is fun to produce little things to share…

and usually there are donations to favourite charities… mine, this year was to Made with Love, which is helping feed the hungry here in the city…

we usually end with a group photo… technology tried to beat me, but in the end we got a few great pictures;-)…

🤗…

paintbox…

18 Sunday Dec 2022

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had some fun this morning… after going out and shovelling the droppings from the city snow plows…

been planning to colour the letters for these chocolate ornaments that I received from Happy Mail for Chocolate Lovers…

finally got around to it… sadly there was no purple in the paintbox🤪…

I am pleased with how they came out… I used some of my gifts from last year in a slightly different way and enjoyed the time…

now they are on the tree…

trays…

17 Saturday Dec 2022

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had a lovely visit with my neighbour…

she brought over a cute purple tray filled with delightful homemade goodies…

she makes a number of cookie trays for family and usually puts them on red trays, but had to go out and find a purple one for me😊… what a sweetie…

we usually meet for a little glass of something in the garden, lol, so it was good to get together in the house…

we snacked, chatted and had lots of laughs… and there are still some of the goodies left for me to eat and share🤭…

parcels…

13 Tuesday Dec 2022

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been wrapping presents and in the process, making a bit of a mess, lol…

things are now ready to pop in the mail and the finished parcels have found their way into the living room…

Christmas is coming and things are getting organized;-)…

almost ready;-)…

talented…

04 Sunday Dec 2022

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a few days ago my buddy arrived with a wreath and a huge container of poinsettias…

she took the bow off the wreath, added a silver ornament, and finally made and attached a new snowflake ribbon…

then she hung it up on the front door…

it looks great and very Christmas-y… she is very talented;-)…

main…

02 Friday Dec 2022

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the main tree went up… and I even put one into the dining room…

a dear friend came over and decorated the one in the living room…

she did a great job, as always… especially since I didn’t contact her until noon once I decided that was the day, lol…

I brought up many, many, boxes of ornaments which we went through and decided on what to use this year…

once she left, I worked on the dining room tree and put most of the leftovers back downstairs…

in the morning I put up the snowflakes and put away the last bits and pieces…

I was especially happy when I found my embroidered snowflake picture…

which may have been hiding for a few years;-)…

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