The purging is at a standstill for the moment, there's just been too much other stuff going on - work picked up a bit (yay!), I'm on the home stretch of a second hat that has to be mailed out early next week, and this past weekend we helped two tiny Italian grandmothers make 38 quart jars of tomato sauce (E went back on Monday and they made another 38 jars, 20 of which are ours. Double Yay!). I made a batch of liquid laundry soap (it works out to under $2 for 128 loads, instead of dropping $14 on a bottle of Tide that will only do half as much), and we love it. I have 4 clients today, plus a house call for a neighbor...a full afternoon of clients tomorrow (and possibly a full morning as well, won't know til later today)...one client on Saturday...furious knitting and cleaning to be done at E's...and then I have to help keep E awake on Saturday night. She has to sleep all day on Sunday, because that night she starts her new job!!!!!!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!! It's not a huge pay increase, but she'll have more hours, more opportunity for overtime, and best of all, full benefits. We don't know yet if they offer same-sex partner benefits, and I'm not holding my breath, but it's within the realm of possibility. Most importantly, this means we are one giant leap closer to living together! It could even happen by Christmas! Which, uh, brings us to this:
After all that talk about stuff and de-cluttering, I bought a Christmas tree. In my defense, I've been looking for a long time, and this tree (with shipping) was only $35!!! Isn't it cute? It's 3.5ft tall, the branches are pose-able, and it's made to look more like a real tree - note the brown trunk. I love the little pine cones, and the openness. It's the perfect little tree for us, and I can't wait to decorate it! My plan is to wind a strand of white lights up the trunk for extra glow factor, and use the multicolored lights on the branches. Thanks to my parents, who planned for the future, I already had my own box of ornaments by the time I was ten, and every year, my collection grows...so, not all will fit on the new tree, but since most of them already get a home on Mom's tree, it's not a problem.
CHRISTMASCHRISTMASCHRISTMASCHRISTMASCHRISTMASCHRISTMASCHRISTMAS!!!!!
It's my favorite holiday. I love everything about it - the lights, the music, the food, the time with family. The sense of anticipation in the air, the way the cold and snowy nights feel hushed and sacred. The fun of making or picking out exactly the right presents for the ones I love. The decorating, oh, the decorating!!! We didn't do much at all last year, and I'm not planning to go overboard, but.... :o)
Happy Thursday!
***edited to add: Tree with white lights!! What do you think? ***
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I <3 you with great muchliness. :)
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