Still loving Christmas....

 

This season has been unusually enjoyable for me. I loved taking out all my old ornaments and finding special places for them, and I was kind of amazed to see that I had so many. When we first moved to our house here, we had the usual collection of contemporary ornaments that we added to each year, but that changed the year we took the roof off.

The final stretch...

I am absolutely alarmed at how close the big day is, and how much I have left to do. And of course, there is the little list of things that will remain undone and perhaps set aside for the next season. I haven't helped matters by slipping on the stairs (we have no handrail), flying into the air bottoms up, and landing on my right elbow, right hip, and the middle part of my back. Oy! We're talking some deep hurt. Everything moves alright, but I have some muscle spasms that are kicking my ass and certainly slowing me down.