Arrrgh!!!

Just little thoughts here and there....

The table in the casual dining room, the room we call the Green Room, has been cleared off. Tomorrow, I'll wrap one more gift for our granddaughter, an over-sized chalkboard, and then I'll cover the table with a red cloth, and set out candles.

The cans of Christmas cookies and the cinnamon dough ornaments were given to our friends at the salon on Thursday. I had to do errands, so I missed what they had to say, but I understand the cookies were well received.

We have received an embarrassment of riches from the contractors and suppliers with whom we work. One sent a stunning white Poinsettia, two have sent fruit baskets. One woman, a long time friend, has sent me an amazing collection of spa products. I won't ever have to buy anything to pamper myself again!

Tomorrow at 8:00 I have a hair appointment. I've never had someone do my hair on Christmas Eve before. It seems like a nice way to start the day.

I have to pick up two gift bags to wrap (read: hide) our exchange gifts. Otherwise, I think we finished shopping today. The traffic was hideous. Thank goodness it was a beautiful day. I could have worn a heavy sweater and left the coat behind in the car.

The older couple who lives on the other side of our grove have one of those Santas that is filled with air from a compressor. Wait until Elegante Mother discovers that it's there! Maybe I need to keep a tape recorder handy.

One of the local hawks has been hunting at our feeder. I thought about stopping the feeding, but then all the little birds would suffer, not just those that get caught. I think the hawk is using the reflection off the Green Room windows as part of his hunting strategy. I haven't looked in the bird book to see what kind of hawk it is. I know it's not a Red-tailed Hawk. It might be a Coopers Hawk.

Dear Husband has all the gifts organized, or most of them. One stack is for Christmas Eve, one is for Christmas morning, and the last is for Christmas Day. I haven't told him that there are two bags of black oil sunflower seed in the trunk of the car. I figured the birds deserved a Christmas present, too.

I don't know if I'll have the chance to come back to blog on Christmas Eve, so let me say that I hope all of you have a wonderful Christmas. We hope you are well, and happy, and that you will have peace and good fortune in the coming year. Merry Christmas to you all!