I am blessed to have a niece who really should be an interior design specialist. \u00a0She and her husband \u00a0volunteered to help us with our Christmas decorations. \u00a0E is the keeper of the ladder, so he was elected to put the garland and lights and Santas \u00a0on the shelf that runs at the top of the wall the length of the living room. \u00a0He also got to put the lights up on the outside trees. \u00a0At LAST we can hold up our heads as dusk comes and the neighborhood lights up. \u00a0The house directly across from us, and the one to the north of it, had lights shining immediately after Thanksgiving. \u00a0We’ve had at least a week of eye searing lights keeping the street safe from robberies. \u00a0The houses flanking us had their lights up a few days later. We were missing a timer and some three-way plugs for our lights, but it all came together today. \u00a0It’s a lot of fun to look out and see our trees decorated, and that we are a part of the neighborhood.<\/p>\n
K worked on organizing the nativity scene and finding things for the mantle. \u00a0She set out table runners and candles of all shapes and sizes and we put up the “Snowman” quilt my mother and I made. \u00a0She hung ornaments from the chandelier in the dining room, and filled the Waterford bowl on the table with ornaments. \u00a0She even got out the Christmas guest towels.<\/p>\n
It looks like Christmas here, and tomorrow I am going to work on the first of the Christmas baking. \u00a0Sunday, K will return with one of her cousins and we will bake cookies together. \u00a0Christmas is getting closer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I am blessed to have a niece who really should be an interior design specialist. \u00a0She and her husband \u00a0volunteered to help us with our Christmas decorations. \u00a0E is the keeper of the ladder, so he was elected to put … Continue reading