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Happy Sunday! Less than two weeks until Christmas. For some reason the holidays always creep up on me. I feel like I have lots of time and then, all of a sudden, only a couple of weekends are left until Christmas!
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We go back and forth between real trees and artificial trees, or no tree, depending on what else is happening any given year.
This year I really wanted a real tree. Husband didn’t care if we had a tree. So we compromised and rescued a Charlie Brown tree. If he looks like he is crooked and has a few holes; he does! But I really like him. The cats like the tree as well; frequently hanging out in the same room.
I kept it simple with just a few decorations; pulling out only my favorites. As I was pulling and decorating I came to a few conclusions……
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I really like red ornaments. One by one I was pulling red reindeer, balls, stars and other assorted red decorations out of the box. They look so pretty against the green needles of the tree.
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Snowmen, or snow people in some cases, are my favorite when it comes to holiday decorations. I can’t resist them.
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This wasn’t even slightly surprising; I have a lot of Minnesota Viking ornaments. I added quite a few to the tree and still have lots left in the box.
Vikings, snowmen and red ornaments. That’s pretty much the tree.
What caught my eye this week:
Emotional drain of the holidays: It should be easier this year to slow down; but always a stressful time.
How to become a morning person: This was interesting to me as I have gone from a total night owl to the ultimate morning person.
The amazing Helen Mirren and her thoughts on aging.
Cleaning the coffee pot: I am happy that I was at least sort of doing it right!
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Bella in the holiday spirit. 😉
While I am certainly not one to dress up my cats I couldn’t resist this opportunity. She wore them for probably a whole two seconds while I was lucky enough to get a picture. I’m sure she was mortified; but it was very temporary!
Have a good weekend!