confessions

I have a couple of confessions to make.

I haven’t really decorated for Christmas – which is something that I usually love to do. You see, we’re going to go to Canada for Christmas this year.

We leave on Sunday. That’s in 4 days!

I couldn’t bear the thought of having to deal with undecorating the house when we get back in mid-January, so I have only put out a few things, for at least a bit of a festive feel . . .

In the foyer. The metal item in the middle is a candle holder from an old design . . . in the 19th century the women would put these lanterns under their skirts to keep warm in church during the winter. You can see the kids’ class pictures in the background . . .

The kitchen table. Advent candles on the table, and an electric advent candelabra in the window (although I have no idea why those ones always have 7 candles instead of 4).

More of the same in the other kitchen window. Sam made the wooden advent candle holder in school.

Living room planter box. I had one string of clear lights in large plant close by, but Bruno chewed the cord apart . . .

That’s it . . . not much . . . just a little light in the dark . . .

The other confession – I’m not sending Christmas cards out this year. Difficult decision for me to make, because I love getting cards and sending them out, but with our travel plans and hoe busy everything has been, I just couldn’t do it. I hope no one drops me from their list because of it . . .

In other news . . . remember when I built this:

to keep the dogs out of trouble and in the mud room?

Well, somebody decided she wasn’t going to let gates define where she could be:

She jumped it repeatedly, so that we had to keep the door closed. Well, then it just got all stinky and humid in there.

So, I built an addition:

So far, it’s kept her in. We’ll see how long that lasts . . .

Barb

PS Another confession? The blue apron hanging on the kitchen wall was sewn by Stefan in high school.