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Christmas decorations went up today. Most of them, anyway.
The tree was top priority, as was hassling about who would do what, when and which things had to be redone because one person-of-youth didn't care for the artistic endeavors of another person-of-youth.
But in the end l'arbre de Noël was done up right proper. The small, fake tree is awash in ribbons, bows, beads, balls, and three strings of lights. Not in that order.
It stands perilously, in danger of blowing over when the furnace kicks on. But until that happens, it'll look nice and full, as did Charlie Brown's après the decoration transfer from Snoopy's doghouse.
In addition to the tree, the main kitchen counter has been cleaned (this happens once a year around Christmas) now sporting blue lights amid blue and silver balls in blue containers. And four "new" blue, ceramic jars from Goodwill.
After years and years I'll finally have easy access to the sugar.
A veritable dream come true for someone with weight issues. At least the kitchen will be color coordinated when they cart me off to the fat farm/mental institution.
Speaking of the Christmas letter, I added those immortal words, "Dear Family and Friends," to the beginning (I did that just now, so I could say I've worked on it). That makes about 3.5 lines so it's really taking shape.
Say...I just had a BRILLIANT idea! Since I seem to have writer's block, I could submit the Christmas letter in the form of "Choose Your Own Ending."
I put down the child's name, age and grade (if I can remember), then leave a nice long line for people to fill in the blank.
Yes, I can picture it now...people sitting around sipping their after-dinner coffee, peacefully contented but still too full to sing carols 'round the spinet...suddenly, someone calls out, "Hey, why don't we get out the Hoyt Christmas Letter and finish the story?!"
*cheers all around*
Matching wits to fill in the missing pieces of our lives. Can a board game be far behind?
And if I include a self-addressed envelop, I could pick the winning submissions and use those answers for next year's letter :-)
Oh yes, I will have to check into this...
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The tree was top priority, as was hassling about who would do what, when and which things had to be redone because one person-of-youth didn't care for the artistic endeavors of another person-of-youth.
But in the end l'arbre de Noël was done up right proper. The small, fake tree is awash in ribbons, bows, beads, balls, and three strings of lights. Not in that order.
It stands perilously, in danger of blowing over when the furnace kicks on. But until that happens, it'll look nice and full, as did Charlie Brown's après the decoration transfer from Snoopy's doghouse.
In addition to the tree, the main kitchen counter has been cleaned (this happens once a year around Christmas) now sporting blue lights amid blue and silver balls in blue containers. And four "new" blue, ceramic jars from Goodwill.
After years and years I'll finally have easy access to the sugar.
A veritable dream come true for someone with weight issues. At least the kitchen will be color coordinated when they cart me off to the fat farm/mental institution.
Speaking of the Christmas letter, I added those immortal words, "Dear Family and Friends," to the beginning (I did that just now, so I could say I've worked on it). That makes about 3.5 lines so it's really taking shape.
Say...I just had a BRILLIANT idea! Since I seem to have writer's block, I could submit the Christmas letter in the form of "Choose Your Own Ending."
I put down the child's name, age and grade (if I can remember), then leave a nice long line for people to fill in the blank.
Yes, I can picture it now...people sitting around sipping their after-dinner coffee, peacefully contented but still too full to sing carols 'round the spinet...suddenly, someone calls out, "Hey, why don't we get out the Hoyt Christmas Letter and finish the story?!"
*cheers all around*
Matching wits to fill in the missing pieces of our lives. Can a board game be far behind?
And if I include a self-addressed envelop, I could pick the winning submissions and use those answers for next year's letter :-)
Oh yes, I will have to check into this...
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