I keep saying this hoping it will get me moving. The older I get, the less fun stuff there is to do for Christmas. Well, that's not fair to put it that way, but we've streamlined gift-giving so there isn't a lot of shopping - not that I love shopping - but I do love lists!
(Me, Leslie, Alice in 1964 I would guess)And with no one around to be excited about opening the boxes on the advent calendar, I haven't even put it up for the last two years.
And I have to push and prod Dad to get a tree - and get it up so I can decorate it - but I guess I've always had to push and prod him.
Believe it or not, when I'm here in the house alone, I forget to put the carols on. I do have the Harry Connick CD in the car stereo - that helps. With other people around, someone remembers to put them on.
I did watch "Holiday Inn" and "It's a Wonderful Life" last week - that helped - but it didn't last long enough!
And "What Not To Wear" has intimidated me out of wearing my Christmas attire. Although I am going to wear my sweater with the angels on it - the black one. And my holly/berry earrings from many years ago.
Maybe I'll even wear my Liz Clairborne tee shirts too. It's certainly hot enough!
Mostly I'm waiting for Christmas Eve and making potato soup and cooking up batches of pumpkin bread and jam to give to the neighbors.
And going to the Sing-A-Long Messiah next week.
And enjoying having everyone here - then it will feel like Christmas!!
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I thought for a minute that I was reading about myself! We also have no advent calendar up (even though I know where it is this year)and I have yet to put Christmas music on in the house. It is always on in the car.
Since Christmas is in two weeks we need to get serious about getting the tree up before Bonnie and Spencer come on the 23rd.
I have also listened to so many movies while working on sewing projects. I can even figure out a new movie if it plays over and over, maybe 3 times. That gives me enough time to glance up and identify voices to characters and a few other key story elements. I do my best work while my favorite cyber friends and actors are doing theirs at the same time.
It is validating to know that I am "not alone!!"
Maybe when school is out on th e19th I will feel festive - although we work at the temple that weekend.
Christmas will come - and go - and we'll be saying the same things in a year!!
sometimes it's hard to get going but then your happy once it is all up and enjoyable!
Your plans sound very nice! Thank you for the e-mail about enrichment!
We still do a lot since we still have a son home. We just finished singing carols tonight. We do that every Sunday before Christmas and light the Advent candles.
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