I have Christmas on the brain at the moment. It’s because I finished doing the house decorating today, with Martin’s help. All we have left in boxes are the tree ornaments, but we won’t be getting a tree until the 17th, because tomorrow we’re visiting friends and next weekend we’ve got Martin’s birthday party on Saturday and about 42 million calendar commitments on Sunday, of which we’ve chosen 3 to attend. I think. It’s hard to keep track.
I’ve started the layout for our annual Christmas newsletter and gotten all my Christmas cards out of the back of the closet, only to discover that I don’t have enough and will have to buy some more. If you want a card, please email me your address!* 1 more present to mail to the States and still need to buy a few things for Anders and the kids, my brother and Simone, Anders’ dad and sister’s kids. I really want to get the tree up and decorated, though. That’s such a long job that it makes me nervous to leave it until so close to Christmas.
I’ve also done some Christmas decorating here at the obiter dictum…check out my new banner! 😀
It occurs to me that I haven’t really put my OWN wish list into writing for Anders or my family, but I got my Christmas presents early from both my sister and my mom (which, stop with that, will you? It’s no fun come Christmas morning), and I’m not sure what I want anyway, besides the fantasy presents enumerated in my last entry.
Other ways it’s Christmassy around here:
- Rudolph, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Little Drummer Boy and The Grinch have been in heavy rotation on our VCR
- I can’t stop singing Have a Holly Jolly Christmas
- Martin keeps asking for kisses under the mistletoe ornaments
- Christmoose towels in the moose bathroom
- Just did the layout for our Christmas concert program (Free! December 8th, 6:30 p.m., MAS 44)
- The overwhelming smell of peace on earth and goodwill toward
menall in the air. *sniff* Smell that? Mmmmmmmm
*liz arde k @ ya hoo .c om