We got the Christmas tree today ... supposedly from the same farm that supplies one of the White House trees for the "blue" room. I'm impressed ... not!
We took all the stuff down from storage, actually I took it all down. Then we put the little white lights on ... and there it sits. Smells good, boxes all about. Bek is at Mikey's for their belated Thanksgiving feast. Liz is upstairs reading. She told me to be quiet as I howled outside her window as I let Stella out in the back yard.
I think Lucie is losing ... but she's having a ball. They shopped most of the day, while I dusted, vacuumed and brought the stuff down. I got to move a curio cabinet too, but still feeling like I should get out on the bike. It was cool today, rained last night, so I didn't mow.
Tomorrow the girls go to the Durham Performing Arts Center (DPAC) to see the "Phantom" ... Lucie and I get to see it on Wednesday. I get to do an "ant colony" story this Sunday for the kiddos. The girls decorate the tree tomorrow, the older two go for a hair appointment, then Christmas pictures, then Phantom. Lucie is gonna prepare pistachio chicken ... In just a couple days Liz heads back to PA to finish her semester.
We STILL don't have our plans finalized. Is it the 20th we head up? Dunno, but we'll figure it out. It was a good Thanksgiving. The girls were laughing at me today, cause I started my bah humbug routine, and when Lucie told me not to, they said, "Mom, don't stop it, it is our longest lasting tradition to have Dad be a pill at the holidays!"
We take comfort in the silliest of traditions. Even if I do my yearly Scrooge routine ... bah humbug.
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