(131) Ready

Thank God I was able to get everything ready.

ALL presents wrapped.

All cookies accounted for. 

My three tiered tea tray has it's debut

(a VNA rummage sale find that I never assembled to show you before).

I plan on lots of Christmas cookies for the dinners and lunches I hope to do!

I may be doing 3 or 4 of them! 

I am as ready as I will ever be.

The house is in good order too, such a blessing.

I had to stay home for quilt guild to get everything done today.

Balance and realizing one's limits and hours in the day.

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We are praying for everyone in Australia, esp my friend S.

 who visited me with her sister in 2005

the fire and smoke is terrible.

We are praying and I ask everyone for their prayers!

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May God have mercy on us and save us! 

Many Good things including snow and sun

Yesterday right before lunch

I managed to put the Christmas table cloth on

and Christmas candle holder,

which was a gift from my Aunt M. at my family bridal shower.

I am going to need a new bees wax thick candle for this soon!

Yesterday much of our silverware was polished and then washed in

hot soapy water...

{I had help thankfully.}

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I am hoping for a special Christmas dinner 

for Mr. Husband and I on

the second day of Christmas.

We have finally gotten some real snow.

Sadly it will not stay long.

Cleo is quite glad to have us back. 

The sunshine was so beautiful this morning!

We got Cleo some more of her normal cat food,

as we had been using other food before we stocked up

on our two epic grocery shopping earlier this week,

which sadly left Mr. Husband's  back a bit sore :(

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We have to carts and had gone by foot to the store,

I think it was the pulling and pushing of carts that did it.

I am so excited for Christmas.

This fast has seemed long; 

Mr. Husband and I are counting down the days.

I had forgotten that it is fast free until the eve of Theophany! 

YAY.

I am slowly reading this small book 

and am just loving it.

I am hoping to do a dinner on St. Basil's day

and am already menu planning!

The knitting is slowly coming...

I've done two loads of laundry yesterday

1 load today and another to do soon...

such a relief,

I did not have much left to wear that was for winter!

Even Cleo has gotten a few good brushings in lately...

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I took it easy this morning, rested and long bath; there is something

about water that is so restorative.

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We are in the homestretch for Christmas now.

I am hoping to get few things done today yet...

making tea, finishing the blanket, laundry

and some grocery shopping....