Hi Everyone,
There are no deep and thoughtful thoughts today. I am surrounded by Christmas chaos and a to do list depressingly long. Winter has set in and my normally cheerful disposition sinks along with the temperatures.
D. and I have been working long hours at his business. I will have to admit to looking forward to the end of deer season in another month. Next year he will be retired and hopefully the late night hours will not be so often.
I am pretty sure Amazon loves me this year and the UPS guy hates me. There have been deliveries every day this week because I have neither the time or inclination to fight my way through stores for Christmas presents. So far I have not had to step foot inside a single store and only plan for one quick stop to get gift cards this weekend. That should be the end of the shopping!
Decorations have been pretty minimal too. I got greenery up outside Thanksgiving weekend as well as the Christmas tree. We have an artificial tree and over the years my son, along with my daughter, were chief tree builders. I had to do it this year and realized just what a frustrating job it is.
Cooking is not happening at the moment either. No time with all the hours at the shop. Meals are generally soup and crackers. Christmas goodies probably are not going to happen at all. I hope to get our weekly pizza made tonight. That may be this week’s highlight for food.
Next year I think I will put a note in my calendar to get the Christmas shopping done in July and cook plenty of meals to freeze well before the beginning of deer season. Right now I feel like a squirrel who can’t find her nuts the day before a blizzard!
I have included a few of this week’s photos to break up this downer of a post. Hopefully by next week’s post I will have wrangled in the chaos and will be in more cheerful spirits.
We did wake up this morning, look out the kitchen window and find Bob the Houdini Horse staring in at us, wanting his breakfast. Wish I had managed a photo of that! Leave it to the crazy horse to give us a much needed laugh for the day.
Wishing you a calm, peaceful, organized week!
Pencils, Paint & Paper 