Christmas

Christmas Time

 

It seems to be Christmas!  Last week I took Grandma to Century II to see the Goodwill Parade of Trees.  There were 90ish elaborately decorated trees in all sizes, and another ton of wreaths and table arrangements.

 



 The weather was very warm which was a good thing, becaue the parking was awful.  The "parade" was sharing the building with a  junior cheerleader competition.  Zillions of little pom-pom carrying girls accompanied by the whole extended family, I think.   I unloaded Grandma and the chair and then went in search of parking.  When we were finished, I just pushed her back with me.  Quit a trek!

I've put up my first Christmas tree since I got Toby.  He hasn't been interested in it at all.  T., do you recognize the Abby angel ornament?

 I gave away my big tree this year.  It's too heavy and bulky for me to get it up out of the basement anymore, so it found a home with some folks who are having difficult times.

After wrestling with boxes and more wrong sized boxes, I gave up and took all the packages for Chicago and Florida to the UPS store this morning.  SO easy, even if a fair bit pricey.  I may never pack anything for shipping again!

 

After 8 months of Christmas themed quilting projects, shopping and wrapping, I think I can now be finished with the preparations, and just be ready to enjoy the season.