Christmas Nails

With the exception of the snowmen in the window I still haven't decorated the house.  I do have Christmas nails though.  Cheryl calls the glitter she painstakingly places "cracked ice".    I have finally gotten Christmas cards in the mail but I haven't gotten the presents wrapped.  Tomorrow night is my staff party at the Lodge for dinner, drinks, comedian show followed by a dance.  A Christmas party on a Thursday night?  The office is paying for cab rides home for anyone who doesn't feel they should drive.  And still have to work the next day?  Personally, I can't see partying much when you have to get up at 6 a.m. 

The only thing Christmassy that I have done is Challenge #48, creating a layout inspired by something in your wardrobe.

Our home; taken in 1968 or 1969?  One of the heavier snowfalls we received.   

Elvis Presley & Martina McBride, "Blue Christmas"

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Got to love it!

Christmas Decorating

I made this snow family a few years ago.  This year they were in bags alongside the four boxes of my purged belongings that I had ready to be donated when the Diabetes Clothesline picked up in November.   I guess this is why I ALWAYS have something to donate when they phone ~ I always seem to hold something back to keep for a little while longer.   For now, these happy snowmen are the only Christmas decorations that I have put up. 

Right now the wind is howling and I can hear our shovels and garbage cans banging about outside - a southern Alberta phenomenon known as a Chinook.    Warm winds can make a 20 degree change in the temperature in a matter of a couple hours.  This one is not so drastic as it wasn't that terribly cold.  Its a shock though when you take the dogs out at night and it is -17 or thereabouts and when you let them out again in the morning it is +3.

Larry and I have have both caught colds and are very unmotivated; lethargic even.  Too bad I hadn't gotten all of my Christmas cards and letters finished and mailed before this hit.  Thankfully the parcels I had to mail were done a day or so before this hit.