The 49th week until Christmas has just ended and I am still on my quest to do something toward Christmas 2025 each week. This is my recap of the week.
I found an old man caroler at an agreeable price and ordered him. He is in the process of being shipped, so that will bring the number I have acquired to 3. I forgot I have a young girl here already (I bought it to represent DIL1 before I decided we needed age appropriateness with the carolers) so that only leaves me 3 figures to search for.
I even remembered our former pup carolers which look remarkably like our granddogs. Before I decide to include them though, I need to decide if I am willing to look for cat carolers that resemble Ella and Lola (grandcats).
I have an app connected with our library that I use to read books but there are some other things I can use it for. One advantage of the Libby app is the ability to look through magazines. I searched Christmas themed magazines and loaded 15 or so a few to look through. I found magazines for handmade gifts, decorating ideas, and of course Christmas foods. I have already added a few things that piqued my interest to my Christmas folder .
I found instructions for some handmade gifts and thought I might try chocolate rose bath bombs. I could give them to the DIL's for Valentines as a test run.
My main plan for the week was to start sorting all my existing Christmas decorations and have keep it or coast it decisions for each item. Just because I have had it forever is no reason to keep things I no longer use.
I have a large cedar closet that is filled to the brim with decorations for each holiday, and being empty nesters I just do not need it all. With the days being a lot colder, and me being made for hot weather it seemed like a good idea to just plan on staying in the house and doing something productive.
Well yesterday I did stay at home, but never ventured upstairs where the mess Christmas decorations are in boxes all over the room instead of the closet stored.
Instead I stayed in the den to watch what was happening on the world front, improve my mind with intellectual pursuits, deep clean curl up with a fluffy blanket and browse all the magazines I downloaded on the Libby app. In fact I enjoyed browsing them so much it seems I browsed, wrapped in my blanket cocoon, for a while with my eyes closed.
This is a new week and hope springs eternal, right? Now if I can just jingle my way upstairs, because week 48 has begun.
Today, being wrapped in a blanket cocoon sounds fabulous! I have the day off so I am enjoying being in sweats! Also, I need to clean the house but it will not be happening today.
ReplyDeleteCindy in the South
I have everything I need to make hot cocoa bombs and I am trying them out on a few people for Valentines Day to see how well they are liked. Great minds think a like.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds as if you needed that snuggle day.
ReplyDeleteI have been wrapped up for a few days. It looks like I have a few more to go. I hate weather this cold. It would be fun if there were little children here. I do need hot chocolate but not the calories.
ReplyDeleteWe need pictures of carolers so we can all look for them. It would be a nation wide search.a
ReplyDeleteI really like your idea of starting with Christmas plans now. There are already too many things between now and then for me to think about Christmas. I'll follow along with you, however, and maybe be inspired.
ReplyDeleteReading is so much more fun than going thru Christmas stuff. 😂
ReplyDeleteThose bath bombs sound interesting, I went through my Christmas last year and got rid of so many things, yet I still have a lot! This year, being sick, I only put out about 1/4 of it and never put ornaments on the tree. It was very sad for me. I love Christmas. Yesterday sounds like it was a very pleasant day in the chair with the blanket. Take care.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you are making progress on your quest to find the carolers you need. :)
ReplyDeleteI volunteer to be your assistant. I will take a day off from work. You send me a link to the magazines I should look through to find the best recipes and decorating idea. I will wrap myself in a blanket. At the end of the day, I'll send you a list of the best of the best . . . when I wake up from my nap. January is going fast, isn't it? I'm taking the ornaments off my tree. I think the tree will be down by the end of the month.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie