Oh no just 5 weeks till Christmas

Time for us all to get our "Merry" on

This past week was the week before we were scheduled to leave for our trip to see Son1's family. (OK if truth be known we love all of them but we are really going to see Pip, and be there to celebrate her birthday. Sometimes you just have to call a spade a spade) Regardless, we saw a flurry of Christmas activity. List that had been made were revised, bins were moved downstairs in an orderly fashion (A first for me), cookie baking day was scheduled as was candy making day and events have been added to the calendar

As of today, the foyer is decorated with the exception of the foyer tree. (It might get done today or tomorrow, or it might not) The welcome Christmas painting is out, the carolers are around the tree on the foyer table singing their little hearts out, the resin bronze colored Santa is standing guard by the foyer table, and the monkey butler is wearing his Santa hat and is holding his tray topped with candles and a small bowl of Christmas candy.

Moving to the living rooms, the three glass floor vases are filled with silver, gold and copper colored balls and the piano is mostly done. The living room tree is not up, maybe tomorrow or maybe not. 

The den has the coffee table decorated with a small tree and small bowed wrapped boxes beneath it. The hearth has Christmas themed toys on it and the mantle is decorated with greenery, bows and fairly lights in addition to two stocking hangers where the stockings* are already hung.

The side tables by the couch and chair are decorated and Wooden Face ** is wearing a Santa hat.

The den tree is still not up. Bummer

That leads us to the kitchen. There are a few things I put out every year.  The lazy susan Uncle Bob made me sits in the middle of the table every day of the year. Sometimes it is seasonally decorated but I always put Christmas things on it. Right now it is home to candles of various sizes, 3 funky metal Christmas trees and the non-festooned salt and pepper shakers (I guess I am slacking)

The buffet has been spruced up and has a couple of Christmas themed items on it, along with the Christmas carol singing Elvis.

The cabinet behind the table has been Christmasfied, with the container for arriving Christmas cards all bowed and ready to hold any incoming cards. (Believe it or not, we have already received three. Even though I have been getting ready for  the entire year, I am nowhere near mailing mine)

The dining room is still an office, and that is all I am going to say about that.😒😒😒

The exterior decorating will be done once we return home, but I planned on that anyway.

And that is it until we return.

4  Days till Thanksgiving

32 Days till Christmas

Ho, Ho, Hope the week is great for you all!

* Mom made my stocking when I was a baby and it has been hanging every year since. The year TheHub and I were married, Mom made a matching one for him, and as each successive child was born she made one for them. The last one she ever made was for Pip and by then she was having difficulty keeping count when the pattern changed. What a gift!

**Wooden Face is a 3d face carved from wood (obviously) with a support in the back so it can stand. One of Mom's childhood neighbors cared them in his spare time. I not remember a time when they were not in my parents house. After we cleared out Mom and Dad's house My Beloved Sister split them. I got Wooden Face and Harry Truman, MBS has Wooden Head and Sir Walter Raleigh. As an aside My cousin has possession of Rumplestiltskin. I am assuming these were all carved sometime in the '40's based on what we were told about them, but I suppose some could have been carved much earlier. Sir Walter is a larger than life size bust including the intricate ruff around his necks that would have taken forever to carve