Well, I just decorated my group's work area here at the office today. It's nice to see some festive touches all around. I really tried to get a jump on things at home and got the tree up on Nov 27th. I was so proud of myself, but then a couple of days later the stand broke (it's a VERY old tree) and the whole thing came crashing down and un-decorated itself. I have been so busy since that I've not had a chance to re-decorate the poor tree. Oh, well.....

We had a cocktail hour on Friday after work and I ate and drank without a thought to calories....I was feeling a bit guilty about that, but it snowed a lot over the weekend and I think I burned it all off shoveling snow!!! It actually wasn't very cold, so it was quite enjoyable to be out there.

The days are really short now - going to work in the dark, coming home in the dark. I always look forward to the Solstice when we turn the corner past the shortest day of the year and the days start getting longer.

I have barely done any Christmas shopping...it's been too chaotic with work and my 89-yr old Mom moving last week. I also want to do some Christmas baking and hope I can find time to squeeze that in. Yesterday I made two batches of bread and a very tasty pot roast dinner.

One thing at a time...