Happy Tuesday! It's the final week before Christmas!! I pretty much have all my shopping done except for a few stocking stuffers and food items for holiday baking and meals. Brandon will be home later this week after finals and my goal was to get the house decorated before he made it here-- mission accomplished. Thankfully Justin was around to help with that. It will be nice to be done with the current work week so I can enjoy the next two holiday weeks having fun with the family.
Over the weekend we focused on getting the tree put up and stockings hung. Now in my spare time after work I'm working on putting out other festive decorations around the house. Having a remote work day where my breaks happen at home helped a lot.
Day 346- Wednesday, 12/11/24
Look at all those lemons and that is just on our side of the fence! They are nice and ripe now so I'll have to start picking them and freezing some to last us through the year. In other news, the onslaught of gift orders have been arriving and are piling up. Sometime next week I'll find the time to sort and wrap it all once the rest of it all shows up.
Day 347- Thursday, 12/12/24
Here's one of the first new winter storms I was talking about and now today it feels very much like winter. Brrr! It's super cold out and very wet. Last night it was raining so hard we all had difficulty sleeping through it. On the bright side there was no wind plus when it rains here that means snow in the mountains.
That bulb flower I was gifted is starting to bloom and I didn't know exactly what it was called but saw them also being sold at Nugget Market so now I know it's a Giant Amaryllis. Super cool and fun to see it bloom bright red for Christmas. Later today Justin helped me watch Bailey so I could address Christmas cards and then on our way to the store he put them in the mail drop for me--such a good elf ;0) TGIF! The movie we watch this weekend was the new Beetlejuice. It was fun to have Jenna Ortega in it and see most of the original cast back but the storyline was just ok.
Time for the second winter storm to hit. This one sadly had wind involved as well. We pretty much spent the day inside trying to stay warm and get more decorating done. We had sloppy joes for dinner with fries which a nice warm and comforting meal. Then after dinner we finished putting lights on the banister. Rusty seems to like the new lighting on his landing.
Today we get a break from the rain before another storm hits tomorrow. We started the day with some warm Sunday cinnamon rolls and then took advantage of the nicer weather to head out for some wine club pick ups. I think we are set through for the holidays in terms of wine--some of which will be gifted. Justin was also looking through holiday baking and drink books to get ideas for the Christmas week. Sunday dinner tonight it was just for the 3 of us since Tyler and Lupe had other plans. We enjoyed some bacon wrapped pork tenderloin medallions paired with one of our new wines. Great way to end the week!
One more work week for me before getting a 2 week vacation during the holidays. Can't wait! Thanks for stopping by and hope you're enjoying the build to to your holidays.
Hope the storms are all passed! We still need to watch Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!
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