I’m a little slow getting ready for the holidays, but I work best under pressure. We arrived home from Kona (Hawaii) on Thursday night, and Friday I put new lights on the porch.
It wasn’t raining, so the timing was perfect.
I put up my tree, on top of the piano. That surfing Santa is finally getting his legs glued back onto the surfboard this year; one of our cats knocked him off the piano years ago. I also put up the Christmas stockings on the mantel.
Old picture, same stockings!
I’ve added my knitted lights bow to my Christmas wreath. I’m skipping the knitted ribbon with dpns, because last year the dpns got…moldy? Mildewed? Gross, whatever. The bow is fine by itself.
I made a double batch of Irish Cream from the recipe in this post, and I’ll make one more batch today.
I helped a friend decorate cookies. Aren’t these cute?
And I knit this little korknisse for Carole at coffee this morning.
Shopping is done. There are a few presents to wrap, a little more housecleaning to do (tomorrow, because it needs to be tidy the day after). And we’re hosting Christmas dinner here on Wednesday.
Lots of pictures in this post, so I’ll do a Hawaii post separately. We had a great time!
Are you ready for the holidays? I actually cleaned the wax off our menorahs, so I’m ready for Christmas AND Hanukkah!
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