Look! Yay! We finally have our tree up! last night the 22 YR old and her BF put it up......and it also snowed overnight,too, just a light dusting but now everything is covered in white, so I'll take it! Christmas snow is magical. We're also supposed to get another 1-2 cm during the day today and I was out early in the morning walking Buddy and I got to see it just the way I love it best: freshly fallen, unspoiled; sparkling under the street lights, untouched. Of course being last-minute half the built-in lights on the tree didn't work(but at least they got to experience what it's really like with the hassle and chore of erecting a tree every year, incl. the hassle with lights) so my hubby ran out to the store to buy replacement and he was all excited hearing they were even 75% off,too......except they were all sold out, so he had to end up rummaging around in the basement for boxes of our old ones the mice had all chewed thru and only half the lights on each strand were even working so he had to end up putting a few strands up just to fill in the gaps of the missing lights. They also struggled to balance the tree and get it from wobbling, also another one of the "joys"( ha,ha) of putting up a tree. They took a break for awhile after that before the actual decorations but when I got back from church last night it was all done. We also have a special Christmas Eve Mass again tonight.
I also keep repeating this "mantra" over and over to myself too that no matter what my family says or does I'm not going to "let" them ruin Christmas for me(like they usually do) or take away my joy or ruin my day, not even if it's a repeat of last year where the 22 YR old gave presents to everyone except me, purposely singling me out for exclusion(which was glaringly obvious and very hurtful and cruel) but hopefully this year she has BF and he's here for Christmas she won't pull a cruel stunt like that, not wanting him to know how mean she is, and she is toning down her look for him, at least; she still wears only black like a Goth but at least she's no longer wearing the skulls,spikes, and chains anymore....
I still continue to have this mysterious rash that comes and goes during each day and shows up most when I get wet.I feel like a Gremlin from that 1980's movie( Don't feed them after midnight. Don't expose them to sunlight. Don't get them wet) Today it's really noticable and right flush red and hive-y all over the one entire side of my face.Just in time for Mass tonight, for Christmas tomorrow,and for my visit in Toronto with my BFF and other friend on Boxing Day. Just "great". It figures.
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