Sunday stuff...

M started moving some of his belongings into the barn apartment today.  He got here this morning with two friends of his who helped him move... and they stayed all day to help M with some of the chores. M was grateful for the help, being that we had some power tools that he hadn't used before on trees and bushes. Having been mostly a city guy, M will now have to get used to life in the country. He says that he is loving all of this, and I hope this "honeymoon" stage with the countryside won't be wearing off anytime soon.

It was good that M had that help today because my husband has been sick with a cold for the past four days. His coughing and sneezing is now on the way out, and my own cold symptoms have begun. Is there ever a time when cold germs just get to one person in the house?

I've had to take a break from shelling the pecans from our trees... most of my time this week has been devoted to Christmas decorations. I just finished putting up the last tree this afternoon.... everything is done now, except for the real Christmas tree that will go into the dining room right after Thanksgiving. As always, there is an explosion of Christmas throughout this house... every room, including all the bathrooms and the 3rd floor library.... every place you look, there is Christmas.  And once again, we're approaching the season where certain groups of people are trying to get everyone to say "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas."   Give us all a blessed break.

With so many of my cousins and their children living in other states (Arizona, New York, Illinois, Florida), I've also been wrapping Christmas gifts and then boxing them up for mailing.  My cousins are used to my early mailing of gifts... and within a few weeks, my cousin T in Arizona is going to be calling me and saying "Are you kidding me? We're still eating turkey leftovers and you're playing Santa already!"  He does that every year..... it's become a tradition.

Our weather has been very nice these last couple of weeks...... a little cool in the morning, warm in the afternoons, then cool again at night. The weather wizards on TV are calling for an Arctic Blast to come rolling down from Canada, bringing us abnormally cold weather for this time of the year. Oh goodie. I can hardly wait.