Finally, the sun.

Yes, Virginia, there really is a sun.

After three cloudy days, the sun has finally decided to shine over this part of the Hill Country. It is a most welcomed sight indeed.

And, after five days of not feeling well, I think my cold germs have gone elsewhere. This is the first morning that I've gotten out of bed and not felt like I got hit by a truck in the middle of the night.

Life has been going on and on, no matter how many germs were surrounding me. The orange cat continues to make his presence known on our porch, and he seems quite content these days. He sits there in the chair by the back door seemingly waiting to welcome anyone who comes up on our porch. However, as soon as he sees a car pulling into our driveway, he high-tails it under the back steps, failing to welcome anyone at all. He will come out of hiding when the coast is clear.

Our live-in handyman M has been telling his friends about his 'new' apartment on the second floor of our barn. One of his friends is now asking if any of our neighbors would like to offer similar living arrangements... S would like to be a live-in handyman on one of the other properties here. We told M that we would like to meet his friend first, before asking our neighbors if such a situation would suit them. The apartment over our barn has two bedrooms... my husband is now wondering if he would have enough work for two live-in handymen.  However, I am not sure if M wants to share his new-found wealth of a large apartment with one of his friends.

While I was resting up and trying to ignore my cold, I discovered how to take a photo with my cell phone. I also set up a Pinterest page for myself and found the entire process very addicting. (Who knew there were zillions of ideas out there?! It's sort of like 'Pin The Tail On The Donkey' for adults.)
And I've been trying to keep up with all of my Blogs as best as I can, but there were a few days when the sneezing and coughing just got the best of me. And my books... I feel like I've abandoned my books... but I just couldn't concentrate enough on reading. So I consoled myself with just browsing through beautiful books about Christmas decorations and ideas.

The weather has been warm and comfortable, although these past cloudy days were very damp. It's so nice not to need either the air-conditioning or the heating, especially as we're so close to the end of December.

And Christmas is just a few days away..... this happens all the time... no matter how prepared you are, and no matter how much of a head-start you get on the preparations and decorations, The Powers That Be can sometimes toss in a handful of cold germs to make sure you're paying attention.