Snow and other random thoughts

Hmmmmmm....for a while out there it was a winter wonderland with the snow falling...then rain....then more snow.......then sun.......then sun AND snow.  Looks like Mother Nature is having a hard time choosing which way to go today.  Sounds a tad like some of the people I know of late, myself included.  Of course the madhouse that is the Christmas season is upon many as they rush from one store to the other frantically looking for gifts.  But not for this lady this year.  Nor for many others too from the sounds of it.

So I have to admit that I love getting presents and there are times when I love looking for presents.  I was the type of person who just didn't get any old thing at the drugstore.  I would have a number of possibilities written down for everyone on my list and, while I am not like others I know who have gift boxes full of presents all ready for the season, I tended to like to do it in the last few weeks leading up to the big day.  So for me this year, the stress is gone. 

My housemates and I have decorated the living room and it is lovely.  We also have "xmas" in the bathroom, the kitchen, lights strung outside and in our respective bedrooms so it looks and feels great.  As my housemate says "I'm all about the tree and the food".   And that is what our Christmas will be all about.  We all like to cook and the only problematic area will be WHO gets to COOK the turkey.  I AM famous for my stuffing so that might win me points. 

She did mention perhaps doing a ham as well but to me, that is plain excessive.  There will only be 4 of us here for dinner and we all know that a Turkey dinner is always excessive in its own right.  I suggested we could always do another dinner on New Years Eve day and THAT could be when we do a ham.  Anyway, I am hoping that I (the MOM figure in this whole living situation) will win the right to do Christmas dinner or at least the bird and stuffing. 

I am chuckling here as I think of all the people who try to get OUT of making the dinner and here I am worrying that I WON'T get to.  There is still this huge part of me that is such a Suzy Homemaker in disguise.  Go figure.

And I am moving closer to the city on January 5th for a two month stint housesitting.  The space is the main floor of an old refurbished Victorian home.  I hadn't realized how much it resembles the very first space that I rented when I first moved into the big city.  And this realization brings another smile to my face this day.

Funny how I have been moving here and moving there since leaving the "man" back in August yet I feel very grounded, not antsy like I would have a few short years ago.

And I will sign off rather abruptly as my housemate won't stop babbling and, what can I say, we do this on a regular basis so off I go......

Have a good one.........unless you decide otherwise.