I took down the Christmas tree yesterday, the palm frond reindeer and the Ebenezer "Bah Humbug" plaque too, and I tossed the $1-on-Christmas Eve pine wreath out back for the squirrels to play with. I realized that the only part of the Christmas decorations I'm going to miss is the jingle bell front door wreath. I bought it last year (I think) on clearance at Joann's and I like the friendly little jingle when I open or close the door. Ah well, I like silence too or the grind of the threshold frost when I open the door. See, there's evidently the teeniest gap between the threshold and the door that lets in a bit of chilly air and frost forms; I should probably figure out how to deal with that. Maybe a draft blocking snake? I could get a rag rug from downstairs to roll up there. Can you buy new thresholds? Probably, but I'd also probably have to have the door hanging open to make the swap and that just ain't going to happen. I'll put that on the "do in Spring" list.
January 6--Johannes Vermeer, Allegory of the Catholic Faith. "Her dress was as blue as the spring sky." That's what Papa always said when he talked about the first time he saw Mama. He said that dress made him want to paint her. Dean laughed that he wouldn't want to be the one that painted Mama, that she didn't like getting dirty so he thought she wouldn't like being covered in paint. Deal always thought he was a comedian but I never thought it was all that funny. Papa would sit and explain that he wanted to paint her picture, not her person, and Dean would put on a serious look and let poor Papa ramble on.
I did half an hour of Wii yoga this morning and while it made parts of me sore (I'm looking at you, right hip), it also made me warm. That is a good thing, a real good thing. I'm going to go take my shower right now so that all of me is totally dry before I venture out into the deep freeze. Yesterday I portioned out a couple weeks' worth of chicken soup and fruit salad and I just put them out into the car. I figured it was cold enough to substitute for the fridge; I'll probably have to leave some out to thaw for lunch. Stay warm, kiddies, bundle up or stay home if you can.
--Barbara
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We are going to have one day of winter down here. Long icicles on the fountain this morning but it's supposed to be up to 68 by the weekend! Weird!!!
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