Season of Light

It's dark and rainy here - unusual for S. California! So I have the heat on and am dressed warmly.  I originally set up some candles to remind me to send prayers of healing to my friend's cousin back East - and they are set up on my desk as I write and do my internet stuff. 

The candles are so cheery!  I am taking out my star candle holders and my tea lights to put in them - I had read about making a heater out of candles for an emergency in a winter cabin (Whole Earth Times circa 1984) - and I do think that these SEVEN candles together are producing some heat for me.  Anyway, they are festive.

One of the candles is a slightly faded light blue pillar candle - and to doll it up I put 2 metal Xmas tack pins in the shape of Xmas trees  I had found  on it and added some glittery material to the candles with straight pins.  So now it fits in nicely.  You could easily do something like that yourself.  Just watch the candle burning down to anything that might be flammable - the metal pins are fireproof!

Mark sent out the Dollar Tree Xmas cards to his folks last night - They actually were nice designs and 20 for $1.  I did have to check the quality of the paper, tho - some other cards had designs I liked, but the paper was too flimsy!   (And the address stickers were freebies, too!) These are modest cards - but nice, anyway! I have had difficult getting discount Xmas cards that I liked this year....I don't think anyone from his family reads this, so we are safe!

Read in the Marie Claire website that it's been proven that spraying with hairspray is the best preserver of Xmas trees.  I had used it for the autumn leaves I had made a Thanksgiving display out of - but hadn't thought about my pine boughs - Now they are all sprayed! Gotta look for my pine essence to get more of a piney scent around here.

Enjoying the seasonal music on the radio.  Still don't exactly know what we will do for Xmas - I would like to go to church and then maybe out to eat to a traditional restaurant...and then maybe spend the rest of the weekend up at the boat.  Wonder how long the rain will last.  The fashion sites also remind me that New Year's Eve is coming up - No idea what to do about that! The last few years we have found R&R places up at the boat - maybe we can this year, too.  I do like to dance R&R.

 P.S. Bad news - there was a flood at our storage area.  Ugh. I am definitely going to go for compensation for damages, if it's only free space for the next few months!

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