Ado

Definitely about nothing.

Despite my best intentions, I've accomplished so little since starting holidays on Tuesday. I hoped to paint the dining room and get the last remnants of the wallpaper off the entrance wall. I started peeling off that damn paper almost a year ago! The problem is is time and opportunity. So little of either to devote to the effort of ladder lugging and climbing, scraping, washing, blah blah blah.
The dining room is another matter as I've tested three different shades; we don't like, never mind love any of those colours. I think white will be the fall-back. Sigh.

I did manage to steam-clean the carpets in the basement, the numerous area rugs, and the white chair Frances drew all over with blue ink. The carpet look so much less funky --the various eating accidents, Lucy pee, barf, general wear and tear extracted makes everything seem new.

Although it's kind of late, I hung more lights on the maple trees out front after I pruned off last year's growth, but I still need to pick up all the branches and climb the roof to finish the eave-line of coloured lights. I was 10-feet short so the strand runs beautifully for 7/8ths of the house then nothing --looks goofy.

With a too short ladder and winds coming as gusting gales, I've been timidly hanging over the edge and hoping nothing blows me down onto the driveway a thousand feet below... well it looks like you could basejump from the roof, but it's only 35' or so. Too far to fall and jump back up with a smile on your face.

Carissa's been baking and scheming over holidays feasts and treats. The kids very interested in helping stir with hopes of licking the spoon. She's been trying to do all this while having her radiation treatments --with a few stumbles on the way. The radiation has onl;y begun but I can tell it's taking some toll on her energy. It would be so much worse if she wasn't so steadfast in her super healthy diet. She has more
get-and-go than when she was "healthy". A regular Wonderwoman, that gal o'mine