Woke up to find the house surrounded in fog.\u00a0 At first I didn’t notice because the rain was pattering on the sky light and it was rather dark.\u00a0 Once I got up and looked out there was fog, the thin grey blanket type over, around, and cloaking everything.\u00a0 It made for the kind of grey, lazy day where you just spend your time catching up on all the little chores you’ve been meaning to do.<\/p>\n
Picked up the kitchen and cleaned the counters and stove top.\u00a0 Then started on the big job.\u00a0 Taking down the Christmas tree.\u00a0 Wish we could leave it alone since my back has been quirky for days now.\u00a0 But, it’s not the decorating statement I want to make.\u00a0 The hold up was having to replace the ornament boxes which we’ve had for years and were more tape than box now.\u00a0 So, lots of shopping and checking in stores as we did errands over the last couple of weeks and found a couple of reasonable substitutes.\u00a0 It seems that ornament boxes have become tiny little things that won’t hold ornaments — go figure.\u00a0 So, today we took all the ornaments off the tree and got them packed up.\u00a0 We started going branch by branch to pull the branches towards the center: you know when you separate and fluff them when you put the tree up that you just have to squeeze them all down again.\u00a0 Got about 1\/6th of it done.\u00a0\u00a0 Hopefully, tomorrow we’ll finish that bit of it and get the tree apart, wrapped, and stored.\u00a0 Then it’s clean the living room and rearrange the furniture and the plants.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, I’m almost done with a sock … maybe another 1\/2 inch and bind off. Then start the second one.\u00a0 I joined the Rocking Sock Club and I’m really looking forward to the first package.\u00a0 I’ve never joined a sock club before but heard a lot about this one.\u00a0 I\u00a0 just never remembered about it during the signup period.<\/p>\n
I’ve found the black yarn for the bear’s face so hope to get that done tomorrow or at the very least over the next week. I’ve been finishing things lately and that’s a good thing.\u00a0 Got the cowl done.\u00a0 Just need to sew in the ends and block.\u00a0 Should have pictures up for that soon.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, I’ve been reading in all the in between times to get my commitments for reviews done this month.\u00a0 Trying to catch up and arrange some interviews before it gets too late, too.<\/p>\n