Fog and other Brain Complications

Our backyard.

It has been rather foggy here lately, and I'm not just talking about the state of my brain. The fog has been hanging thick over our little world, occasionally blowing on the breeze in white gusts, but always chill and view-blocking. I, for one, love the fog. It reminds me of our honeymoon in Canada, when we spent several days in Vancouver, but never actually saw the city due to the fog. It was lovely and magical.

Sorry it has been so long since my last post (and that a pictureless one!) but things have been hectic. I know this is a hectic time of year for everyone, but here's a rundown of what we've been up to:

We went to Maryland for Thanksgiving. We drove up (a splendid trip - Leif didn't fuss once!), spent the week visiting friends and family and old haunts, and then drove back down (another splendid trip - he only fussed once for about 5 seconds). So, during that period, I couldn't blog (aside from that pictureless post).

Grandmom had done a great job of getting the house gussied up for Christmas (before Thanksgiving) so that Leif could see it. Seeing the decorations only solidified my resolve to get our decorations out and up as soon as we got home! Unfortunately, my decorating was waylaid by a series of unfortunate events (no Lemony Snicket involved!)

We hauled out the tree and put it up only to find out that several strands of our pre-lit tree were not lighting. So, I had to wait several days for Jason to go and buy some more lights (the store is so far away that we really only go for good reasons - Christmas lights not among them. So when he went for other planned things, I asked him to pick the lights up - hence the days involved!)

In the meantime, I tried to get some good old-fashioned construction-paper garland goin' on. But woe is me, my stapler was suffering from fatal wounds and only made it twenty or thirty links in to the project and gave up for good. Of course, there is a method to decorating a tree - the lights go on first, followed by the garland, and last, the ornaments, right? So I couldn't very well proceed to the ornaments with neither lights nor garland.

And to top it all off, I didn't have a star or angel for the top of my tree (pun intended). I noticed it after last Christmas, but I'm VERY particular about the angel I want up there, and nothing has come close to what I want, yet, so I'm still looking.

So, my decorating glee was waylaid by no lights, no garland, and no tree-topper.

Oh, and did I mention that we had a big storm and flood warning come in at the same time? I hesitated to unpack because for a bit because I didn't want to have to unpack just to repack again to evacuate. Joy.

I was developing a serious case of Bah Humbug.


Foggy.

But then Jason came home with the lights and I put them up. I borrowed a stapler from the hardware store down the road (also known as De Grande's house) and finished my paper chain. I tied a Starfish to the top of the tree with some jute twine, and voila, the tree was decorated. It only took me over a week to decorate the tree!

So, that was that.

So, why haven't I posted any pictures of late?

Well, a few months ago, I misplaced the memory card for my camera. So, I borrowed Caryn's. Then I found my card, but forgot to put it in the camera (see how the fog is more emcompassing than just the weather?) Since it wasn't in the camera, I lost it again. So, I've been cardless and unable to take pictures for a while. (Good news: I found it again, and it is in the camera!)

I took only a small handful and all at once during Thanskgiving...

Jason and Leif going for a walk. Hmn. More fog.

But now, I'm back in the Christmas Spirit. I watched the Nativity Story last night and loved it.

So now, I'm listening to Christmas music (loving the Kristin Chenoweth Christmas album), making Christmas cards, and drinking eggnog (never too early in the day to start!) :)

Bloggage should be pretty skimpy between now and Christmas, so all apologies to those looking for more pictures of the little guy. It should pick up after that, though! AND, there is always the annual Christmas Card Photo Rejects to look forward to before Christmas! :)

The photo below is not one of them, but it does show off his new weiner dog scarf we got in Maryland (the weiner dog head is on one end of the scarf, his body stretches the entire length of it, and then his little rump is on the other end of the scarf!) We thought the scarf would be a nice memento of our trip - cold and Sammy the hot dog!

Anyway, happy days to ye!