I 

believe.

I believe in Peace and Joy.

❅

Today is December 1st.

I know I'm

struggling with the issues at hand and they 

consist of the world, seemingly at the brink of something

and 

on a more personal level

I am injured from

running yesterday morning

and

can't do much walking.

I want to put my all 

into

making the spirit of this Christmas

envelope each and every one of 

you.

My Special People.

Hubby strung up the Christmas lights and I am limping back and forth with the 

ornaments and decorations

for the currently unadorned tree, to make it all sparkly and festive.

I've been planning the menu for the Christmas Eve dinner.  

I plan to bake some special confections to delight the taste buds and if my injury allows,
I hope to 

make some lefsa this year.

If I can't do it,

I must place an order for this Norwegian treat, soon.

Haha...I made a big face-blushing, mistake.  I put the little Christmas tree together---upside down.  This little tree has been with us for quite some time and the layers of branches are numbered

 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.   

Well, 1. belongs at the top, but I put it at the bottom...and you can imagine how it looks, now.  

This makes me wish I had trudged out into the deep snow (if only we had snow--just once) to bring home a real Charlie Brown type tree, rather than the fake, always perfect (if put together properly) holiday tree.

Hubby is fixing it for me.

On a brighter note, we are getting clouds!

Lots of clouds and rain drops.

We could even have freezing temps by the weekend.

It's probably as close to a real winter, 

 we'll ever get.