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28 Days

28 days until Christmas.  I don't think I've blogged since school started!  I've started several posts but never get around to finishing and posting them.  So between now and Christmas Eve I thought it would be fun to try and write everyday just a few sentences or paragraphs about what I/we did that day.  I've attempted similar in the past and never got very far but I want to try again anyway.  I may not actually post every day, I may just write something and then post something every three or four days or something like that.  We'll see.

Ideally, I would have started yesterday, being the day after Thanksgiving and the official start of the Christmas season and all, but I didn't think about it until today.

Yesterday we were still at Paul's mom's house.  We went there on Thanksgiving and then spent the night and helped her put up all her Christmas decorations and stuff on Friday (yesterday).  This was the first Thanksgiving since Paul's dad died, so it was difficult, but I think they still enjoyed themselves. I know she enjoyed having us there.  We helped her take down all the Thanksgiving decor and put up Christmas and then Paul took Kona for a walk while me, the girls and his mom went Christmas shopping.  Then we had leftovers for dinner and watched the Apple Cup (annual big rivalry game between the Washington Huskies and the Washington State Cougars).  They all root for the Cougars but I root for the Huskies and they lost but that's okay because they won the last seven or eight in a row.  After the game we came home and then we just kind of relaxed and watched a little TV and went to bed.

Today we put up our own Christmas tree and decorations.  Then me and the girls went out and did a little shopping while Paul just stayed home and walked Kona and watched a movie or something.  Then the girls all went to a friend's while Paul and I ate pizza and watched a movie.

Our tree

Sideboard in dining room

Love this metal tree from Crate and Barrel

Mantel





Love these lanterns from a cute local shop

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