By the Chimney With Care

 

All month long I've been waiting for the Scrooge in me to show his face but he never did. When I saw this, I was actually sad. By now I'm usually itching to pack it all in but it's been a very good December. 

Yesterday morning I got up early, lit a Christmas scented candle and gave the house a good "blessing". We don't entertain during the holidays anymore but I used to and keeping clean at Christmas is a tradition. The rest of the rainy afternoon was spent finishing up the Advent projects. The 2026 stocking is done. It needs a good blocking but truth be told, I have not woven in all the ends yet. It will take a movie night to get that accomplished. 

 I finished up my Cozy Knitters Advent Stripes while finishing up my audio book. I listen to Winter Solstice every year. It's the coziest of cozy listens and all 17 plus hours fly by. As for the socks, they're pretty wild. It was fun to watch all the Vlogmas knitters working with the same yarn. I'll definitely do this again next year-if I remember to pre-order on time. I barely made it this year.

One of the vloggers I watched daily was reading this book. I had to order a used library copy from the UK and it showed up just as I was running out of my Christmas listen. Next week, now that all my holiday projects are finished, I'm planning on spending a lot of down time curled up with a good book. I hope this is it. 

Down in the soap room/craft room I had a few loose ends to tie up later that day. My gingerbread soaps were hit and miss this year but I had enough good ones for the Grands from my many attempts. We're going to the Big Grands for dinner tonight so I had to wrap a few of them up for them. 

I also had to decorate some envelopes for their gifts which is just money and gift certificates for their favorite gaming sites. The older they get, the easier they are to buy for. I like everything about the holidays but the gifting part. I'm terrible at it.

After dinner we took a freshly washed Pup out to look at Christmas lights.

We toured the town and ended our night at the crab pot tree at City Hall. So much to do and it starts all over again today. Happy Christmas Eve.