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Christmas Eve

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Well, the weather is insane here. But we have power and so many Americans and Canadians don’t. So we’re grateful. The wind is relentless; it’s been non-stop since yesterday afternoon. Wind chills are well below zero. Surprisingly, with all the rain/snow/wind and then a 40 degree drop in temperature, the driveway didn’t turn to ice. I don’t know how that came about, but again – grateful.

I made my cookies yesterday, but since I couldn’t find coconut cream, I used coconut milk, which was listed a substitute. The dough was almost unworkable. I tweaked it a bit and I managed to make the cookies, but they are not at all what they should be, so next week I will be searching for coconut cream and I’ll make another batch – though Don thinks they’re ‘great!’ At least it kept me occupied during the Bomb Cyclone. Today, Don is at the helm, making sugar-free apple pie.

We will have our usual Christmas; music playing quietly, some presents, a nice dinner. Mostly, we will express gratitude for our blessings.

I hope you’re all safe and warm as we welcome Christmas Eve and Christmas. May you find time with your loved ones. If you need quiet, I hope you have quiet. If you need lots of people and carol singing and family gathered around, I hope you have that.

Mostly, I hope you have peace.

The girls have a wish, too!

Stay safe. I’ll see you on Monday.

Happy Saturday.

Happy Christmas Eve.

 

Heading toward Christmas

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Spoiler Alert  is still playing in movie theaters, but, as is the case nowadays, it is also streaming as of yesterday. It’s the initial release/early access via various streaming platforms, which means it’s still a bit pricier than it eventually will be. For us, it’s still cheaper than going to the movie theater.

I think we’re going to purchase it through Amazon Prime, so I can watch it whenever I want. I still haven’t really “seen” my scene. I was so surprised at the additional lines that I sort of froze and didn’t take it in. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still a short segment, but it’s not as short as it was.

Also, there was an article in the NY Times about Jim yesterday and I was mentioned – though not by name.

This isn’t entirely accurate. Ben met with two coaches, one of which was me. I have no idea who the other coach was. And Ben made the final choice. But Jim sure gave me the opportunity and made sure I was one of the options.

I spoke with the woman who is producing the workshop and she is doing her best to find a way for me to do the job. That’s all I can say for now. I really want to help my colleague, so we’ll see what happens. We had a good conversation

I spent an hour or two herding the girls in order to take a group holiday photo. I’ve yet to pick one but I used both my big girl camera and my iPhone.

I have two more sweater photos to share; one today and one tomorrow.

Zoe and bokeh. You know how I love bokeh.

And because I loved both of these shots and couldn’t decide what to post, here’s another:

I would be happy to accept a life-sized version of this sweater.

We’re due for awful weather tomorrow and Friday – over two inches of rain. The temp will reach 52 degrees on Friday and then will drop 30 degrees on Saturday, with high winds. That makes for dangerous driving on Christmas Eve. Frigid temps on both Christmas Eve and Christmas – highs only in the twenties.

And no white Christmas. Sob.

Stay safe.

Happy Wednesday

 

A Peek at the Lake Cottage and Christmas Sweaters

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Both of us slept in today, which is rare – so I’m running behind. I haven’t even had my second cup of coffee! The endless rain and mixed precipitation has ended, thank goodness, and I do believe the sun is making an appearance. And next week’s forecast has changed to another round of “mixed precipitation” and maybe an inch or two of snow. We want more  snow like you originally predicted, thank you very much!

I’m not sure why we have such a need for a white Christmas this year, but we do. I have my suspicions, life has been tough for all of us. Anyway, fingers crossed.

The Lake Cottage is very hard to photograph. It’s very dark inside, it’s up on top of the china cabinet in the den, and I have to stand on the old ottoman to take the pictures. So, these are not the best, but frankly, this is what you’re going to get.

The exterior of the Lake Cottage. For those of you who are new to the blog, this is an antique dollhouse that I found a few years ago. It’s handmade and incredibly charming. But, because it’s handmade, I am reluctant to change it very much, as I can feel and see the love and care that went into its construction. I’ve not painted it and I won’t.

See? It’s funky but I love it. I consider both this house and the vintage dollhouse in the kitchen to be folk art. Therefore, they stay relatively untouched. I added the tree that I previously used in the modern dollhouse.

I had some other photos of the interior, but I’m going to retake them today. They’re blurry, most likely because I was balancing on the squishy ottoman when I was taking them. I’ll move one of the  kitchen chairs into the den this time. Stay tuned.

Meanwhile, Miss Lucy is our model of the day.

I just knew she had to wear one of the red sweaters.

Oh my goodness, she’s adorable. I’m really so crazy about her.

I have to tweak the other red sweater and then I’ll have made them all Blythe-wearable. A group photo will be forthcoming.

For those of you new to the blog: Maria asked I could take detailed photos of the dollhouses and descriptions of the pieces I chose. I’ve already done that! All of that information is up in the navigation bar under “dollhouses/minis.” There are posts showing the progress of each dollhouse and there is always a final post in which I describe everything and give sources.

Okay. Have to go.

Stay safe.

Happy Saturday.

 

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