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Flu shots: check.

A slightly sore arm last night, no soreness this morning. No side effects.

Decorating the tree: check.

Here it is:

I’ll take some more photos later.

Monty looks pleased.

Meanwhile, some girls were a little put out. They were basically ignored all day long and were not included in the decorating the tree. Oh boy. I must apologize.

Today, we’re going to take it easy. I have a little more decorating to do. The little white tree is in the den (that’s the one I bought when I had to be out of town in Hartford during the holidays.) The little aqua tree is on the table by Don’s mini studio. I’ve begun to set up the little putz house village. And I have to glue more ornaments on the mini Christmas tree in Dove Cottage.

I love our tree this year. Of course, I love every Christmas tree that is brought into this house. And as I sit here in the den, I see the lights and ornaments on the rear of the tree. So both Don and I get to enjoy it – one of us in the living room, the other in the den.

Stay safe.

Happy Tuesday.

Let There Be Light

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A little trip to Target yesterday morning and there were no lights in stock. None. They go so quickly! But we did get a few other things because when you’re at Target, that’s what you do. Then we drove down the street to Michael’s. I needed to buy a couple of picks. I remove the sparkly little balls and glue them to my mini Christmas trees. Lo and behold, Michael’s had plenty of lights.

Then, of course, it was on to Five Guys where we ate fries while sitting in the car people watching. I couldn’t finish them, of course, there are always too many. And the server was over generous with the salt. But they are the BEST fries in the world and the indulgence is worth it, as long as it only happens every few months.

Back home, strands of lights already on the tree were adjusted a bit and a new strand was added:

Much better.

This year’s tree skirt is a vintage barkcloth curtain panel. I love barkcloth and I like using something that isn’t the standard Christmas skirt.

Today we’re finally getting our flu shots – this morning, in fact – and then we’ll come home and decorate the tree.

I cannot tell you how much I love seeing the lights on the tree. Especially this year.

I’ve already decorated two of the dollhouses, though I want to add some ‘bulbs’ to the tree in Dove Cottage – which is why I needed to stop at Michael’s. I ran out of them last year when I was making the tree, so I never fully finished it.

I’m also thinking that the vintage dollhouse on top of the cabinet in the den needs a tree. Even though it isn’t the best match for the dark wood and lake cottage kind of decor, I do have a fully decorated modern tree that I used to use in the modern dollhouse. I think I’ll put it in there.

Lots of life-sized and mini decorating to do and, eventually, I’ll share it with you.

Stay safe.

Happy Monday.

 

Saturday Thoughts

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Well, we’re a day late with the tree lights. I felt under the weather yesterday – a reaction, I’m sure, to searching for trees on a very windy day. So I asked if we could delay until today and Don, who was tired, thought that was the perfect idea. Today, we’ll put on the lights. Tomorrow, we’ll hang the ornaments.

It’s going to rain a lot today. The temp will reach 54 degrees, which is warm for this time of year. It’s so dark out there right now, you’d think the sun had just come up! Sort of the perfect day to put on some Christmas music and light the tree. We always like to wait a day or two and enjoy the tree with the lights before we add the ornaments.

Still on a high from Tuesday. As is Don. I’m so, so grateful for this entire experience, from the initial coaching with Ben, to filming in the NYC area and living in Brooklyn, and then to a year later and the premiere. I am a theater animal and though I tried to get into movies many years ago, the woman I spoke to had an immediate opening for a Nicole Kidman movie that she wanted me to drop everything for, but I was coaching the Summer Shakespeare Festival at the Globe and I refused to quit my job  and leave them in the lurch. So those dreams quickly vanished. Having the opportunity to do it 15 years later, is a nice little ‘coda.’

And I’ll say one thing more. I’m sure working on any movie is exciting, but the thing that made this such a powerful, one-of-a-kind experience was Jim. The young man we auditioned for the program 24 years ago, the guy who suddenly had unexpected and enormous stardom come into his life and who handled it with great integrity, the guy I had so many laughs with over the years, the guy who is true blue – well, it made the whole thing so personal and intimate. And I have to add Ben, as well, whom I got to know very well when we worked on his dialect during pre-production. Add to that the gift of properly getting to know Todd, Jim’s husband? Icing on the cake. It could never be duplicated and I am profoundly grateful.

I felt the need to dress a girl yesterday:

Darling little Pippa.

Okay, my friends.

Stay safe.

Happy Saturday.

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