It finally happened. We broke down and decorated the house for Christmas. Ron even helped put up the trees, yes that's right...trees, as in two. The halls are decked, the sparkles flung far and wide. (No, seriously, there are sparkles EVERYWHERE...we'll be cleaning them up until next Christmas!) It was a rather magical Sunday morning, in that the sun was shining, but it was also snowing. I don't know if you've ever experienced that, but it's pretty neat, like a scene out of the movie "Legend". (Yes, that cornball movie of Tom Cruise's before he hit the big time with Top Gun...and well before he lost it on Oprah's couch.) Our friends in Quebec (shout out to Gilles, Lucinda & Chulita!) had pictures up of their beautiful home adorned with lights and glowing like a gem. We don't have an outside plug to put lights on the front of our house (or for a porch light, for that matter...or doorbell). I'm not bitter, no, not at all, but our house does look a little bit sad with the two trees in the windows (one upstairs and one down) and no happy twinkling lights on the outside. Just so you don't feel badly for us, here are some photos of the inside of the house:
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| Upstairs Bathroom |
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| Dining Room |
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| TV Room |
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| Kitchen |
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| TV Room |
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| Living Room |
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| Living Room |
Ron is planning on tackling the downstairs bathroom over the dark of winter. We've been much more disciplined about that renovation (compared to the upstairs bathroom, where we lost our heads a little bit). (We aren't yanking out the bathtub, just updating the flooring and replacing the vanity and toilet. We've put our food cart idea on the back burner for now, as there are a lot of start up costs that don't make a whole lot of sense right now. So it's back to the drawing board for a home business. By the end of this week (hopefully) I will have sent off my submission to the publishing company for their appraisal. Apparently (sorry if I've said this before) it can take 6 months to hear anything back.
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