So Christmas is in 3 days...it's been fun getting ready for it. The tree below is the result of Aria helping decorate it. We went to the tree lot last week, and I was so impressed about the lot itself. All of the trees were perfectly shaped, and each tree sat in it's own bucket of water. That's the difference between here (Ukiah, CA) and the bay area. I've never seen a tree lot go to that much trouble for trees. It's Elliott's Trees at the Ukiah fairgrounds, and their prices are even more reasonable. I was totally impressed. So it wasn't hard for Aria to pick out the perfect tree. Charles cut out a square piece of plywood to attached the holder to, and painted it red and green. Then we set about decorating it. Aria spent the night, and we decorated until we got tired, then finished it up the next morning. Put some lights in the window, and away we go.
This week I've been making cookies, buying groceries for Christmas Day dinner, and finishing up all the last minute things for Christmas. I have everything bought except the White Elephant gift for Christmas Eve at Rick/Jackie's. I'm going to go buy it tomorrow and have a great idea for it. The gift exchange is always fun.
So here's the finished tree...
And here are my three sweet girls, Nettie, Aria and Zoe when they went to Fort Bragg one Saturday to the beach. These are the girls I live for, love and cherish. They are all three my heart, and I love them dearly. Nettie asked if they could do Santa presents at my house, so Santa will be bringing presents here for all to open. They will just do stockings at their house. So presents, something special I will make for breakfast, then dinner probably around 4. CKW has his AA meeting most of the day and offered to take a baked ham, so I'll bake it and cut it for him. It should be a fun day with the kids. Oh, and the Warriors take on the Cavs at Oracle at 3 p.m. so that will be fun to watch the Warriors beat the tar out of the Cavs!!! Ha.
It has been a good year, moving to Ukiah at the end of January (doesn't seem like almost a year has gone by). Zoe being born was the best part of 2017. She is 6 months old, starting to stand when you hold her hands, starting to sit up a bit, she rolls over somewhat, and everything she grabs goes directly into her mouth. When she wakes up she has the most adorable smiles, her two little dimples show, and she is so happy. I get to see these girls probably about every other day for some reason or other, Aria spending the night usually Sundays after they all come over for dinner, taking her to school the next morning. We are less than a mile from each other, and we have a great relationship. They are a lovely family, and I'm so glad that I moved up here to be by them all.
The year has gone by, whoosh, so darned fast, I can't believe it. It's almost 2018, another year. I signed up for two on-line, year-long classes 1) LifeBook 2018 with Tamara Laporte, and 2) Wanderlust2018, with Kasia and Jamie. I plan to be much more active in my art in 2018. I did pretty well in 2017, attending 4 art shows (Martinez Swan Day, and Art In The Park, in Benicia for the Peddler's Faire, and in Ukiah for Pumpkin Fest). Each one was productive and mostly profitable. Met some nice people, and some friends came to each of my events (I have awesome friends).
So here's to 2017 being a great new experience for me, and here's to a very wonderful 2018, full of family, art and life.
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