Countdown to Christmas: Week 2, December 8th to 14th

Day 8

• 5 Stages of Christmas lights “Who put these away . . . It was me, on Memorial day.”
• Romney Ellen’s Christmas Room Makeover.
• Loepsie’s 1st Christmas Vlog.
• Lit my Christmas Candle and read a bit of A Christmas Carol.

Day 9

• Lauren Johnson’s Reformation Style Christmas Dress Thrift Flip

Day 10

• Bought a real wreath and poinsettias!
• Bought candy canes and some ingredients for Christmas goodies.
• Found a way to watch current Hallmark movies (that way is NOT Halmmark NOW, that doesn’t have any or many current videos, it is a TV channel option (here). So I scheduled some recordings.
• Got Bjorn’s Christmas bow, can’t wait to put it on him!
• Read more of A Christmas Carol.
• Slept through the storm and tornado warnings and sirens (more on that later).

Day 11

• Bought 2 trees, more lights, and more stuff for Christmas candymaking (and marshmallows, heretofor I had been having hot chocolate w/o marshmellows)
• Watched Episode 9 of Lauren’s Christmas Vlogmas.
• Started getting out Christmas decorations.
• Hot chocolate WITH marshmallows!
• Started a Hallmark movie, Making Spirits Bright.
• Bought 2 more Christmas gifts.
• Tested my new lights in the dark which really gave me a jolt of cozy Christmas spirit, warm (not too warm) white Christmas lights make me so happy.

Day 12

• Finished the Hallmark movie Making Spirits Bright.
• Worked more on putting away Autumn and getting out Christmas.
• Put lights, ribbon, cinnamon men and a few ornaments on my tiny tree in living room.
• Hung my wreath.
• Watched another Hallmark, Eight Gifts of Hanukkah
• Decorated my sideboard/bar area with my nativity.

Day 13

• Finished decorating my little living room tree and mostly my bookcase.
• Watched a Hallmark, My Christmas Family Tree.

Day 14

• Watched Ruby Granger’s Christmas Vlog.
• Watched her Christmas gift ideas video.
• Read half of John Grisham’s Skipping Christmas. I thought it was funny, but then they end up caving. This sounds like I’m a Scrooge, I’m not usually, I’m just contrary. And is anyone really this conformist about Christmas?
• Watched another Hallmark, Christmas in Tahoe.
• Finally got a tree stand and put up my tree in my bedroom.
• Read more of A Christmas Carol and opened the package for page 75, spiced caramel popcorn. This box is SUCH a treat!

I’ve since decorated a bit more, and I have a few more things to put up, and then I think I’ll call it done and will take photos for Instagram.