Update and What Did You Miss?

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Nothing exciting happened this week, like people breaking their teeth, or any other body parts. Which is a blessing in my opinion and I’ll take it. I like it when our days are quiet and smooth. I cannot believe that it’s already November. Christmas will be here before we can blink. I want to put up my Christmas tree now, so that I can actually enjoy it, before it’s time to take everything down on Old Christmas. It always seems so rushed to wait until after Thanksgiving to get out everything I want to put up and display. I have six Christmas trees from tiny to ginormous and three nativities at last count.

I have to say, I disagree with all of the – wait until after Thanksgiving people – over when to decorate for Christmas. It may stem from Denton’s years in the Marines and living so far from most of our family. For ten years we’ve had Christmas with my family at Thanksgiving and at least one year we actually did have Christmas in July with Denton’s; you learn to celebrate when time allows. And, my decorations only enhance how thankful I am every year that we have our families around us to celebrate. When you do put up your Christmas tree and take it down? Curious minds want to know.

In other random news, it’s my favorite time of the year – time for us to fall back! – and it did, last night. I am going to enjoy it while it lasts. I love feeling like I gained an hour each fall, but I am going to absolutely hate it come spring time and we theoretically lose an hour by springing forward. As much as I love “gaining” that hour, I agree with Darfow, a sweet, sweet Korean War vet I know who says we should just split the difference and leave it alone from now on. He calls me every week and it makes my day to have a conversation with him. He is a giant of man, with a heart that is even bigger than he is, and he reminds me so much of my Papaws’. They were both very different men, but so much the same because of their love for all of us.

I posted the picture above on my Instagram yesterday. I love Instagram. It’s beautiful, its quick to scan each day, and there is zero drama. Unlike that other social media site we all love to hate. Or is that just me? Anywho, that tree lives at the house next door to our local library. So, I call it the Library tree. I look forward every single year to this magnificent tree showing off its gorgeous foliage. Even if you hate Fall, you have to admit it’s worth it just to see this sight every year, right?