I cherish the Twelve Days of Christmas! This is the season in which I celebrate deeply. Tonight I will open the Christmas cards I have received in recent weeks, savor the pictures, stories and lives of family and friends that unfold in each card and annual letter. Then I will begin to write my Christmas cards and respond to each I received. I will also send greetings to others for whom this annual tradition is unknown and simply thank them for the new gifts they bring to my life.
This year I have given myself an amazing gift too by taking the next week off from work. This is SO BIG: I left the work laptop - at work; promised not to read any work emails or check voice mail because I changed both my email and voice mail to notify people that I am on vacation until 1/3/11 at 9:00 a.m. or read anything related to my work except the news. This is taking some real diligence but I AM up to it.
The Krumkaka, Gramma Elsie's date bread, Snappy Ginger bars with crushed candy canes on top and cardamom cookies are in the walk-in freezer (front porch-inside the antique dry sink) to be savored over coffee or tea depending on who is here. The "ice men" are coming tomorrow to remove the snow and ice dams from the house and garage. This is the same crew that came last summer to cut down my beloved maple tree that succumbed to disease.
What the rest of the week holds, I will know when it unfolds... ... ...
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