While Hunky Husband and I don't celebrate Christmas as Christians do, we usually have the local members of our family - Dudette, WichiDude, Wonderful GrandDaughter, and Chew - in for Christmas dinner. On occasion, our distant family members - Bogie and her Wonderful Spouse - are able to join us since this is the time of year when they can take advantage of lengthening their vacation time off by combining it with holiday time off. This year, since Bogie and her WS had joined us in October (Boat anchor or computer?) to join in honoring Hunky Husband, we had local family members for dinner. HH and I had a great time! Other than our family members, we enjoyed the entertainment provided by our wild turkey flock and seven of our white-tailed deer population cavorting in our back yard.
Hunky Husband, much to my amazement and appreciation, embarked upon a clean-up operation on his den several weeks ago. He tries to put in 15 minutes each day (even "making up" for missed days!) HH is so self-disciplined that he can actually do that sort of thing. He is making great strides and has thrown out/disposed of scads of papers and such. In addition, he has gone through most of his closet and given me about 25 shirts/tees/polos to dispose of for him. Wonderful!
With such a good example before me, I have started on my sewing room - I'm pitching a bunch of old and new clothes (that had either been accumulated to be "fixed", to be "modified", or to be used in quilting or other crafting projects) and getting rid of yard goods that I know will never be used. I'm even thinking of pitching a cross-stitch bedspread kit that my mother purchased in the mid-1960s. She never got started on it and gave it to me in the mid-1980s. I immediately replaced all of the embroidery thread (I didn't care for the colors that had come in the kit, turquoise and yellowish green, so replaced them with chocolate brown, taupe, and ivory) but never got started on it myself. So far I have bags and bags of stuff to give to the YWCA for their thrift shop that supports their women's crisis center or to the DAV for their thrift stores or sale of rag bundles.
We won't be done by the time we ring in 2010, but we will be well on our way to having clearer decks for the new year.
Apologies for not making it around to my regularly-read blogs for the last several days, but know that I've been and am thinking of you and wishing you a 2010 filled with wonder, accomplishment, tranquility, and/or any good things you desire. Welcome 2010!
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