Texas Gardening: Fireside chat... please join us!, 1 by bigbubbles

bigbubbles wrote:
Just finding this thread...and joining in. Taking time to breathe.......after getting ready for Holidays.
We finally have enough cold weather to justify turning on the gas logs. I love it! But I am tired of the dreary weather...need sunshine.
I have a post-a-note on my microwave that says "Xmas Tree!" Finally, someone asked why. It's because I need to flip the lights off on the living room tree before I use the microwave, or the circuit breaker trips. Took us a whole season to figure it out last year. Ahhhh...what we do for the Holidays! Still have to hit the grocery store, but have all the gifts bought and slipped into little cloth bags I've made and saved and regifted over the yrs. This has been an easy, breezy Christmas. Not so much for the adults....more focused on 3 yr old grandson. Went to San Antonio Wed. to have dinner on the River Walk and see the lights, and Thurs to Fredricksburg to shop, eat , and head to Stonewall to see their lights. The courthouse was impressive, but the Predenales Electric Utilitity building was unbeliveable! 'Thousands of lights covering the trees! Awesome!
No more parties to go to, just neighbors dropping in....and for New Year's Eve.....our crazy neighbors across the street have a tradition of banging pots at midnight NYC time...and again on Austin time. This'll be our 4th yr to join 'em. Rather strange year here. Neighbors on one side of us are in Peru for the holidays and other side....husband doesn't recognize religious holidays. And next house is Jewish. Across the street, neighbor's gone to visit relatives because his wife died recently. Going to be a quiet street this year....we're all getting older, I'm afraid.....
We have to take down the stockings to light the fireplace, so we'll do that later....and cozy up to the fire...
Merry Christmas to you all....and Good Night! Sandi