Mombie – a bit of everything

Try not to be all or nothing

After putting our decorations up yesterday, my brain wants to be in cleaning mode today.

I had big plans for decluttering and organizing my house this year but with everything that happened I didn’t have the mental space or energy to do it.

And since doing a huge amount of cleaning before Xmas is in my DNA, I always feel like I have to spend December cleaning.

But I don’t want to.

I’m trying to help myself have a very slow month so I can rest and recuperate from the whirlwind of this year. And resting is not compatible with the type of cleaning my subconscious wants me to do.

So I’m trying to do a little tidying up – just enough to make the house feel a little less like an ongoing project – but without flicking the switch to ‘must clean everything!’

It’s a tricky thing to navigate.

Decorating for Xmas

When I was a kid, Xmas decorating came last thing in the holiday prep.

Since having a house of my own, I do as early in December as I possibly can.

I like knowing that part is ready, even if the rest of my plans take forever.

December is starting well

Every year I order Santa’s Secret tea from David’s tea to have every day in December.

This year, I accidentally ordered it late and I thought it wouldn’t be here until next week.

Obviously, that’s no big deal but I really wanted to start that little ritual right away in December.

Luckily, the mail pantheon was smiling upon me today and my tea arrived just in time for lunch.

And it turns out that the tea tumblers I ordered are wee which absolutely delighted me.

My lunchtime tea was especially satisfying today.

I’m making it a practice to really dig into the small joys of my days right now.

A photo of my light brown tea in my clear glass tea tumbler which is sitting on my wooden table. ?
A photo of my light brown tea in my clear glass tea tumbler which is sitting on my wooden table.

Morning walk

OK, so we did end up having some snow yesterday.

And it really looked beautiful on mine and Khalee’s walk this morning.

A close-up photo of the sun shining through the snow-laden branches of a leafless tree against a blue sky.

There was supposed to be snow

We had a snowfall warning here today.

There were supposed to be 20 to 30 cm of snow. I finally managed to get the lawn furniture into the shed first thing this morning and then I went to my mom’s place and put hers away as well.

We cancelled some events that we had this evening because we didn’t want people out in messy weather.

And then we waited.

And the snowfall warning was cancelled.

We’re getting 2 to 4 cm of snow instead.

I’m happy not to have to shovel so much snow but I was looking forward to a snowy evening.