{"id":1483,"date":"2010-12-16T16:21:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-17T00:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2010\/12\/16\/getting-ready-2\/"},"modified":"2015-01-01T11:54:10","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T19:54:10","slug":"getting-ready-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2010\/12\/16\/getting-ready-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting ready"},"content":{"rendered":"
It’s hard to believe that Christmas will be here in just over a week! :O I think I have the gift shopping finished, but I still need to wrap those gifts, and I will be baking some last-minute things to take to our daughter’s home for Christmas dessert. Then there are the inevitable errands that suddenly need to be run, as well as the visiting — it all adds to the excitement, the joy and the stress of the season. \ud83d\ude09 Of course, I’m also trying to do a bit of piecing in spare moments just as a means of relaxation.<\/div>\n

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<\/a>This is part of our tree with some of the ornaments we’ve collected over the years. The fabric candles are some I made a long<\/i> time ago — probably at least 25-30 years ago — and if you make the photo larger (click on it), you may be able to see Disney characters, a dove from the top of our wedding cake, a cocker spaniel, and many more in all sorts of “themes”. Some, like most of what you see here, are cute, others are religious, and some are just pretty. <\/div>\n

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I’d like to wish you and yours a very<\/i> happy holiday season, no matter which holiday you happen to celebrate. <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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