I took my decorations down and put them in a plastic crate in the garage, did two loads of laundry, cleaned my kitchen, and made two loaves of cinnamon-raisin bread. Oh, and walked the dog for about 2.5 miles.

And finished my book for book club.

I should do more, but I'm laaazy. Last night I bought some wood at the store and I really want to start a fire: I've been in this house for 12 years and never had a fire in the fireplace.

XMas is down in my house. There are still pine needles to be vaccuumed.

In midlife crisis news, I bought a guitar yesterday. My fingertips are in so much pain.

I also went on a 3 mile-ish walk with a friend. It was a lovely day for it. I felt guilty about taking the dog, though, although she is under doctor's orders not to go on long walks for a few more days (after she got spayed last Wednesday).

Today I: took down Xmas tree and decorations and put everything away; ate an amazing lunch; procured and ate king cake while catching up with smonster; wrote a blog post; enjoyed marital relations. I am pretty bummed about going back to work tomorrow, I was enjoying my other life as a freelance beer blogger.

Today I: hit the Wii Fit, took the dog for a walk (only half a mile, tomorrow we will jog and go farther), figured out what additional food I need to get through the week and went grocery shopping, changed the litter in the catboxes, loaded and unloaded the dishwasher a few times, watered the plants in the house and greenhouse, fed the birds, and watched Malcolm X. I still need to make dinner, take out the garbage, and take a shower. Maybe another round of dishes.

Tomorrow is all about laundry. And probably, Downton Abbey.

We took down the christmas tree last week, but then we broke the washer on Friday. We did disassemble the clutch and clean it thinking that might fix it. Alas it did not. the struts don't look broken, but it's still not working. I DO NOT want a broken washer.

In other news, between yesterday and today, I sewed 2 hospital gowns, and 3 pairs of pajamas (The PJs are for Noah, Grace and K and they all match).I have put my sewing machine away for a while as I am tired of sewing.

I also had the nicest chat at the gym. We've also been loading vocabulary into Grace's AAC device. The guy who owns Republic of Pie was thrilled that we made a special button just for them.

Now listing Enesco and a Boyd's Bear figurine. These items were donated to my church for a Holiday bazaar and did not sell, so they asked me to try and ebay. Just in case any of you collect Cherished Teddies or Calico Kittens, or might be interested in a figurine of a bear as Hamlet. Prince Hamalot (with that name I though he should be a pig, but no) with the words "To diet or not to diet" around the base.

I actually used to know the sculptor of the Cherished Teddies figurines. They were created by a mother-son team, and the son is about my age, and did (does?) the sculpting. He used the money to buy an 18th century house in Litchfield, CT, garden in accurate period style, and collect antiques. He has excellent, and very expensive tastes, and I always wondered if it cost him to know that the funds for his cultured life came from cute plastic teddy bear figurines.

flea, that's hilarious to ponder.

Kid style hospital gowns: [link]

Tomorrow is back to work day. I just don't wanna.

My grandmother had 2 cases full of precious moments and I just do not get having all these figurines to set around.

I have angels that come out at Christmas, but then they go away.