December Daily-Ready for the holidays

I think we are pretty much ready for the holidays.  The tree is up, decorations are out and we just saw a Christmas themed play at our favorite community theatre- Stage Door Players.

I made great use of our pool table [that we inherited with the house] to spread out all of our ornaments and decide which one's would be used going forward and which ones would be retired until Andrew is ready for a tree.  I put notes in the boxes of ornaments I have sorted and wrapped along with the date the sorting occurred.  I did purchase and ornament in Charleston which I will save for another December Daily post.

We still need a tree topper so I think I will see what I can find that will be "just right".  I'm also hoping to add Roswell and Kennesaw State University ornaments to our collection.  While I really like having a live tree this one is truly the perfect size for our house and Steve was able to put it up in like 5 minutes.

We are in our 3rd season as subscribers to the Stage Door Players, and while we're no longer 10 minutes down the road on a Sunday afternoon we're still less than 30 minutes.  Sunday matinees are providing to work very well with our schedule and new location.  This year's Christmas production did not disappoint. 

Hopefully I can keep up with a daily posting through Christmas.  There are other things around town I hope to do, and of course, we've got our girls cooking baking/exchange and family gathering planned.  Tomorrow I hope to mix up the first batch of cookies.  I'm going to give gingerbread a go- stay tuned!

Five on Friday

1.  Still enjoying the balcony [Sophie is too, but she is pretty worn out from being at my office today]-I have gone from coffee to a glass of prosecco!

2.  Looking forward to a low country boil with Steve at Vino Venue tonight.  I know a few ladies I'd love to have join me here some time for wine tasting and perhaps to share a smoke salmon quesadilla!

3.  Over this long weekend there will be college football [maybe at Fado's at 7:00 am?!  GT vs BC] Definitely knitting, church [first time in a while], a quick lunch and a movie on Sunday.  I am hoping that The Light Between the Oceans in movie format is as good as the book.  I haven't even looked at the reviews.

4.  One special project that I hope to have finished this weekend.  Putting all of the cards, messages, etc for PJ into one special place.  My goal is to have all of the childhood/baby stuff for both boys consolidated and moved into the closet until our next move.

5.  Will be getting a hands on lesson for my new laptop tomorrow at the Apple store.

I'm pretty excited about what the weekend has in store for me-hope this Labor Day weekend finds you relaxing and not laboring.  I'm also hoping that we'll have a true break from the hot-hot weather.