a Christmas to-do list:

* Fill the little advent calender stockings with goodies each day;

* Enjoy the smell of a beautiful, decorated pine tree in my house;

* Put tinsel in ridiculous places;

* Decorate the tree outside the sunroom;

* Finish making the present for my newly-wed sister and brother-in-law;

* Play/sing "Have yourself a merry little Christmas" on the piano (Judy Garland style)

*Practice deliberate acts of kindness!

List to be continued...

Shell xx