Rather frosty the last couple mornings.   So yesterday I had to try to capture some of it.  I'm still adjusting to my camera, but I was quite happy with a couple of them.

No frost today, just some rather wicked wind gusts.   That somehow its hard to take seriously cause its sooooo pretty out there.  Blue sky and sunshine.  and BRR!

After picture taking we headed to our first event the Awana Christmas festival.  It was fun.  I got to see and visit with quite a few people I hadn't seen in awhile.

My kids got volunteered to do the nativity scene for awhile.

We had to kidnap Kiah my niece for baby Jesus.      They looked very cute,

But this is more reality.
And if you believe this next pose I have a bridge to sale you.     Or ocean front property in the Sahara.

We drove home and recuperated for about an hour, and then headed to do our Twinkle Parade with our Clallam Bay team.  It went very well, and the kids have improved soooo much in regards to watching lines. 

The weather was FREEZING!   But it was very fun.   And the parade was a short one, and because they were so excited we were there we were the third entry, which meant we got to watch the rest of the parade.

All in all the day was a lovely success.  And after church today we shall go get our Christmas tree. I have it scoped out, we just need to go cut it.

Good morning.

This has been my longest haul since Xanga that I haven't blogged basically daily.   Its been a long couple months.  And I think its time to get back in this habit.

The next week is going to be insane, and then I can enjoy Christmas.   I've spent the last four months making purchases, and planning, and painting to decorate a tree for Awana, and told them last night I wouldn't be able to decorate it.

I'm kinda bummed, but also relieved.   Now I just have to decide what to do with all thedecorations.  The best plan would be to store them until next Christmas.  But storage in our house is non-existent.  And I resent storing pretty much anything.

We had a wicked storm the weekend of the bazaar that I'd been counting on to help with Christmas.  So I have two boxes of things I made to sale talking up precious walk space.  I keep staring at them completely frazzled as to what to do with them. I have no place to put them. I'd love to dump them in the garbage...but Rob tells me I need to try again.  *growl*

I hate clutter.  I don't mind dirt, but I hate clutter.

ON top of that,  tomorrow is an Olympia baton, so that means making 3 meals today for tomorrow--gotta save that money ya know. And Saturday is our Awana tree festival, which I love and want to enjoy, but feel so stressed I keep wondering if we should even go, cause that evening we have a baton parade to go to in Forks.  And I'm always dragging after an Olympia baton, and I have to coach that parade.

And the cycle of things i have to do keeps racing through my head in horrible vicious patterns.   When all I really want to do is sit on the couch and stare blankly.

Basically the winter doldrums have hit me very very early.  LOL  I don't usually get them until after Christmas.

Rob told me this morning that I've been without one of my thyroid pills for over a week.   Which is probably why I feel so bleh

But even with that, I can appreciate the amazing beauty around me. And I have to choose to focus on it.   Last night on the way to Awana I *had* to take a detour to Pillar Point cause I knew what I'd find.

Moon rise!  I took this with my new camera and if you enlarge it you can even see a few stars.  WAY cool!