St. Nicholas is coming to town...

Tomorrow is the Feast of St. Nicholas. Around here that means:

Eating popcorn, watching Nicholas: the boy who became Santa then putting out shoes in hopes that they will be filled by some nice person wishing to emulate the goodness and caring of said Saint.

Please note: if you have some of the smallest feet, choosing rain boots instead of shoes may garner you a greater haul of loot ;0) (not all blondes are dumb)

After the drop...everyone got fruit except tiny man - he got a jar of baby food. Cute ;0)

Wishing you a day filled with joyous giving.

Make new friends

but keep the old,
one is silver and the other gold.

I forget, what was it, Brownies? Who knows. Anyway, we sang it when we were little and, hey, it turns out to be true!

I had a long-overdue meal with one of my "gold" friends last evening. She truly is solid gold. What a wonderful time we have, always, despite the fact that we are so different in so many ways. It is so nice to have a few friends with whom I never feel competition brewing. I'm not sure why that is (I wish I knew so I could keep it out of the other relationships) but I am happy for the break.

Anyway, it was wonderful to catch up, relive the "old days" (when I had two kids) and have a nice meal. What a great Advent treat.

Then, I came home and this was in my living room

The smell, which hit me when I opened the door, was AMAZING. What a wonderful surprise!

Now the decision whether to decorate or not, since I'm currently trying very hard to keep Christmas from creeping into Advent. We shall see. I think the 5 little people will have a difficult time waiting. But, that's the point, isn't it?

More on that later, I must go find the St. Nicholas video ;0)