House in Progress Diary

Sleepless.

That's it. Sleepless tonight. Wide awake. And just waiting for the dog to stop snoring.

Last night we put up some nice Christmas lights. (You will have to click on pic to see them...kind of....real life looks prettier.)

They kind of take the attention away from the huge crack in the side of the sunroom. We'll be getting that footing repoured in the Spring.

And A lit the Christmas Candle his dad had brought back to us from Norway. It is a long white taper that counts out the 25 days. It burns brightly and slowly :) I suppose many Norwegian children silently pray for the wax to melt a little faster towards Day 21 or Day 22. All of us are able to push the buttons of our childhoods at this time of year and feel similiar things.

And if we need to make new memories, we make new ones to replace the old ones. Better ones. A and I are lucky....we remember very good ones.

Though I miss a tree so much this year. These is no time, nor space, nor energy. But I'm looking ahead to next year already. Nothing can stop me then! Real tree, smell of fir and pine, white lights....magical.

Posted by jeanne on December 2, 2003 at 11:57 PM