It is 32 degrees below zero

It is thirty two degrees below zero tonight and will be bitterly cold for the next few days. I will have to go get Josh from Chase's house tomorrow and then I think we just might have a day. I love thirty below days when it is this close to Christmas, Yule, Hannakah, Kwanza, Saturnalia, and all the other close of the year the birth of the sun, the festivals of lights. Light and life, warmth and tribe, gather and celebrate life and the rebirth of light.
I am sitting here looking at the tree that we put up today, the fire has now died down in the hearth and it is time to crawl into bed under the feather quilt but as I sit here enjoying the quiet of the evening. The season has begun if I don't decorate another thing it looks pretty good, there are berries and shiny things for the dining room. There are more icicles for everywhere, especially around the fireplace. I only have about an hour or so left upstairs and then I can move downstairs.
I hope that tree that my mom sent is complete and the wreath in fairly decent shape for the back door. I will need to pick up a few more strings of lights to have enough for it and I can use it as the downstairs tree. Red, and crafted ornaments with rustic bits and pieces and I would love to have it all cleaned up and sorted out in time for Christmas.
Useable space oh my goodness do I dare dream....everything having a place and everything in it's place. Less stress more time easier to clean up this could be fabulous. I love winter, time to think about getting this ready for spring, de cluttered and ready for garage sale and rearranging. There is too much stuff that needs to find a different home, that needs to be gone through again and thinned out as much as humanly possible. I need to really take stock of what to keep and what to get rid of and what to pass on if anyone needs it. But at the same time I need to spend some time with the beastie boys doing those wintertime things that are so important to us. Baking, candy making, roasted foods, and comfort foods, teas, and deserts, coffees and old movies is what I have to mix in with the cleaning over the next few days. I really am enjoying this stress free Christmas I know what I am doing for presents for the boys and we're not doing the big family thing so I don't have all those extras to buy.