weekending

 

Happy Monday, friends! I hope you had a good weekend! I'm linking up with Holly and Sarah for today's post. Did you do anything fun this weekend? Mine was really low key, which felt good since I traveled the week prior, returned late Tuesday night, then jumped into working long days my last two work days that week. 

Here's what I did...

I woke up early on Friday morning and watched one of my favorite Hallmark Christmas movies while I enjoyed my coffee. Have you seen this one yet? It was so good, and will end up being my favorite from the season, most likely. I love Ginna Claire Mason! She became known for her role as Glenda the Good Witch from Wicked several years ago. I love that she almost always sings in her movies! Notice my very bare fireplace...

I took down all the fall decorations and put out the Christmas ones! The Memphis guys all came over for dinner Thursday night and pulled everything out of the attic for me; they went ahead and pulled all of it out, then I gave away the things I didn't want to use anymore. My goal to decorate this year was to do it completely different, so you'll notice nobody has a stocking hanging. I bought myself a new tree to kick off the holidays with, then I kept the tree itself simple with ornaments I usually don't use. There is nothing sentimental on my tree this year, and this does not bother me in the least. 

I love how it turned out, and I am in love with the magical glow of my pretty tree. 

This took all day, so for dinner that night, Jonah and I ordered Japanese takeout. I watched a couple of movies, and cuddled with Chloe while doing so, then went to bed. 

And on Saturday, I just ran a few errands, then went to Graham's house. He picked up my bookstore order for me on Friday from Sam's, because I ran out of steam. When I got there, Baby Oak was so happy to see me, and this is what she did! She told me we need another sleepover. I loved seeing his baby dogs, but I didn't stay too long before coming back home. I had dinner at Mom's and Bill's that night, then proceeded to lay awake for more than half the night instead of sleeping. I made up for it with a Sunday afternoon nap after church. 

Well, I'm off to get ready for my day and am meeting up with Marilyn for her birthday breakfast. Happy birthday to you, my dear friend! I'm so glad God, our blogs, and life circumstances made us such good friends. Also, happy 21st birthday to my bonus son, Alex! I'm so glad he is with Drew all week, and that they're together in Dallas visiting Noah for the next five days. 

What were you up to this weekend? I'd love to hear from you! Thanks for reading my blog today, friends! Love to all.