I’ve set a timer for myself to get this post written, because I have so much else I need to do this morning before work, despite spending all day yesterday (Sunday) doing stuff in preparation for Christmas visits, parties, gift-giving, etc. Luckily for me, my husband does all of the decorating. I’m more of a minimalist, but I like the decorations themselves. I do make one request – downstairs and exterior decorations only. Upstairs is a holiday-free haven for anyone who needs a break from Christmas cheer.
Speaking of to-do lists…on my day off this week, I tried something different. Instead of making a lengthy list and feeling discouraged when I didn’t get it all done, I wrote things down as I did them and crossed them off immediately. Much more satisfying, if less efficient.
Currently Reading
The Month of Borrowed Dreams (Harper, 2021) by Felicity Hayes-McCoy
The Month of Borrowed Dreams by Felicity Hayes-McCoy is set in Ireland in the spring/summer, so I’m reading out of season in both regards. I should be reading The Mistletoe Matchmaker, which is a Christmas book and also the author’s second book set on the Finfarran Peninsula (after The Library at the End of the World), whereas this is the third, but I won a free copy in a publisher’s library giveaway, and Christmas books from the library have a long wait list in December, so that settled it.
Happy Holidays (CreateSpace, 2009) by Craig O’Connor
Happy Holidays is a self-published book of horror stories, each one set on a different holiday. I bought at a local author event years ago and forgot about it! I came across it looking for horror in October and set it aside for December, thinking it started with Christmas. But it starts with New Year’s Eve and ends with Christmas, so I’m ahead with my 2022 reading already! I haven’t decided whether to read it throughout the year on the different holidays or all at once.
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