{"id":22146,"date":"2024-12-23T13:00:35","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T19:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/?p=22146"},"modified":"2024-12-23T13:00:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T19:00:42","slug":"christmas-looming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/christmas\/christmas-looming\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas, Looming!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Oh boy. Because I had a cold a little over a week ago I got waaaayyyyy behind in my xmas preparations. And because I had a cold, I had Afib in the night. Sickness brings it on. That was the 14th. Then, on the 20th, I had a 1\/2 glass of sherry because my nice pulmonary Nurse Practitioner thought wine would be fine. But nope, Afib in the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And finally, on Saturday I did a 45 minutes HIIT (High intensity interval training) workout because I like that it incorporates very impactful cardio with weights and then afterwards I didn’t stop for a minute, but went completely crazy with the baking\/decorating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I finally sat down in the evening, you guess it, one more bout of Afib. I also didn’t remember to drink any water at all for a few hours while baking, and lack of water also contributes to the stupid Afib. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m hoping, at least, that these different reasons were what caused it. I know that eventually it will get worse but I’m always trying to not trigger the triggers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And this is why, early afternoon, I’m sitting quietly on the couch after rushing around cleaning and putting together my Snoopy on a mailbox decoration, which is one of my favorites, but one of the screws for the bottom is missing and I’d asked Kevin if he’d find a screw so I could put it up, but he’s out buying a last-minute gift for somebody that I asked him to pick up, so I improvised with a sturdy twist-tie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also had to do a whole lot of fiddling with the lights on it because they were a tangled mess and I had to keep plugging it in so that the mailbox door would go down so I could arrange the lights, and I’m very happy that it’s up and lit right now, although I’m a little bit sure that if a cat rubs up against it, it’ll come crashing down. But fingers crossed…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here it is, along with the tree plus some of my collection of waterfowl and bird figurines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meanwhile, here’s more from November. One afternoon I kept taking pictures of the white pelicans who were still around and got a good shot of a goose in flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I love it when Lovey perches on top of the fence outside, and here, Sweetie is trying to pretend that she doesn’t exist. Lovey is always harassing Sweetie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This big hibiscus hasn’t bloomed in years; when he was here once, randy asked if it was a big weed. But suddenly in November it started blooming, and when I finally brought inside it has kept it up. Nice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In early November, Mom and I were going to go for a boat ride but the water was so low that we couldn’t get the boat off the lift. Instead I decided to light a fire. Now, Kevin is the fire-builder in the family; he loves doing it, he’s an expert from his Boy Scout days, and why have i never acquired the skill? Maybe I learned once but I forgot. T<\/p>\n\n\n\n

here was a lighter down by the fire pit and I tried and tried to get the many dead leaves to burn but I achieved nothing. I finally called Kevin, who came down and immediately had a cheery blaze going. What a guy! I must try again, because he’s given me some pointers…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As I ran by a field one day, this deer was watching. I managed to get his shot of him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’d hoped this would be it for November photos but now I’m going to try to take a little nap because I have to give one massage and then continue with trying to cross stuff off my list. I probably won’t fall asleep but it’ll be nice to lie down quietly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope you’re doing well; warm weather is approaching around here so that’s awesome and maybe we’ll try a bundled-up boat ride after we get through Xmas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mrs. Merry Hughes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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