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🎶 All I want for Christmas… 🎶

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Remember when I found that adorable opossum site a while back and said I wanted one for a pet?

Well….

I found another site.

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And now I think I need a raccoon as well.

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As a Christmas gift it sure beats a toaster.

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When my husband was young and living on the farm, his father rescued an injured baby raccoon that had been hit by a car. Not wanting to release it back in the wild because it limped.. they adopted him and named him Teddy.

Somewhere I have a picture of the hubs as a teenager lying on the couch with Teddy. Talk about cute!

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❤️

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Random nonsense.

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Because my life is full of it.

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Worst. Band. Name. Ever….

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As I’ve said before, I’m always 10 years off trend. When I redid my kitchen a decade ago I wanted blue and grey but everything was green and beige. Now that I’m redoing my living room and want green and beige, everything is blue and grey.

But aside from grandma’s drapes, I prefer the before picture here with the warm wood tones and stone fireplace.

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That’s Lord Dudley, and he doesn’t ever see the bottom of the bowl.

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This made me laugh out loud when my husband thought it was a breakfast place that served the corned beef variety.

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I excel at all those things, but after reading the title I’d say the author needs help with preposition placement.

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I never thought I’d love it, but I do.

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In my younger days I was a sun worshiper.

A summer lover. A beach bum who loved nothing more than sultry hot days and long walks on burning white sand.

Now? I like a different kind of white.

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I want cold crisp air and a blanket of snow.

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While most people crave warmth as they age, the older I get the more I look forward to winter.

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It’s beautiful…

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And peaceful.

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I love the gentle colors …

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And the stillness of the season.

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Some helpful Christmas gift ideas…

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Because I’m nothing if not helpful.

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Who wouldn’t want to find a few of those under the tree this year?

Besides me…

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This makes me glad I don’t do jigsaw puzzles.

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I do believe that’s one of the stupidest things I’ve ever seen. No one needs to be that cute.

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I can easily see myself wearing one of these after my husband passes and I become the crazy old lady.

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Fess up men.

I know you’re secretly dying to jingle….

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Even man caves need decorations…

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Since we’re in the middle of renovations, Christmas decorations in the house are minimal this year. I can’t wrangle a firm date from our contractor on the flooring replacement so we don’t even have a tree. I refuse to put one up only to take it down days later.

But…

The man cave/Barn Mahal is wide open.

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So I had some fun out there.

Mini trees with white lights..

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A pinecone reindeer.

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And a few festive placemats on the bar.

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Some baubles in front of the kegerator.

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The occasional Santa and stars…

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And a few bundled up winter birds.

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Make the husband’s lair feel festive.

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😊

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First snow.

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Now it feels like winter!

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We had our first snow recently and it was the heavy wet variety that instantly turns your world into an ice cream wonderland.

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Yes, it’s hard to shovel… but with the smooth new driveway under me it was much less painful.

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We only got a few inches and it will probably melt before long because winters aren’t as cold as they used to be in Maine…

Look at the green grass underneath.

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But for now, I’m enjoying the storybook scenes.

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Furniture shopping chuckles.

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A few things seen and chortled over on my furniture shopping adventures.

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Graceland called… the Jungle Room wants its chair back.

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I like dogs.

But no that fabric.

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I can’t even…

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The first thing that crossed my mind with this fabric?

Rorschach tests.

I see… a bat driving a motorcycle.

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Giant horse head decorative items… when you’re going for that Godfather feel.

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Apparently canine prints are in this year.

But I’m crying foul as I didn’t see any cat fabric.

Lord Dudley Mountcatten is feeling slighted.

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Maine is an odd place.

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Here are a few tidbits worth sharing from my great…. but admittedly slightly weird, state.

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For anyone who has ever been north of Bangor, this is not a surprise.

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I’ve been north of Bangor.

It’s easy to do.

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Take a chair, give a chair?

Interesting concept.

Christmas can look a little different up here as well. Northern Maine is potato country…. and in Aroostock county?

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Potatoes take center stage.

Farther south? It’s all about the lobster and trees are made out of buoys….

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As well as traps.

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Santa?

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He arrives on a lobster boat, with an extra large lobster riding shotgun.

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