It’s the weekend!

We’re getting our Christmas tree this weekend. I’m looking forward to the house smelling like pine.

I hope that you have a relaxing weekend.

  • Speaking of Christmas trees—there’s a shortage that will impact us for years.
    Also, real trees might have less of a carbon footprint than fake trees.
  • There are so many secret Santas among us. Here are tales of a couple:
  • Here’s an idea for that “difficult to buy for” person in your life or the “person who has everything.” Pay for a year of school for a girl in need and dedicate it to your loved one (sending that person a card about the gift).
  • I want to make these warm gin-marinated, herbed olives. Thanks to Leslie over at Cupcakes and Cashmere for bringing them to my attention.
  • Time named its Person of the Year— make that People of the Year.
  • This is a moving video clip of Joe Biden offering encouragement to Megan McCain about her father’s battle with cancer and talking about his own son’s battle.
  • Everyone’s tweeting and talking about Cat Person. Here’s the story behind the lips photograph that accompanies the story.
  • A new t-shirt and a good cause—buy a 100% Human Tee and $5.00 is donated to Equality Now, an organization that promotes equal rights for women.
  • If you need to bring dessert to a party and don’t have time to bake or if you want to send sweets to someone for the holiday, I recommend a rum cake from Island Treasures Gourmet. They are soooo good. My personal favorite is their original Vanilla Rum Cake, but many people love the Chocolate Rum Cake. They have a Four-Pack Rum Cake Sampler, so you can try several flavors.
  • Early this morning (when I was in my pre-coffee state of mind) my husband showed me some artwork by Baron Von Fancy. I told him that we need one of these prints.
  • If you’re still shopping for gifts, my Holiday Gift Giving Ideas might help. If you still need to wrap, consider this reusable wrapping idea.

About the photo: Winterberries dusted with snow in our front yard.

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