Outside

Basically, we spent our whole day outside. We needed to take advantage of having weather in the mid-50's today and SUN. Our yard is now WINTERIZED. The flowers are all gone, pots are put away and leaves have been cleaned up. I'm sure more leaves will come, however MOST of the leaves are gone anyway.
Since we seemed to be in the yard-working landscaping mood, we moved several edgers. I have a re-landscaping bug going on inside my head that doesn't want to wait until spring. We are removing a flower bed to make more yard space in the back since we have the trampoline now. I was able to move my coral bells. They look great in their new spot. I'm so excited because when I planted them this year from another spot in my yard, they were really tiny and I didn't even know if they would make it. They did beautifully!
Following our yard clean-up, we began getting the outside of the house ready for CHRISTMAS! Lest you think we skip over and don't fully celebrate Thanksgiving, let me explain. It can get very cold and snowy here in the next couple of weeks. When the ground is frozen and the wind is blowing it is NOT ideal to go outside on the roof and put up lights. We have them on the house, but they will not be lit until the day after Thanksgiving (which is kind of late this year). I guess having it late is kinda good for the electric bill right??? We are now crossing our fingers that all of the lights we put up actually work. Last year we had the problem many times over where we put up NEW lights and they would only work for a few days or a week. Can you believe that??
We had a nice warm & spicy chili for supper. It hit the spot after all of the work outside.
Josh is going to work in the new bathroom and I'm going to do housework stuff. Dishes, laundry, vacuuming, dusting, and bathrooms are calling my name. Yes it has and continues to be a full day! We plan to have some Starbucks here pretty soon to top it all off--how's that?!?