In real time ...

 

My hubby has just finished glazing Gingerbread Coffee Cake Cookies, which I blogged about here when he first tried them in 2023.  These are amazing cookies.  So good!

He's out right now (even though it is very cold) trying to put outdoor lights on our little fir tree as we do every year.  

Meanwhile he has butter softening for Christmas Tree Spritz.  I had thought I might do some baking myself today, but it's obvious I'm going to run out of time and probably energy, too.

I've been cleaning today, and swapping out winter/Christmas artwork for some of our usual fall decor.  I washed all of our glass winter mugs, remembering that time when a grandchild pulled one down from the mug rack to make a cup of holiday tea only to find it covered with dust!  I'm fairly determined not to let that happen again.

Just snapped a quick photo of the top of a bookcase in the living room:

The plate in the middle is new to us.  We found it at the thrift store and fell in love with the scene.  It's a collectible plate, possibly from Avon in the 1980s.

And that's my quick post for today!