{"id":5981,"date":"2014-12-09T04:35:57","date_gmt":"2014-12-09T04:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abeandlily.darais.com\/?p=5981"},"modified":"2014-12-09T04:35:57","modified_gmt":"2014-12-09T04:35:57","slug":"raking-and-decor-pics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/2014\/12\/09\/raking-and-decor-pics\/","title":{"rendered":"raking and decor pics"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday I observed with mounting alarm that our neighbor was cutting her lawn. It hit me that mowing a lawn is not only a 6 month a year affair–it’s December, and our neighbors are still at it! Add to that the fact that our lawn is a disaster of leaves, and at the time of my observation, we didn’t own either a mower or a rake. Oh boy.<\/p>\n

My neighbor’s wondrous machine appeared to suck leaves up as it mowed. Too bad I didn’t think of buying something like that on Black Friday, so today I went to Lowe’s and bought a rake.<\/p>\n

After two hours of raking, my front lawn is 3\/4 of the way raked. I finally gave up because Mary’s hands were so cold from playing outside for two straight hours that I feared for her circulation. I estimate that if we continue to use my rake, we only have about four more hours of raking to do. Hopefully it snows soon and covers up those darn leaves!<\/p>\n

I did take a picture of Lydia with one of our cats. Did I mention we now have two? She named the one in the picture Francie, and Lydia is her happiest, best self with Francie.<\/p>\n

\"dec8\"<\/a>Mom and Grandma, per your request, I took pictures of the Christmas decorations.<\/p>\n

\"I<\/a>
I know it looks like we decorated our tree with Halloween bats, but those are felt silhouettes of black bears that I cut out last year when I went through a make-woodland-themed-felt-ornaments craze.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"I<\/a>
I bought a palm plant today. Placed next to the snowman display, it provides a subtle allusion to Olaf (the snowman in Frozen<\/em> who loves summer).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"IMG_0454\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Grandma,<\/a>
Grandma, I apologize for Mrs. Claus’ bedraggled state. Lydia played too roughly with her last year, and so now I need to fix her.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Another<\/a>
Another one of your decorations, Grandma! We love it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"IMG_0458\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Mary<\/a>
Mary points to this creche and says, “Nana’s creche. It’s very special.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Grandma,<\/a>
Grandma, can you spot your decorations on the bookshelf?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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