A Sluggish Start on the Holidays

I don't know what it is about this year, but the Holiday Season has been slow in coming to Sea Hawk. Ronnie and I picked out a tree from our annual tree seller, Great Acres Nursery in Lexington, and we got a late-buyers discount on the most beautiful tree! It took three more days to get it into the stand, and another two days to get it decorated. It only took one day for the cats to knock off a bunch of bulbs, so the holiday slowness must be limited to us humans.

Jennifer and I took a trip to the Kentucky Horse Park to drive through The Southern Lights. We have been making an annual trip to see the lights and feed the critters for six years now. Usually, we end up going on freezing cold nights, but this year the weather wasn't too bad and we were able to spend more time outside looking around.

Jennifer's Brownie Troop had a field trip yesterday to see The Nutcracker, performed by the Kentucky Ballet Theater. It was a good presentation of the ballet, and seemed to stay close to the traditional story. Jennifer wanted to know if the dancers' feet hurt from dancing on toe shoes. During the Q&A afterward, she asked and found out that yes, their feet do hurt! They blister, lose toe nails, and have sore feet, but they do it anyway.

Well, most of the present shopping has been done anyway. Will the wrapping be done in the wee hours of the 25th? Most assuredly.