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1. Lately I've been starting these with no real ideas in mind and making it to 13 okay. Not sure I have 13 in me this time. We'll see.

2. We got a Christmas tree today. Early, I know. But seems every year if we wait after Thanksgiving it's colder and snow is on the ground. Not as fun to do the hike and haul the tree back. Today was good, so we have one now. Oh and we're expecting snow on Friday.

3. I probably won't decorate it right away, but the house already smells good.

4. The tree is 11 ft tall. I'll need a ladder.

5. The dog name ideas were too funny. TRO, you had me laughing out loud :).. I tried Marshmallow but G didn't go for it. He didn't go for Petunia either :P

6. He's been calling her Drifter. We'll see if that sticks.

7. My running goal might now work out. My left heel is so painful, I can barely walk after a walk/run. Takes me a couple of days to recover. The sock and pain patches didn't really work. I might have to go to a specialty foot/shoe store and have a shoe picked for me. We'll see.

8. I was asked to be the photographer for the Santa/Child photos here in town. Should be interesting. Santa/Child? Children-sitting-on-Santa's-lap? Whatever.. you know what I'm talking about.

9. Okay.. I'm stuck. Umm...the cats aren't really bothering the tree yet. I'm sure they're just waiting and plotting evilness until I have decorations on it.

10. My cards have been selling pretty well. I've restocked two stores a couple of times now and today I added Christmas cards. At some point I'll have an Etsy page set up.

11. I was taking photos yesterday when I came upon a ladybug nest that had been drowned out by a leaking water pipe. There were hundreds of ladybugs floating on big chunks of grass. Yeah.. I saved them. G offically thinks I'm crazy I think.
Anyway, I put the piles in the back seat of his pickup and drove them home and put them in my gardens. :0)

12. There are still ladybugs in his truck. I guess they're moving to Redmond tomorrow.

13. And here we are... hmmmm. I finally ordered a nice tripod.. I'm excited :)
I recently dropped my macro lens (YES, the 100mm.. my FAVE) and luckily, since I put filters on all of my lenses, that's what shattered ($40 instead of $500). Unfortunately, although I got all the cracked glass out I can't get the actual rim off :(.. so, I can't put a new one on yet. I've been extra careful.
Talk about a heart stopping when that lens hit the ground.

Okay.. I made it. That's that.

Oh and it's official....the woodstove has been started. I know you were all waiting for that news.