Mid December Already!

It's been a while since I posted anything on here - the reason being that I have been fighting a bad case of sinusitis.  What energy I did have was needed for commitments I made and needed to keep.  Several times this month I played my accordion at various nursing homes and assisted living centers, doing my 'Christmas Hat Routine'.  I play all the fun holiday music and Christmas songs, and for each song I wear a different hat.   Some hats are funny, some match the song, and some hats are just nice.  I have Santa hats, elf hats, snow hats, a reindeer hat, a snowman hat, a Mrs Claus hat, a chipmunk hat, various kid's hats, etc.   The residents always get a laugh out of my program, which is the whole point, to get them feeling good!  For the song Silver Bells, I pass out many sets of bells to volunteers, and get folks involved in the program.   It takes a lot of effort to bring along an accordion, music stand, music, decorations, and a box of about 25 hats.   But I do enjoy playing, and this program is very popular and I am asked to perform at several places each year.   This month I had 5 requests for this show!  It cheers me up, too, to play for people and I truly enjoy it.  Folks do laugh at the crazy hats I wear, but I don't mind being a comedian for an hour or so - it's great to know that I can bring a little brightness and laughter to the residents.

The weather sure has been great lately!  It's been so warm that we hardly feel like it's winter.   However, we did wake up to this today:

Looking out my front window - 5 deer searching for something to eat

We only got about 2 or 3 inches of snow, but it will sure help to make it "look a lot like Christmas".   Hard to believe that it's only 9 days until Christmas. 

I'm feeling better now and getting some holiday baking in, mailing packages (hopefully not too late!), and enjoying the beauty of winter scenery.   I might even get some cards written out and sent.