Happy holidays

Here are a couple of photos of our house, decorated for the holidays. I put the window lights up just a few days ago:

It’s pretty simple and classic. Next year, I’m thinking music and laser light show. (Kidding … sort of.) And here’s the fireplace, with garland, stockings, and ornament trees. (To the left is our recently acquired Victrola, courtesy of our good friend Harold!)

Thom and I will be spending Christmas in Virginia with his family, and our trip begins in less than ten hours. Eep. We’re pretty much ready; it’s just kind of surprising how fast the holiday has sneaked upon us.

We’ll be back on Thursday; in the meantime, I’ll try to update Twitter when I can. As you might have noticed, I’ve added a Twitter badge to the sidebar of my home page, which pulls in the most recent updates. Yes, my friends, it’s come to this (cartoon by Hugh McLeod of gapingvoid):

Happy holidays, everyone!