Christmas?!

Christmas is coming.

Christmas is coming?

Christmas is coming!

This weekend, I've started to clear out the junk in the storage room, in preparation of converting it to a proper office. One of the things (not junk) that I pulled out was the Christmas tree, and decorations. I believe I will take a short time out from the destruction of my basement to put up the tree and various Christmas stuff.

I generally don't get too excited about Christmas anymore. Over the past few years, I haven't had a lot of "Christmas Spirit", even on the day itself. I guess I've got a bit of Scrooge in me or something. It just doesn't fire me up like it used to. I really enjoy the family and atmosphere, but no excitement.

Winter has finally made itself known, and has set in to stay. I like winter. I like summer. Each has things about it that I enjoy. The thing I do not enjoy is the cold temperatures. The past week has been hovering around -25C with wind chills reaching -33C (that's -28F). Brr. Don't let the picture fool you. We haven't had much snow yet. Just a sprinkle so far.