I spent the day today working inside and outside getting the house ready for the holidays! (and I still have hours of work to do!)
The lights are up outside finally. There were a few bumps and setbacks, but they are finally in place and only one light is burned out, but the rest are still lit. (thank goodness for neighbors and friends to help out — both moral support and physical: just having someone standing at the bottom of the ladder helped to reassure me, and when the plugs for the lights didn’t want to cooperate they were there with an adapter! 
I tried to take a picture of the lights outside once it was almost dark out, but none of the pictures turned out at all. I’ll keep trying.
Better go now and get back to hanging ornaments on the tree. Have a good weekend.
