JOY post 10 ... for saturday the 10th of december ... two weeks til chrismtas eve! 

today's joy: little.e.beck.artist had a happy play date with lots of squealing and giggling.... baking for a bake sale .... (must mention the anti-joy .... twins studying for exams ... sigh)

this photo is the box of bake sale i've made .... the left side has pretzel kisses ... so easy and a fan favorite ... the only thing hard about it is unwrapping all those kisses .... and on the right are ginger spice cookies ... some are crunchier than i like, but the little girl here this morning prefers them crunchy ... still soft on the inside though .... i think she thought they were meant to be ginger snaps ... but they are more ginger chews.... i choose chews ....ha ....

preparation: my christmas tree has been up a week and it is still SUCKING down the water ... i'm really astonished ... i've never had a tree that kept taking in so much water ..... i fill it up with an entire pitcher every 18 or so hours ....

serenity: finished a cute book ... spent time curled on one end of the couch sharing a blanket with girl.beck.artist who was reading at the other end of the couch .... 

happy shot of the day:

i see this photo and it makes me fall in love with that yellow paint all over again ... this is very true color on my computer ... and hope it is on yours ... it's called sunshine yellow ... but i'm meant to be showing you the three elves sitting on a picture frame ... they are pretty hight up .... when my kid were wee, they'd always put these in spots where they could rearrange them .... 

i worked a bit on a painting today .... this week sometime i'll show it to you .... have to get it to where it is worth looking at, right?