What a fun thing to do today! I have a bunch of Christmas village pieces, and I set up a table and unpacked all of the boxes. I'm going for the two, possibly three level effect. It's time for my creative side to come out in having them all fit together. It literally gave me shivers as I opened each box.

My W gave me the Christmas village pieces when she moved to her new place last July, saying she had no room to store them. I can see why she would not want the village pieces, as they are packed of memories of our old life together. Every year at this time of year, we would go on a trip to a beautiful, fun small town. It was the town we went to on our honeymoon. And it had the best small shops, including a great shop which sold the Christmas village pieces, along with special Christmas tree ornaments.

So my favorite piece is the 'Naughty or Nice Detective Agency'. We also had the ice rink skating rink, but I can't find that right now. That would be the piece de resistance, to make this all come together. I think I have a new tradition to do on the day after Thanksgiving.


Me-54 yrs; W: 50 yrs
4 kids- D: 22,20,19; S:15
"Trial" Divorce: 04/14 - 6/14
Separated: 06/2013- divorced 08/2016

“The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.” War and Peace