Photos This Week

I’ll have to think of a better title later. Hopefully, this idea will be more exciting next week when I have a full week worth of photos but I wanted to get into the habit.

So, one of my list items was to take a photo every day in 2026 and post it somewhere probably Instagram. Then, I thought maybe I’d do a weekly post here each Saturday of all the photos and when I have the energy, a bit more explanation.

Photos This Week:

First we have a snowman decoration, it lights up and changes color. An unexpected early Christmas present from a friend. I took this photo randomly last night after realizing my plans to capture the first full moon of the year wouldn’t work on a cloudy day/night.

We did see the moon tonight and it was amazing but we were on the highway so I didn’t even bother trying to get a photo.

Tonight’s photos are a bit more Christmas. We had a white elephant gift/housewarming party to attend at a friend’s new home.

One of our gifts we took:

Inside this bag is a mini tabletop pool table with all the parts. And a couple of small tabletop games. It pleased the recipient and that made me happy. Not pictured, the other gift we took was a small peppermint dip bowl with a little spoon. I also put some Twisted Peppermint soap from Bath & Body Works in there along with some candy canes taped together to make hearts. Someone traded another gift for it and so they were also happy.

The gifts we received:

I traded away a 500 piece Christmas puzzle for the Art Game (I’m not a puzzle person and thought maybe I could do something with the art game parts for my work). And I was thrilled with my husband’s gift of the sock monkey coffee cups with the cocoa inside. I wouldn’t let him trade them away! One of my list items was also to treat myself to a new coffee cup each month. So I’m counting this one as a list item completed for January!

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Not sure how detailed this post is going to be next week. Honestly, I already have Sunday night anxiety even though it’s still Saturday night. It’ll be fine, just struggling to wrap my head around going back to work on Monday. I miss the kids but I’m just not quite ready for it all. I’m also already preemptively missing my quiet at home, everyone else is at work after the holidays time. However, I chose this and I know I’ll be fine and happy once I get there.

Anyone else not quite ready to get back to the routine next week? Also, on a lighter note, do you consider a snowman decoration to be Christmas or not?