holiday cheer

Above: My story is the one circled in red (I did the circling; it doesn't appear on the actual cover :-)). I think this should be on newsstands now.

Fun to read the responses to my Miss Squarehead comics post yesterday. I always love it when people commenting on one of my entries spin off a separate conversation thread in LJ, like the one between Teddy and Annie W. :-)

I bought Christmas lights yesterday! You experienced house owners out there are jaded about this, I'm sure, but this is new for me. I bought two sets of LED C-6 lights from Shopper's Drug Mart; they supposedly use 80% less energy and last up to 100,000 hours. I've hung them up in the Corkscrew Hazel in front of our house but can already tell I need another set.





I also bought an indoor set for our Christmas tree, which we're getting this weekend. VERY excited about this. Our condo building didn't allow live Christmas trees, probably because of the fire hazard. Jeff and I could tell that some people smuggled them in anyway, however, because of the pine needles in the elevator after the holidays.



Not sure if we're going to have time to unpack the locker before Christmas, to find the box of decorations we used many years ago. So I'm going to improvise some decorations for our tree this year instead. Say...if any of you are inspired to contribute a decoration, homemade or not, Jeff and I would be most grateful! Even a scribbled drawing on a paperclip will be eagerly received. :-)

If you decide to indulge this unbelieveably selfish plea, you can send it to our new home address, if you know it; I'd be happy to send the address to you if I know you in person -- else please send to my P.O. Box at:

Debbie Ridpath Ohi
34 Eglinton Ave W., POB 189
Toronto, ON
M4R 2H6

(If you're sending a package rather than something flat, I'd appreciate it being sent to my home address instead of the P.O. box so I don't have to pay an extra fee, thanks. :-))



Looking forward to the housefilk at Sally Headford's tomorrow! Allison's going, too; it's been a while since more than one member of Urban Tapestry has been able to attend a housefilk at the same time. :-)

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