Putting life on "Vacation Mode"...

Our life is pretty good.  I'll be the first to shout this from the roof tops.  

But today I put our life here in a holding pattern, desperate to escape for a spell.  

The count-down is accomplished. 

Bathrooms scrubbed, dishes clean, floors swept,

Etsy "vacationed", bills paid, mail held,

neighbors notified, tenants reassured,

cat re-assigned, trees watered,

truck cleaned, bags packed,

and sheets changed

for the night we return, to a clean house,

rested minds, refilled hopes, 

and a new year.

Have a wonderful Yule, and may you enjoy

a lovely, prosperous, and creative 2012!