Meet My Nemesis

It sounds very Sci-Fi. Almost Super Hero. There is one thing that will bring me to my knees and make me want to bury my head in my pillow. Just the thought of it makes me tighten my jaw and fight back the tears that wait patiently until the rest of the enemy arrives. My nemesis is this character ->

Yes, it's a blasted Christmas Seal. Once this scoundrel makes his appearance, the joy of the season is sucked out of me. WHY did we need to have an animated seal in our yard? WHY?! Lord knows that it wouldn't have made sense to buy the DOLPHIN -- an animal that actually lives here on the Outer Banks.

This THING means that I have been beaten. That what I despise is less important than what someone else loves. The name of the game is compromise. We get a chance to practice it all the time :-)

I'm not a crazy decorator. I like clean lines. The Christmas lights HAVE to be all white and the same size. They must remain solid and not do the blinkedy-blink business. We have dim lights in our windows, not glaring spotlights. Chip & I are the anti-Grizwalds.

The good news is that the outside of the house is decorated, and it only resulted in about 6 arguments.

NICE ...