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My Daughter and Granddaughter My Son-in-Law and Grandson I'm looking forward to their visit for Christmas.

We decided to use our small artificial tree this year.  It's sort of cute. Two of my favorites: Silver Bells - Burl Ives Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives

My lab results were good.  No cancer! I don't want to sound like a hypochondriac, just want to share my good news. I still have Barrett's Esophagus   and take medication for it, so far so good.  I'll get an endoscopy every two years to check up on it. Here's a link to explain it: Barrett's Esophagus: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments It's great news just before Christmas! 😀

I set the base of the stove on "furniture cups" to protect the carpet. The Finished Project I used a small lamp with a dim bulb to let the stove act as a decorative lamp stand.   The stove is a deep black and I couldn't get the details to show in this photo. The hardest part after moving the heavy sections of the stove was inserting four screws and nuts to prevent it from shaking.  Finding the right sizes and reaching into the stove made it difficult. But now I'm finished. 

I'm scrubbing the stove parts with only warm water.  The black paint I used years ago is still good so that's all it needed.  It will look real, not too shiny but still clean and black. I washed the small parts in the sink. I like the flower and vertical design. Here's something I didn't notice before I started cleaning. "Union Manufacturing Boyertown, PA" Next I'll have to buy furniture cups to protect the carpet from the heavy cast iron stove.  Then put the stove back together in the basement den.