As Dad used to say, “It’s coming down like a cow pissing on a flat rock!”
We were awakened by the downpour around 4:00 AM and stayed in bed listening to the rain until it was time to rise at 6:00 AM. It was too cold to do anything fun, so we attacked the Christmas Tree with Colleen’s help. Mary put on the lights, and since she was down on the floor, I assisted in moving her to the following location where lights were needed. After looking at the lights, I told Mary, “Not sure if my Christmas tree lights are real or just a filament of my imagination.”
Mary returned with, “I was highly decorated when I was in the army. I used to always wrap tinsel around my helmet.” She keeps me laughing!
Up to the second floor to decorate our tree!
We sorted decorations in a) put in the tree, b) throw out, c) give as a donation to the Goodwill, and d) send to the kids (even though they would not want them; they can throw them out). Tomorrow we will do the same with my decorations, and by the first of the year, we will have a set we can use next year!
Please don’t laugh; it is up and mostly verticle!
We have celebrated Christmas together for two years now, and we are finding we have a lot of the same decorations; great minds think alike!
Mary and I had identical Mr * Mrs. Claus movable decorations!
MAry makes one last pass before we clean up and head out to dinner. Connor was going to join us be we had a cold and did not want to pass it on to the old folks; we will see his Saturday at the birthday party!
Final touches before we begin again tomorrow.
We went to Patty’s Place and had a wonderful meal with Colleen. We sat at the bar and talked to the locals; we are considered locals/regulars by the crowd.
On our way from Seal Beach and Patty’s Place, we did a flyby at Vicky’s house to deliver dessert and pick up three-dozen tamales she got from a secret tamale maker in East LA.
We then headed to Jan’s house to do another flyby where we brought dessert here; we stayed for a while and had a small bottle of wine.
Off to Jan’s for a “flyby.”
Then we headed for home and watched a Christmas movie, or at least tried to!
Safely home and ready for a movie!
Tomorrow is another big day! Good night all! Please, just one more! How does Santa Claus take photos? With his North Pole-aroid. No extra charge!!!
