I'm taking some time out from Christmas preparations to update the blog. I just about finished my Christmas shopping yesterday (just one person left to buy for) and got everything wrapped but still have to get it all boxed up and ready to ship. This is very late for me this year and there's a chance the boxes may not make it in time for Christmas as I only have one day to spare.
    We just put together the Christmas letter which is always a challenge because my husband writes one from his point of view (even though the cards are supposed to be from both of us) and then I edit it to include me and to take out the parts that I think are in poor taste and/or mean. Then he gets mad because he thinks I made it too wordy and boring. So I get mad because he thinks I have no sense of humor and so on. This year I think he just gave up. This morning I updated the Christmas card mailing list and printed the labels. I'll be working on Christmas cards all day most likely.
    We invited several people over for Christmas day including my sister and her family and one of my husband's (and my) friends. I have to have someone here to play games with me! So this week will be dedicated to cleaning, putting out some decorations (haven't done any of that yet) and cooking.
    I keep thinking how different next year will be when I will have my days free to work on all this stuff. But then other retired people seem to be just as stressed trying to get everything done. I'm sure I'll be different (yeah, un-huh). Only eight more working days to go!