Yesterday was Uncle T’s birthday. I took him to lunch and then later we all went to dinner at a mexican restaurant. Hope he had a great birthday. It’s cold here, really cold and I finally caught somebody’s cold and am all stuffed up this morning. I had to laugh at lunch as Uncle T (my brother) asked me if I’m happy and of course I said yes, why do you ask. He said he read the post about changing some things to be like the French and so on and if I was really happy as the posts seem to advocate a lot of different changes. I had to confess, it’s post number 350 today and I might just be running a bit short of material! This doesn’t mean we make things up, when we read the article on how the French live vs. us, there was some truth in how Europeans tend to enjoy their meals more and so on. But it is December 20th and do you all really want to hear about who the kids played with yesterday? Well just wait until next year, I’m already planning some big changes for us all, ha ha.
Ok, yesterday the kids did play,(surprise surprise) mostly indoors while Mom cleaned the house starting upstairs and working her way down. She didn’t finish and the boys constant bickering while “being boys” all cooped up didn’t help. Today I’ll be gone from about, let’s say 8:30ish until around noon so she’ll have them both to herself again, lucky her! Don’t get me wrong, they are good boys, but they’re still boys, high energy, rambunctious, opinionated boys! They’re not really made to be inside for 6 hours at a time. To them, inside or out, everything is a potential playground, it doesn’t matter where they are. They can turn the living room into a football field in a matter of seconds!
Five days until Christmas, it’ll be here and gone before you know it. Then the biggest day of the year, that’s right, wait for it, here it is, the coup de grace, December 29th, my birthday is here! Yeah, oh wait, 4 days after Christmas, 2 days before New Years Eve, no one feels like partying, hmmm. I think I’m officially moving my birthday to July 29th starting next year! Just kidding, I’m used to it and like my birthday right where it is. It is a difficult day to get people out to a party though.
Alright, can you tell I’m a bit short on material today, next year I think I’ll be including pictures to fill up some space. Oh wait, Grandma Annette reminded me that #3 in the French living post yesterday says to go try some french milled soap and she pointed out, buy American. I have to admit, she’s right and I agree but that french soap really is nice, I used it yesterday. This morning Grandma Dixie and Pa Don are loading up the car and driving down to Palm Springs until I think January 7th. They sure get around for both being in their 80’s, hope they have a fun safe trip.
Well I’m too stuffed up to head to the gym so I think I’ll just take a shower and get to work. I’ll try to get the misses to write tomorrow to give you all a fresh take on what’s going on around here. Take care, stay safe and God Bless,