Hi ho, MMMLOGerinos!

Have a good Christmas? The DH is off this week so I intend to get all those honey-do chores done that have accumulated over the past few months, and there are many! I'm sure the DH planned otherwise, such as playing with his Christmas toys, but he must take down those wretched series wired lights.

I usually de-decorate the house on Christmas day-- a habit learned from toddlerhood when Dad forced the issue upon us. If you weren't very careful and kept your gifts corralled, out something really good would go with all the boxes, wrapping paper and the poor tree that didn't even have time to drop needles in the house. Last night I moved the decorations into the dining room to be packed in the storage boxes. And today, Boxing Day, I'll finish the job, then get started on the 05 taxes and reorganize the files. Do I know how to have a great Christmas vacation or what?!

The son of MMMMMM sent a replacement "boy's day" fish windsock from Japan as the old one was faded, tattered and had gutted itself repeatedly flopping over the trellis around the patio. Now the new bright blue-scaled fish with glittering eyes is sailing on the wet breeze all set to usher in the new year.

Ciao, ciao, MMMMMMMMMMMMelinda