We’ve been busy getting ready for Christmas - Mike had another trip to Pinehurst to visit his mother and father and to make sure his dad had a lot of support, and Lily and I stayed here and worked on Christmas cards, cleaning the house, and just generally catching up on all the things we let slide during contractor hell week. Speaking of, the Pergo still isn’t done - but when I finally catch up with Pergo Man, it will hopefully be finished by the end of the week.

Lily is not walking yet, but desperately wants to. As I started writing this, she tried to take some steps toward her “mailbox” and fell flat on her face. I spent the last 5 minutes comforting her about that “bad old floor” getting her on the face. She’s totally fine and is now destroying my briefcase by pulling everything out of it. I went to a meeting last week, went to pull out a file, and ended up pulling out a plastic ball instead. It was pretty funny.

Mom and dad leave for Texas tomorrow and as usual the chaos of getting ready for a big trip is driving them nuts. I’m heading over there this afternoon to drop off Christmas presents, say goodbye, and find some missing files on their computer.

Not much to report - other than Mike’s mother’s illness and keeping up with that, we really haven’t done much of anything else. We feel fortunate to have the house together for Christmas and the decorations hung. It’s just a relief to have things starting to come together. I thought I was losing my mind for a while there. Now, if I can just get caught up on work . . . ha! Two weeks without “Gramma Day Care”. Not much chance of that happening.