Here's the current list of has-done's to help jumpstart my 12 days until Xmas countdown (which starts today!)
Go to MD, get referral for sleep clinic - check
Get RX for other crud but it's the same over the counter RX which I am already taking - check
Vote online for my younger brother Jerrie's 2008 Wenatchee, WA Griswold house of the Year - please follow this link, I know he would love your vote too, you can vote once a day: http://ret.wenworld.com/so/lighting/lighting.php they are the house shown on the top of the page, 3513 Kimberly Court. - check
Search through 14 boxes of holiday decor for the grandkids little tree and everyone's stockings but not find them - check
Stand in line for holiday stamps, behind the sweetest, slowest grandma in Central WA, (I am thinking of leaving in February for a few weeks, shall I fill out my card to hold my mail today? Where is that quarter, I know its in the bottom here somewhere; did I tell you my grandson called me yesterday?) I realize it's an important social outing saying "Hey" to the folks at the post office, but impatient I was. At least I wasn't the holiday postal patron holding a dolly full of boxes in one hand and a basket of cards needing stamps in the other - check
Sit and read the list of noteworthy books of the year - check
Find a new holiday front door wipe your feet mat at Bi-Mart that will fill the bill, according to youngest daughter, this was one item I was seriously slacking on in my slow to decorate house mode. So high holiday it is! Starting at our front door! check
Sift through every thrift store in Eastern OR and Central WA looking for stocking stuffers - find an excellent inside food dish for diva cat Audrey Oreo and three Pendleton wool shirts in new condition to Ebay - check
Remember it's time to order "It's a Wonderful Life" from Netflix - check
Load enough ingredients to make 10 double batches of pecan fudge - check, check, check - remember my weight from the MDs visit this am, remove half the ingredients, check
Find all the delicious food ingredients for daughter's fabulous pre-Winter Ball salmon meal tonight - check
Finally clean out hall closet (James pulled items, I took them in) and donate an armful of coats to the local Eagles who is having a coat drive, check
Hear all about son's planned wonderful Portland weekend where he not only has his best friend in town, home on a 30-day leave following his third Iraq tour, but he has orchestrated a fine BD celebration for his new GF on Satuday night, an outing to the shiekest Nutcracker Ballet, dinner, nightlife and a stay in a posh downtown Portland hotel, surrounded by city holiday ambiance and lights, kind and caring, that's my boy- check
Check in with college roommate about her grand finale FBI citizen's camp and her 53rd BD, no call back yet, check
Watch James drool and moon over a new gun to take out on the shooting range. He has me hold it, says its a good size for me; I am drawing every possible blank known to female-kind as it feels like a heavy gun and no more. He is smiling, it's been awhile, so if he's happy, I am happy - check
Congratulations Meredith on finishing another quarter of school! I am waiting to see a photo of your first tree, check
Make coffee...go sip it, savor it, drink it in front of our Griswold tree....Check
TTFN
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