Two days away from beginning a new year. No big ideas, not many new plans. We are invited to friends from church on Saturday night. It is an open house, so us old people can get home to bed early. I'm not sure if we will go or not.

Tonight the young people are getting together for a fun night out. The young adults are hosting it, but the youth leaders are chaperoning. It was originally a sledding party, then not without snow, now maybe once again. Regardless, they are all going out for a fun night.

I never did pick up my knitting. I started in on the back hall closet yesterday and that took up most of the morning. The usual tasks followed the rest of the day, with burning some calories chopping wood mid afternoon. Cold and wet, now we have some wood in the mudroom.

You know it is cold because Fat Ash is back. Ashes takes off when the weather is warm, and comes home when the snow falls. He is fixed, so he's not prowling. This is the second appearance this winter. The first snow brought him back, but then it warmed up and he was gone again. Actually, I think he has two homes. He isn't starving, and his coat and ears are clean. I wonder which neighbor takes care of him?

I was looking at the walls in the bathroom this morning. Lots of nail holes from remodeling so much. I know there are a lot of places that need to be done. Maybe I'll pull out the bucket today and do a couple areas.