Time to unpack a few more Christmas things. I found this tucked away in a box in my china cabinet when I was cleaning out last week.  Mom made it way back in '64, when I was almost a mere one year old. I decided it would be great to put it on top of the piano.  Tom is to bring the tree home tonight.  Jessalyn is getting a little worried we won't have one up this year!
Dan had his surgery this week surprising all of us by not doing a single, but a quad  bypass.  All day surgery, but all is going well.  He will need a lot of time to recover this time around.

I went into little town to get Tommy last night.  He just came in from Miami.   Temperature shock!  From the 80+ to barely out of the 20's.  And the wind was picking up, so it really felt like single digits to come home to.  He made it over to Becky's where I picked him up.  Visiting with my oldest daughter for a while and enjoyed her decorations she has up.   So close, but yet still the last still single Christmas for her this year.  Good job on the outdoor lights too!

Afterwards I swang over to Jessalyn's boyfriends house to pick her up.  She was on a sick call there visiting as Collin had just had some minor surgery done.   I sent along a small loaf of pepperoni bread I had made earlier in the day for a treat for them.
So bitter cold, but yet not as much snow as predicted...yet.    Since Tommy is staying here as a lay-over for a few days before heading back to his Dad's house,  I am going to take him out to get a few bags of coal.  Tom wanted enough to carry through until the weekend when he can go pick up a more substantial amount for us.  It is so very warm! 
Meanwhile, in talking with Sabrina last night, she now has a few days off before starting her new job as a CNA trainee.   Today Lily is to head to the doctor's about her ears.  Hope that this works for her this time.  Two times is too many for a little girl!