Christmas Week Part I

       The week leading up to Christmas is always busy and this year it seemed particularly so.  Between shopping, visiting friends, and trying to clean up the house the hours just flew by.  We spent Monday shopping for a rug for the living room and some curtains.  Last fall we had new floors put in the living room and hallway.  We decided at the time that our furniture was a bit past its prime and had moved it all to our basement for use in the "family room of the future".  As a result, the only items in the living room were two book cases and two patio chairs from the deck.  Our search for items to add to the room started with the purchase of curtains and deciding about the type of rug.  So Monday was pick up and installed the curtains.
      Tuesday David joined us for a few hours.  His cell phone has broke and he was told that only the phone "owner" could make arrangements to get it fixed.  So we went to A T & T. It turns out it was cheaper for Nan and I to upgrade and let David take one of our phones.  We had talked about getting each other new phones with Internet capability.  We are now the proud owners of Blackberry Torches.  We spent our first night a phone owners in bed, each with our own directions (quite romantic).  Tuesday night we had dinner with our friends Helen and Larry.  Nice time.
     We've always been pretty aggressive about Christmas decorations (not like throwing Christmas bulbs at each other - but in the amount of decorations)  Since we now just sorta "blow into town", we've cut back substantially:  one lighted wreath outside, a small 4' tree inside, and just half of my Christmas village.