It's already been a long day and I haven't even begun the "real" work. I realized the closets would have to wait, remembering that I will have people coming over on Christmas day and it would probably be a good idea to actually clean the place. Accomplished thus far - grocery shopping, getting enough cat food to last through the year, cleaning supplies since I, of course, ran out of everything last weekend, gift wrapping stuff... and coffee. I burned quite a lot of calories carrying all of this in three trips from the garage.

Now I just need to find my second wind so that I can actually do everything I need to do with the stuff I just bought. FUN!

My first day of vacation begins, just as it gets the coldest it has been thus far. I'm hoping to accomplish a thorough cleaning out of closets, the vessels of all the stuff left unpacked because I ended up having surgery so soon after moving in here.

I KNOW I'm missing some sweaters...