Christmas followup

Christmas afternoon, the start on the clearing of walks.  Heavy, wet snow.

Boxing day noonish... melting and slush-shoveling.  I waved off the workout on Boxing Day morning, thinking it would be a hard enough workout clearing.

We had light snow flurries off and on all Boxing Day.  The ambient temperature was almost up to freezing, but that was enough to cause some melting.

I'd been putting off picking up the prescriptions that had been "auto-refilled" for a couple of days just to give myself some breathing room, but it gave me a chance to try out the roads.  The little "slippery" light on the dashboard went off on the uphill around the corner on the way to the pharmacy, but that's what those safety features are for.

Now that all the sisters have opened their holiday gifts, I can reveal the design:

I swear we all have cupboards full of mugs, but what you see here is the cartoonish version of the five of us.  Alicia squealed (text-squealed, that is) when she discovered she was the one with hair!  Dottie laughed over Alicia's mop, too, noting that the other three sisters were all in short gray hair, and Kevin had his bald head and angel wings.

Not to be outdone, I received a mug with heart-strings attached, too.  

The new Carl mug held my Christmas breakfast coffee, to go with leftover treats from the Christmas eve gather.

Christmas would not be complete without a new book.  

My daughter in law picked this one out for me.

It's a goodie, too.  A short, fast read, written by a researcher and animal lover.

Late Boxing Day afternoon, I called my sister's friend Jerry, as my sis is staying in Kansas an extra day.  I wanted to see if his phone got fixed.  It did!

I figure the roads are clear enough I could go do kitty care tomorrow morning, but he seemed to want to carry on, so I let him, and that means I could even sleep in on my Wednesday morning if I so desire.

Life is good.

Spark on!