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Gee, it's been a while since I posted anything about life in general. Here's a catch-up post.

Thanksgiving was at Don & Margo's (WANOLJ). It was good.

I worked 7-7 Black Friday. Saturday was a quiet day, with dinner at an Old Chicago with grand-daughter Naomi and her parents. That was fun, if a bit loud.

I worked 7-7 Sunday-Wednesday. It was a long week! (Yes, this is my standard long work week - but I'd worked Mon & Tues, off Wed, worked Thurs & Fri, off Sat, worked Sun-Wed.)

We dropped $1600 on assorted repairs this week - $800 on the house (there was plumbing work in the downstairs bathroom - we'd seen a significant increase in our water bill last month!) and another $800 on the car. The mechanic apologized - this was work that should have been caught and done when he replaced the catalytic converter last month. New manifold assembly and idle air control - the car was dying when we braked to go around corners. Turns out there was a hole the size of a pencil where there shouldn't have been - the backed-up heat from the clogged catalytic converter had melted a hole.

Today I'm making barbecued beans, and I'll be running off to [livejournal.com profile] kosmickitten's at some point to drop off beef roasts (we're contributing roasts, she's cooking them for her Christmas tomorrow). Oh, and I need to iron some shirts.

Tomorrow is busy! Mrs. Kelly's Teas annual sampling at 9am, Minn-StF Board Meeting at 2pm, Christmas with [livejournal.com profile] iraunink's kids and grand-kids after that (theoretically at 4pm), maybe back to the Minn-StF Meeting after the Christmas. Luckily, I don't have to be at work until 11:30 on Sunday - I'll get to sleep in!

We got Odd and the Frost Giants for the 7-year-old grandson, Season One of the cartoon Gargoyles for the older grand-daughter, and Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddle-Duck for the younger grand-daughter.

We ordered a copy of The Heavens Proclaim for [livejournal.com profile] iraunink's mother - Amazon is shipping it to [livejournal.com profile] brotherguy, he's going to sign it and send it along to us. We'll be presenting it on Christmas Eve.

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