Christmas! Vacations have begun, and it's cold outside. Cookies are eaten almost as soon as they are made. There is even a little snow on the ground. We're approaching the Rochester and Chicago levels, as the weather shows snow almost every day in the last couple of weeks for Fairport and Dundee is not far behind. We may have snow here on Christmas.
Annie is coming home tonight, if all her flights are on time and pat-downs proceed smoothly. Margaret's on vacation, Joe is home and Mary starts her vacation tomorrow!!
Joe and John spent last week in Pittsfield, with plans for getting all kinds of work done. But Mary's cousin John Hayes was sanding floors, so our ability to create dust and dirt was severely restricted. So we fell back to the next best thing. Baseball. We got in the car and spent the afternoon in Cooperstown at the Hall of Fame. Lots of good exhibits on baseball's beginnings and its integration. I think we liked the modern day rooms the best; interesting to see how they approached the steroids era, including exhibiting the ball which Barry Bonds hit, with an asterisk carved in it, as voted on by the fans.
We did do a little sanding on the staircase banister, and the floors came out looking great. Radiators also played into the week as Johnny helped with their placement of slightly raised floors, and then Joe hurt his back as we tried to carry one up the stairs. He is out of commission for a few weeks but looks like he's feeling better than he did that first day.
We had what could have been our most memorable anniversary. Margaret put together a collage of photos and Joe made us a big Middle Eastern dinner, and we were joined by James and Tamara. Special.
A couple of Christmas parties and attendance at a presentation of Handel's Messiah have rounded out the weeks. I imagine and hope everyone else is having similar, eventful occasions.
Hope you all have a Merry Christmas! Love from down here.
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