12-25-08 Thursday (Trimming the Tree)

Merry Christmas! Santa is busy melting our snow for our Christmas gift! Isn't that awesome? It's been about 36 degrees since last night and it's been raining on and off. I don't mind the rain as it's contributing to the melting snow. The roads are still packed with snow, but it's a start.

Jim and I don't exchange gifts. We really never have. We've always bought ourselves a big household gift instead. One year surround sound, another a TV, you know that sort of thing. Our finances are combined so trying to sneak gift purchasing is pretty tough, so we've never bothered. This year, we've not bought anything as in previous years. We have a tight budget and there's nothing we really want or need other than a new RV and that's not gonna happen anytime soon.

Yesterday and today have been Christmas music marathons. I have to get my fill now because it will be a long time before I get to listen to it again. I think Jim could take it or leave it.

Jim's mom, Ann, is custodian of our mail. Every few weeks, she'll mail our junk to us. A couple of weeks ago, she mailed us 4 Christmas trees. You know, those tiny train model ones? Jim took scissors to one and "trimmed the tree". It was funny. We had thought about rolling one in snow to flock it. We're tired of snow, so we've resisted. A white Christmas is overrated.

Thanks to all my "friends" who have made the effort to tell us what the temperature will be in Florida for Christmas. I'll get ya'll back!

Jim took a nap, I played a video game. A light drizzle of rain turned into big-ass snow flakes. I've never seen so much fall at one time. Within 15 minutes, all that was thawed became recovered in snow. It's still above freezing, so it's melting quickly. Soon after, the rain started again.

Christmas dinner was delicious. We had turkey and stuffing. It was great.

I hope everyone had a great holiday too!