Progress Report

Today, as I was basking in the warm glow of my expensive new thermostat (usually the dude changes them--we think there's something wrong with the wiring, and next time it goes, I'm calling the electrician instead of the heating people), I got a flower delivery. From Sissy. Because I'm "wonderful." And I am.

Yesterday, after the heating man left, when I called to tell the boss to say I was on the way back to work, she told me not to bother. So I went shopping! Now I have most of the things I was looking for, which leaves me with the work part of the list. And I have to admit I haven't gotten right on it.

wrap boss's birthday gift; finish-finish Sissy's (new) present; finish-finish "beer;" finish-finish stockings; finish-finish uncle's ornament; buy a point setter*; buy oranges; buy cloves; make pomanders with the kids; clean the house; buy a candle holder for Christmas candles in bathroom; call re lobster (10-12 lbs); buy tall purple pillar candle; put up second tree; buy purple paper plates; see if Home Goods has purple/orange/gold table runner (to match the napkins); paint front door, final coat; put up storm door; hang wreath; paint patches around door and in hallway; get rid of chair; put out all cardboard recycling; find a place/way to display Christmas cards; buy ribbon for presents; buy candle for snowman holder that is on display; pick up gifts from framer; buy pierogis from ladies in Port Richmond; check out progress in human cloning, see how you can speed it up.

These are the pomanders Lala and made. You can see Lala's football on the far right.

* a point setter is very different from a poinsettia (the Christmas plant). It's a framing tool. Okay, it's called a point driver. Sorry for the confusion.