I have no excuses or reasons for not writing in November. I actually do have a draft saved from mid-November and might put the finishing touches on it to get it published - but odds are it won't happen.
(Post is now up - couldn't leave November blank). LOL.
Here we are past mid-December. Christmas is just one short week away - and the house looks festive thanks to J. who does a great job. The change we made last year of storing all the Christmas decorations in a corner of the garage (on the floor) vs. on the overhead shelving made it easy to get things inside. J. does a great job. I'm always thinking 'it will be so fun' but it's not. It just isn't. So I'm blessed to have a guy who will make it happen.
B. decided he wanted to come for Christmas - he will arrive this Friday for one week. We are looking forward to having him here. We will attend the Grand Ballroom Christmas buffet dinner which we all look forward to. There will be baking, eating out, and just being together. I always think 'when your adult children just enjoy being home with you doing whatever, you've done something right'. It will be fun.
So far, there is no snow on the ground. Some frost every morning and we definitely are running the heat a lot - but so far, there hasn't been precipitation when it's been super cold so the ground is clear. It rained a lot today and forecast is more rain tomorrow - so we'll see. But a White Christmas? Not seeing it this year.
In other news, it's official. Our Atlantis host left - she made a major career/life change and is going to be a translator of Spanish. We are so sad to see her go - she has done so many wonderful things for us in the nine months she's been our host. The great news is our new host is her husband - who is equally wonderful. We are in good hands.
Hello again - it's now the end of December. J. is taking B. to the airport as he wings his way back to New Jersey. We had a wonderful week which flew by in the blink of an eye. Last night, we dined at the Atlantis Steakhouse which is always epic. The play (unfortunately) wasn't epic but oh well. Bad days happen. We ended the evening with a little shopping in the gift shop - B. got a pair of pants and a shirt and J. got another cold weather golf shirt. All of that made quite a dent in our comps but that's a perfectly OK thing.
The cleaning lady is working away in the great room. This is her third visit and as usual, she was late. I texted her 25 minutes past the time she said she'd arrive and her reply was 'oh, I'm leaving now'. It's a constant puzzlement. She's a one woman show so it takes her a while but that's OK. She does a really great job with a lot of attention to detail which I appreciate. She does things no other cleaner has paid attention to - so late starts seem worth it. We don't usually go anywhere on Fridays so it works out pretty well to just hang out in the study while she tidies up.
We are planning to spend NYE at Atlantis. I'm excited for the New Year.
Still no snow. Can't believe it. After last winter, people seem relieved but we sort of miss it. There is a storm front coming through this weekend so we'll see.
