My wife and I bought ourselves a set of Rubbermaid bowls with attached, sort of, lids. Our oldest son bought us two gift cards, one to Panera Bread, and one to B&N, both of which will go to good ends, well, actually, two ends - the one on top, the head, and the other, the bottom, so to speak.
The sons have come and gone with the grandchildren. The table has been cleared, the few leftovers have been put away, and Ginny now is sitting and relaxing for a while. We will soon leave to go to the movie, tickets purchased yesterday. Today we will see the one with cousin George, 'Up In The Air'. Then sometime between now and whenever, we will see the other 5 we want to see, with several more coming out in the middle of January. It's nice, but irritating, that they come out all at the same time and we have to decide, okay, which ones will be on for the longest time, and then see them in our established sequence.
I have logged two story lines in the back of my head. Hopefully, when I have time to write again, which will be Monday, I will recall what I need to get started, and can go from there.
It's nice knowing I do not have to go back to work in an office Monday. I'm just really getting used to being retired. Hope to continue to enjoy the status for many years to come.
For New Years Eve and Day they are currently forecasting the chance of snow mixed with rain. I'd rather it be snow only. I survived the first storm with no known damage, and with the new gift cards it would be nice to sit in Paneras having one of their muffins and a cup of coffee and watching it snow. Their coffee is really good, at least to me, and since it's my money that means something... to me, anyway.
The snow we received a week ago is only about half melted, so technically, we had a white Christmas. The rain today will take care of much of the rest, as the temps are to rise into the 50s for the next few days.
I was looking at an e-mail I receive on occasion about what's happening in Paris, and hotel deals currently available. They have skating rinks this year scattered around the city. I would love to be able to be there over New Years. Back in 2001, we had rooms booked, plane tickets, and would have been there over New Years had not 9/11 happened. We were not afraid to fly after that, but not knowing what was going to happen within the country we decided to stay here. Had we gone, and anything happened while we were gone preventing our return, it would not have been a pleasant experience.
I can now see us heading over there sometime next fall, perhaps November or December. I'd really like to travel around and go to many of the Christmas Markets they have in Europe, and then return here before Christmas so we don't miss Christmas with the grandchildren. It would also be fun to return to Vienna and enjoy some brats, hard rolls, and mustard in the cold.
Well, not too much going on today other than what I wrote above, so I will sign off for now, and return another day, perhaps tomorrow.
