It is wonderful to be home and back in the sunporch. Welcome home me!!  We got home around 2100 ours last evening and I have to say, we do love our vacations and we stay at some really nice hotels and resorts but nothing quite beats my own bed and my own pillows and covers. It is just that be home and surrounded by one’s personal familiar stuff that makes life “huggable” again. We had a good time but Ms. Kate likes Las Vegas more than I do. For me, once we got to spend time with the kids, I was ready to come home. But Ms. Kate and her sister Karen like being out there together which is why I encourage them to go together and just leave me home.

The plants in the sunporch were desparate for water and the birdfeeders and bird bath were all empty. So, before I allowed myself my first cup of coffee I watered my plants and then I filled most of the birdfeeders and put fresh water in the electric birdbath. When I first came out to the sunporch this morning there were eleven cardinals out there looking for food. Since I filled the feeders I have had all kids of birds out there so I guess they are satisfied for now anyway. Of course the most popular spot is the birdbath.

It is an overcast day and while the temperature isn’t particularly miserable it is still a cold “looking” winter day. I threw on a flannel jacket over my sweats to work out there and didn’t get too cold. Weather dude last night said that we might have some sunshine today but it would be limited. Since our main job today is to do the vacation laundry I suppose I don’t need a lot of sunshine. It isn’t as if we are hanging the laundry out on a line.

I probably should get started on addressing the Christmas cards today too. Christmas is just ten days away. We also need to box up the gifts to send to North Carolina and get them on the way. I think it is going to seem like a weird Christmas this year. Christmas falls on Monday which I think will confuse church Christmas schedules and programs. Julie and Jim are coming over on Saturday the 23rd and leaving on Christmas Day because they have to be at work on Tuesday. It just seems that people are getting a bit short-changed on Christmas vacation this year. But, we’ll be glad for any time we get with the kids and enjoy every moment of it.

That is about it for this morning. It is great to be back home and back in a routine. Tomorrow is Friday and the start of the last weekend before Chriosstmas. I imagine the roads will be packed with frantic shoppers all weekend. Folks should slow down and remember it is about the love, not about the gift. Until next blog, I bid you peace and blessings.