Well, Hubs brother is going to try and make it up tomorrow for a visit. This is the third time I have prepared for his visit. Planning and making a nice meal (something he wouldn't cook for himself) and of course Brownies. One pan for the day of his visit and one pan packed as a to go care package. The first pan is in the oven as I type. The other two visits got canceled the morning of the intended trip. As Loyd is 83-ish, he has a grand-niece drive him, and being she is also a brownie fan, I make her a to go box too. So (hopefully) tomorrow I'll out a pork tenderloin in to roast, and serve it with mashed potatoes (boughten...hee hee) California mix veggies, rolls, (I'll bake later today) slaw, chunky apple sauce...and of course, brownies.
The bad part when he has to cancel, I don't like brownies and hubs won't eat them because they have nits in them, so I go around and give them to the neighbors. Loyd, if you are listening.....the snow storm they are predicting is going to stay south, we live north. Please, please come on up.

I need to return something to Eddie Bauer, had a senior moment yesterday and bought the wrong size. I always need a larger size when I buy a top there. Will have lunch somewhere or buy something to bring home. Finished my puzzle yesterday so will start a new one and read some more on my book. I need to finish the puppy book because I will get her in a couple of weeks.

Nothing much going on here.

Up early, chatted with DD on the phone (our usual morning call). Finished decorating the tree. Flea-combed the cats.

Still need to finish an article I'm writing--will probably get to that after lunch.

Still waiting to hear if DH has to work overtime tonight. If not, we'll probably go out and grab a quick dinner someplace, then do some shopping.

Now, tomorrow's another story--we'll be up early, head to the country house. I need to change the bathroom--put up the Christmas curtains, shower curtain, decorations, etc., go to the bank, get to the Amish market. Maybe do some shopping if the stores aren't too crazy. DD and a friend will be stopping in to visit at some point, too. Then later in the day, we'll probably head back to the suburbs, stopping to see some of our favorite Christmas displays along the way.

Bad English...what ARE you plans for today? NOT what is your plans for today? sheesh!! sometimers hits again!

Cleaning up my office today, it is a disaster and things need sorted out. Later am doing a bit of cooking for BFF's Christmas party tomorrow night. He will get me in the mood to decorate because every inch of their house will be festive. We will start decorating on Sunday, so I guess I will clean a bit.

Cleaning, cleaning and more cleaning. Just finished holiday decorating (sort of) and now I need to clean up my mess. I'm having some friends in for hors d'oeuvres at 5:00 and we're going out to dinner. Lots of work to be done. Why am I sitting here? Because I hate to clean and need a break.

In the process of puttilng up myi Charlie Brown tree. An old friend dropped in to bring me her annual gift of a balsam swag, and we had a lovely visit. Later on today, DD#4 and I are headed out to see her twin sister in another town and do some shopping. An added plus is that the twin sister will be baby sitting her new TWIN grandsons!

Load the dishwasher, load or two of laundry. Watching the local news, maybe do some cleaning. I still haven't put the tree up.

I can see I'm going to have to get Bushido some toys and a scratching post. He found the chain to the expensive German cookoo clock and some little string of pearls from who-knows-where. They look like crafting pearls if that makes sense?

I found a paperbag for him to play with...someone had mentioned that in my post about cats the other day. I don't think he likes it. He's ignoring it.

Desperately need a haircut. Stylist doesn't work today. Gonna get it cut somewhere!

I am getting ready to mop my kitchen. I let Roomba sweep it. I have talked to two of my daughters and I have a meat loaf in the oven. I love Beverly Lewis books and Wanda Brunstetter books. I have several waiting on me to read! Lovely day here, very sunny now and 46 out. Must take the big rig out for a spin to the mailbox.

Sue in Central Indiana

So far....went to PT, stopped at supermarket for pie filling, made pie & put in the oven, heated up soup for lunch, put 1st load of laundry in the wash, washed breakfast & lunch dishes.

Next - finish laundry(2 loads),fold & hang/put away. Start on Christmas cards, make dinner.

Waiting for the sun to move around to the back side of the house to warm up the garage. Then I'm going to get all the Christmas decorations out and put them in the living room, to wait until I get around to putting them up, which I will do on a rainy day.

That may be just about it for today.

Sue

I'm nursing a sore neck after spending three hours in two different dentists' chairs yesterday. (Extraction of a cracked tooth under a crown-on-a-post, followed by prep and instalation of a temporary bridge.) Ow!

Do you know, there's almost *nothing* you can eat after this procedure? I resorted to room-temperature onion soup for dinner, and some applesauce.

Two loads of laundry done and put away this morning. Yard man came to clean gutters (again!) and sweep up leaves from our giant sycamore. (Tree doesn't leaf until June and thinks early December is early to drop 'em.) DH has returned from the library with two British mysteries for me, having returned "The Descendants" and an S. J. Rozan mystery.

This afternoon we'll have tea and watch the end of Season Two of "The Wire" -- 'warm-ish' tea and dunked cookies for me. I have a little lamb roast for the oven for dinner, along with a Sara Lee pumpkin pie. (I think I can mince my portion of lamb.)

Beautiful sunny day here, but cold. Had a dusting of snow last night. High of 28 predicted next week. Our lovely long autumn is over.

I need to get a fresh wreath, decorate it with my usual bits, and hang it. Need to retrieve a few Christmas decorations from the attic. (Brrrr.) Need to grocery-shop tomorrow.

Putz. But after a bit, I am going to go downtown and mail a package and go pick up some scripts. Then I am going to hunt down the guy who is re-tiling the bathroom. He has not been here for 3 days and he is holding up the rest of the people that I have coming in to work(painter, carpet installer, plumber). I only have 2 weeks left before company arrives. PLUS we have not been able to use our bathroom for 3 weeks! It's time he got it done!!!

I'm till slogging through the sewing room. I've given myself 10 days to make a visible difference.

Of course, once we get the basement room tiled, and the bed moved out of the sewing room and into the basement bedroom, I will have a lot more floor space and room to move about.

It seems everything I'm doing depends on doing three other things first - and each of those require three other steps...

Hopefully I'll get the front deck measured so I can buy fresh garland to swag around it. Weaving the lights into the garland and putting the bows on will take up a day.

My older neighbor comes over once a week for "Tea and Murder." I have a large collection of BBC murder mysteries and sit coms. I prepare a proper British tea, we watch two episodes of whichever program we're on, and enjoy a bit of quiet down time. I use to think "I don't have time for this," but I've learned I do have time. Most weeks that two hour space is the only "me" time that I have.

I've finished today's load of laundry, made the bed, and spiffed the bathrooms. I have to make a run to the grocery store and post office and toss three or seven things out of the still-in-progress sun room.

I went to Sears yesterday and found some silk long underwear for 30% off and bought a couple pair to try. I went back today to exchange the white pair for black. They had gone down to 50% off, so I got some money back on yesterdays buy and bought 4 more pairs for $12.50 each. They are warm and being silk they do not stick to your slacks. I am colder than I used to be with these I am warm and toasty all the time.

My boss ruined my day, he actually made me work! LOL!!!!

caroline -- We could make it a foursome, but no High Tea here. Just a pot of POW or Darjeeling and some 'biscuits'. This began after DH retired. Tea is a nice pick-me-up, and the DVD's keep the brain engaged.

You are a good neighbor!