I am desperately trying to find my Christmas Spirit!

I must admit, I am soooo enjoying being home! I am sleeping like a rock (or like someone hit me over the head with one), and it is very refreshing to get up and find our Christmas tree lighted and adorned with festive decorations. Krl is getting in the mood. I can tell. She has a collection of Santas, and yesterday they began appearing all over the house.

Krl and I have been dedication about one or two hours a day to removing and moving things out of the company travel trailer and into the house. Yesterday we did kitchen knives, refrigerator and freezer, along with a few things that we just "needed". Today we will probably move a little office. Files, tub file, notebooks, insurances. You know, a lot of the garbage you are required to have on hand! I need to get my charger for my laptop, along with all of my connecting gear.

Yet, probably the one thing I am missing most in my office is the television. I don't necessarily watch it, but I need the noise. (I will admit that I do retreat once in a while to watch something other that what Krl has on.).

My goal is to have the travel trailer emptied and moved by Monday night. Yikes!

Ollie called yesterday evening, telling us that her car was great! Everything works! She said her last couple of cars the heater didn't work. (That is news to me). She was also complaining that their in store traffic had dropped tremendously! She knows why though. Why come in if what you buy can't be delivered for ten days!

She finds herself in a dilema. The assistant manager failed to include her sales numbers when they were submitted a week ago today. While she was expecting a check with near four numbers to the left of the decimal, when it arrived it had only two. Her manager and assistant manager say there is nothing they can do. I beg to differ.

They had told her they would have her check Fed Exed in Friday but it never arrived. I think someone screwed up and doesn't want to draw any attention to it or themselves, that they will probably just submit the numbers in addition to this past weeks, and Ollie will get a BIG check. Problem is it is right here at Christmas. I told Ollie to get a number and name on who to call in Denver. Now the manager and assistant manager are wanting to loan her a hundred dollar each to tide her over! Yeah, right!

We are well on our way to completing Christmas shopping. We have purchased two gifts! I say that tongue in cheek. We did the two purchases from the confines of our home. Krl and I aren't spazzing though. We have done this before. We will spend a morning looking, probably buying nothing, go to lunch at Abuello's, drink a pitcher of margaritas and do the shopping blitzkrieg!

What size is that? 14. What size do we need? 4. That's only 1 off!

I say that in jest! Most of our recipients are the kind that take whatever you give them back. So it doesn't really matter what you give them, it isn't going to be right anyhow! Thank the store guru who invented gift cards! Easy to buy, one size fits all, and wrapping is a breeze!

Krl and I aren't going to exchange gifts this year. We seldom do, Christmas or birthdays. Last time we did, I made a major purchase I was very pleased with (no it wasn't from Victoria's Secret) and she returned it for a smaller, cheaper version and took the residual money and bought other things. So now we just cut to the chase. Take your money and go buy what you want!

Yesterday, having checked the weather forecast, I made a call to Pepa to see if he had hooked the water hose to the one RV stored at his house when Frances (the cleaning lady) cleaned all of them. We didn't use the one I was inquiring about at the jobsite this year. If the water had not been hooked up, it would still be winterized. If water had been hooked to it, the tank and water heater would have to be drained.

Guess what? I drove a hundred miles to spend ten minutes pulling the plug from the storage tank, removing the plug from the water heater, and pouring alcohol down all the drains. (The alcohol forces any water to flow through and the alcohol will evaporate quickly leaving nothing to freeze and burst the drain traps). I didn't even go in to Memama's and Pepa's house. I just drove up, did the job and left!

Well, I have been wanting breakfast. I may just go in there and see what needs cooking! Bacon, eggs, biscuits and a little jelly would hit the spot. (Actually I have been wanting to go to Denny's, IHOP, or the Dixie Pig, although I would almost die for hueves rancheros from La Popular!).

At some point today, I have to get back in jobsite mode. I have one last bill, one last round of settlements to do. My thumb drive is lying on my laptop, my notebook with all the little extra things drivers hauled is beside it. One last go 'round before the quarterly and year end fun begin! I will make the drive back to the jobsite tomorrow to deliver the final bill, wait for the check and then on my way back do the banking. I am hopeful, but not expectant of a quick trip.

Well, I hear Phoo Doo barking. That is the signal that the four females are up!

Stay warm! Have a day!

Oh FATHER, I am having a hard time getting the right mindset. Right me!