Today we actually slept in. There is nothing going on today. Emily does have a lot of class work to do for the kids for Christmas. Which involves me as well. That’s a tradition.
This morning I had pie for breakfast. All three kinds. It’s a tradition, I make pies for the holiday we all eat it that first day. After that, it’s all me. No one else eats any. I don’t understand. But I do love pie.
Today is Sunday so we got to enjoy the big paper. With my pie. At ten, almost at the very moment I finished pie and paper, our electrician Walter showed up. He is here to get paid for the wiring job on the workshop. He finished it on Saturday. It’s nice to have projects done and the workshop is now almost usable. All it needs is heat.
And since I am working on Christmas decor for Emily’s, I got to use the shop right away. All I had to do was make one cut. But, as it is with any project, I need the correct tools. Did I mention the contents of the shop are here but still in the condition they were put in by the movers? No? Well it’s true. To make aforementioned saw cut I needed a straight edge and a pencil. Had to find those first. Took ten minutes. Needed safety glasses too but did not find those at all. I hope my regular eyeglasses suffice. After all this, cut was made. Straight and true.
I have another project to do this week. I am building out the rest of the kitchen pantry/closet. I find nothing wrong with the way it is. Emily feels there is room for improvement. To do the project I need to pull the proper tools from the shop pile. So while I when I finished that simple cut I then went through all the boxes and put together all the tools needed to hang four new shelves and a divider. The drill I found in the last box. They are now all staged for me in the shop. I am a now able to dream of the day when I have installed the workbenches and can get back to making things.
Emily took a break from kid Xmas so we could both run out and do a little shopping. Which includes a fresh cut Christmas tree. Our first since 2001. We had been dedicated fake tree users since 02. We sold or tossed the fake tree in one of our moves. And last year in the apartment we had nothing.
We drove to the only lot I have seen in Auburn. Not a huge tree lot but all the trees they had were nice. Emily intended on getting something different from our “usual” which is a Noble Fir. She searched the lot high and low and Emily chose a Noble Fir. Same kind as alway. Even same as our fake tree. I had the tree netted and a stand attached. Had to buy the stand. I was out the door for $120.
After the tree lot visit we had to do a Target run. Nothing exciting, lights for new tree. The fake we dumped had permanent ones.
We hauled the lot home. Two trips to get all the crap in and a quick trip for the tree. The tree got a temporary home in the front room.
Emily went back to kid stuff. I had some menial tasks to do.
When she finally finished, she put the turkey soup on the burner. Heated slow but it finally got there. We managed to put it all together. I fried up potato patties and they were incredible.
After dinner a little TV. And pie. Now I am in bed. Em is getting up at 445 and I have to be in Dublin at 11. Start of a busy week.