An excellent vacation

Pam and I didn't have to work last week so the Christmas festivities continued without interruption: long mornings reading the newspapers, an outing or two, long afternoons browsing the internet or reading some more, and plenty of freshly prepared lunches and dinners, with Kevin and Carolyn when they were around.

I talked to Michael the other day and he asked if I was "buffaloing away" at my house projects. Actually, no. Just sitting around, eating well, sleeping late. I've probably gained a few pounds, which for a slim fellow like me is a good thing.

And then the tide turned. For the last three days I've been pounding on the house projects: routing coaxial cable on three floors and hooking it to the attic antenna (six or seven holes in the walls, as yet unfixed), mounting the new under-cabinet TV in the kitchen, and combining and trimming out the two glass-doored cabinets for the dining room. Pam, meanwhile, took over shoveling all the snow, helped clean up the demolition messes and kept me well fed.

The T-shirt below was a present from Janet and it seems appropriate after all this eating and digesting.

Happy New Year.