Most of you are in bed by now and I'm just getting here. Busy day.
Dee, I can imagine how much you worry about DSon.
Elizabeth, I wish you didn't have this situation with XBFF. I'd like to tell her to treat you and your parents better.
I was very busy today. I got out to grocery and came home with a big cart full of odds and ends. Boy, eating like this is taking twice as long to shop for, twice as much cooking, and twice as much $. We finished the black bean soup tonight so I have to cook something tomorrow.
I've got to start doing more shopping online. I was in two stores and then every store in the mall. I don't enjoy shopping like that any more because my back hurts too much when I do. I got 1 family finished, but I still have 2 DGSons and 1 DSonil to buy for and nobody has any ideas at all for me. The other family had no ideas for me either so I just had to get what I thought looked nice. With gift receipts if they want to take back. Now to get it wrapped for mailing.
DGS at college called yesterday and talked with DH and me. He sounded lonesome. He said he wasn't decorating because "the fun of decorating is doing it with family" and "he couldn't wait to come home and see the decorations there". He is working 20 hours/week now and even though school's done for this semester, he only has the weekend off and Christmas Day to come home. His roommate is gone home for 2 weeks and he is all alone. I bought him a tin of cookies (I haven't baked yet) and an ornament with his name on it that he can hang anywhere. I'll get that in the mail tomorrow. Just feel so bad for him.
He's learning what real life is all about. Incidentally, he got all A's this semester. He's 1 smart kid!
I wish I had LadyM's outside lights up at my house. I need to do something about that tomorrow, ran out of time today.
Off to bed!