Christmas Eve

Scenes from Christmas Eve's walk. The neighborhood was all lit up and the sun lit up the sky in the clear crisp air. The Cascades were brilliant on the horizon. It felt like San Diego without the heat, families out taking walks, people out water skiing in wet suits, and the trees are in bud. Such a switch from last year's clouds and being snowbound. Today we got ready for our Christmas dinner guests and Alice and I were a little excited. Stockings with our names on them! The keeper left for the Vigil Mass at St. James, and we waited by the tree. She said St. James was lovely and Fr. R's homily was wonderful. All of the youth readers and the children's choirs were enchanting, and the way they brought the crib characters in on decorated carts was magical.

She came home and after she went to bed, we slept by the tree. When we awoke, our stockings were full. So Alice and I ripped them open and dragged them around. We love Christmas. We don't think we will be getting the hamsters. That's ok. My vet bills are very expensive, and I would rather be alive than having a hamster. The Clavamox wasn't a mouse after all, but more medicine.