happy holi-countdown

3 days before Christmas ::




Today we hit the grocery store, another grocery store, then a third grocery store to try to find a specific gift from P to J. We found it on the third try. P also informed me that 3 +1 =4. Always good to know. 


Rilla was done before we even started, so she kind of got ignored, until a lovely old lady came up to us at one store, stood real close, and told me what a doll she was. "But she's tenacious, this one. I can tell by the look she had on her face. But I bet she is pretty good for you too. Easy."  She pretty much nailed it. She then told me about wallpaper and her Mother in Law coming in and insisting they have fresh wallpaper every spring. "She put it up, and I had to scrape off the old paper. I had the worse job I think." and the year she stuck some Christmas decor to her door, only to have it get really stuck and they had to have the door taken down and sanded to get it off.  She looked back at Rilla, "But you gotta be a little strict. You're the mother aren't you??" Then she walked away. Wish I knew where she lived. I bet she's got a lot of stories to tell, and maybe would really like to tell them. 




feeling even better, hit the mall to replace Jeff's present, santa claus is coming to town, and the what not, and the so forth.