Weekend this-n-that

Didn’t get nearly the progress made on holiday stuff that I’d have liked. I did get the Christmas Card assembly line cranked up, first draft of the Letter and Twelfth Night invites done, etc. Margie made a pass on all the catalogs to toss dupes and unlikelies, and has started sifting in earnest.

We spent a good chunk of Saturday at Barnes & Noble, which was having a “mention Franklin Elementary and we’ll give them a fraction of the proceeds from your purchase.” Picked up a number of books for Katherine, and a few for others.

Saturday night was the Dojo Holiday Party, which was fun (again). This year it wasn’t open to kids, so Katherine was “forced” to stay with Kendall and Tyler at home. Oh, the agony …. Margie came with this year, which was nice. Good food, drink, and gift exchange, and, as always, odd to see folks in mufti rather than their gis.

Sunday was the above-mentioned holiday work. The evening was taken up with the church Advent Party, again a fun time though the first time we’ve attended. Lots of food, crafts, singing, etc. I wore a Santa hat so as to embarrass my daughter.

This week looks to be pretty intense, work-wise, as all sorts of big reviews (operations, projects, personnel) are all due this week, both for and by me. Oh, boy!