December Begins

Sunday, first Sunday of Advent.  We woke up at work time, so we went to 8:00 mass. Windy and chilly, we went home for breakfast and relaxed.  I pulled out the sewing machine and mended Gary's jeans.  He had worn out the knees on several pairs and needed them patched.  We are always kneeling on the concrete floor when we are stowing in the lower bins.  He did book work and updated the computer.  We got our Christmas tub out from underneath storage, I put up lights, our Nativity set and a few other things.  We are not using the Advent wreath this year,  we don't like to burn candles in the motorhome very often.  I need to look for battery Advent candles for next year. And we watched the Kansas City Chiefs/Broncos game.  The Chiefs did not win again, very disappointing.  They should have played better.
After the game, I went to Walmart for groceries and ?? (shh, Christmas things)  At Walmart I found greenery roping, I had an idea to use it to make a tree for the motorhome.  In our Christmas tub, I found the ornaments that we had brought along, but no where to hang them.  So, once home I crafted a tree from the roping that could hang from the front curtain rail.  The captain was amazed and loves the result.  I hung our special ornaments on it and lights, then crafted a trunk from a paper towel roll covered in foil, which also covers up the light cords.  When it was all done, we remembered that we always have champagne when decorating our tree - no way to get some then, so we had a Tuaca cordial to celebrate.  We had turkey drumsticks, potatoes, corn and pumpkin pie for supper.  Our own Thanksgiving dinner.

Monday, we did not work overtime.  We knew we needed an extra day to rest and Gary had some repair work he wanted to do.  It was a nice sunny day, he was thankful for that when he had to be outside. We had planned to go get propane again, but the RV park procured more big tanks and we were able to get one.  I cleaned the house, vacuuming and dusting - it is so nice that it does not take very long. That night Gary did go and get champagne, we put a star on the Christmas tree and had our annual champagne, 29 years of tree decorating together.

Tuesday, overcast and cool again.  We are getting ready for cold again, it is supposed to get down in the single digits at night this week.   Gary went and got his hair cut and in the afternoon I ran errands.  Went over the border to get gas in the car again and a car wash.  Then to Walmart for supplies and to Dollar General to find a bow for the motorhome.  It was dark by the time I headed home, so I got to see the Christmas lights lit around town.  (Not too many of them are on at 5:30 AM when we go to work in the mornings)

Our 28" hanging Christmas tree

Our "Presto" TV roaring fire & decorations
It even crackles!

Our Kansas December home

Wednesday - Saturday -  work continues.  This is our shift, so I am back on Cubiscan duty and running to put things in high value.  Wow, that area really was depleted from the holiday weekend shopping.  Gary was put on water spidering again, he just does too good of a job there.  They gave him a good helper this time, but they were both running all day to keep up.
Thursday it snowed a little and more on Friday.  Wednesday night we pulled the bed slide in, that helped keep it warmer in the bedroom.  Friday morning we pulled the living room slide in, hoping to avoid snow on that slide awning.  We put it back out on Saturday night.  Friday night was the cold night, 6 degrees, everyone was wary of hoses freezing.  We have our heated water hose and a heater plugged in the water bay.  Gary also put pipe insulation around the heated hose since it lays in the snow.
Saturday at work, we got our Christmas dinner from Amazon, basically our Thanksgiving menu again, but very good.  Then after lunch, they announced that we would probably be sent home early, the work would be caught up in an hour or two. But I  and another gal were going to have to stay for a big Cubiscan project.  They told Gary and her husband they could go, but the boys said no since we each come to work together.  So Gary and Ed stowed some more, while we did Cubiscan.  About 30 minutes later they came again and said we could go home.  So we checked out about 1:45 and headed home.  We were going to stop for a beverage, but could not find a single bar open in town - they don't open until 5:00 - on a football Saturday!!  Not like the northern Midwest, that's for sure.
So home again to watch football and relax.  Nice to be off in more daylight hours.  Still very cold here, but everything is working.