What a month of ups and downs both in the weather and news
and football. The weather was surely a
roller coaster, starting with snow and then warming, melting and browning the
countryside for Christmas. .The Packers played five times and only won one game--broke
our hearts with losses that were inexplicable.
Mike McCarthy was fired….truely hard to
see where the Packers will go next year---and who they will be.

Decorating the house and baking made the month fly by. Even though they had no Christmas company,
having the lights and familiar decorations up is cheering, especially in a
month of extreme gloom and very few glimpses of the sun. Hilde had an owl (probably a great horned
owl) smack into the side of the car at dusk one day, Baking and then sharing the goodies is a joy,
so stollens and cookies were produced in quantity.


While planning to go to John’s the following weekend, he and
Evie were sick and worn out, so that “Christmas” will be later, in the new
year. It is sad not to see John for his
birthday, but several phone calls helped on that . Suddenly, Mark got a burst of energy and
decided to remove all the 30 year accumulation of boxes, fans and other items
in the furnace room, tear off the ancient paneling on one wall and dry wall it
with remnants left from other projects.
By New Years Eve, he had it mudded and smoothed and ready for
painting. Some kind of shelving is
planned to organize things, once the piles are winnowed out.
Finally, the last day of the year, a snowfall covered things
decently and cheered everyone who didn’t end up in the ditch. Mark and Hilde thought it lovely. But then they enjoyed the kazoo band, too!
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