We had a small Thanksgiving this year. It was Ed, Lynne, and Bud. Danita had to do some recipe downsizing. She was quite successful. We had a wonderful dinner with all the normal stuff, but not too many leftovers. Ryn’s cheese was a big hit. It’s really good cheese.

Our decision to join the Columbia gym seems to have worked out well. Danita’s going to 5 exercise classes a week, most of them in the pool.  Plus we do yoga 2 or 3 times a week.

The standard joke is that we had the biggest holiday of the year — black Friday. I think it’s mostly turned into an excuse to spend money we wouldn’t otherwise spend. But we actually made a black Friday purchase this year. Center Stage offered half price on theater tickets. We’ll be seeing “Lookingglass Alice” next week, and “Skeleton Crew” in late January.

We’re going to the Sabiston’s this afternoon. We missed Dot’s funeral (we were in South Dakota). Dot was big on Christmas decorating. She had the entire house covered with Christmas stuff. Dwane and the daughters decided to have a Christmas decorating party. We’ll be spending a couple of hours finding places to put all the Christmas things Dot has collected. And we’ll be doing some eating also.

That’s all there is this week. I hope this finds everybody doing well.