Porropopopom.................

Boo was singing along with a song she has never heard before...The Little Drummer Boy....
Amazing, I do think this child is gifted with her grandfather's sense of music.

We are slowly getting in a modicum of Christmas Spirit here. Not much, but just a tad.

Bugs went to work with a carload full of giftbags with scarves this morning (everyone loved them!) She called me a few minutes ago, she received a bonus! Yeah!
She'll be off tomorrow and of course Christmas day, and only needs to work the dinner shift on Friday.
On Friday morning she's going to Rome for her Pre Op. On December 30th she will have her kidney stone procedure done.

FINALLY!!!!!!!

I think it's called ureteroscopic stone removal. (look it up)

She is relieved, but the doc is also going to explore things and perhaps take a biopsy of her kidney. He told her he saw something hinky on the Xray. I don't think we're out of the woods yet. We shall see.
In the meantime she's on pain meds, and she keeps on truckin'...

I took Wheelie out yesterday for some last minute shopping. The little school chair we bought for Boo was too small and we went to exchange it for a size up. Then to Target, a new one we had never been to, and we promptly got lost and could not find the front door. Hahaha, the place was like a damn maze. Not like the store we're used to, the one with the low fixtures you can look over to see the entire store. Knowing how paranoid he gets in places he can't get out of, we didn't stay long.

In the afternoon I had a huge hunkering for a MacDonald Fish Fillet-meal with a strawberry milkshake. I wolfed it down in the parking lot, then went to my own Target to pick up a few gifts for PH's six year old brother (I had completely forgotten about him)

The other day someone in front of me at Starbucks had paid for my drink, so I paid it forward and paid for the person behind ME. :>)

Sunday night Wheelie and I went to grab some dinner at the CB, and neither of us being hungry only had some eggs with biscuits, came to a whopping bill of $10.
Our waitress was a grumpy middle aged woman with a chip on her shoulder, but I could sense she was trying very hard to keep her shit together. I felt for her. It's a tough time for most of us.
So I left her a ten dollar tip, what the hell. I saw her smile, which make me feel righteous :>)
Who knows what's going on in her life.

This years we were not in a position to 'give' to any charities, which is probably the first time ever, but every time I get the chance I will throw a buck in the Salvation Army pot, or add an extra dollar on my grocery bill for whatever...little bits make a difference.

So today it's Tuesday. Boo is taking her nap, we went grocery shopping this morning, she got a cookie from the bakery, which kept her very happy.

I baked a few more cookies, and now I think I'll curl up with a book...or something...

Sorry, still haven't got my Dutch Christmas memories together....maybe tomorrow...

Tomorrow we'll wrap the presents.

SGMKJ!