One more week till Christmas. Seems a little different this year as we did not put up a tree--didn't really have any desire to and we will be down with family to celebrate so it seemed unnecessary to go through all the trouble to put the tree up and more so to take it down when the only ones who would see it are John & I.

Getting my new puppy was a good thing. she is doing good and she makes me laugh. I gave her one of our old bed pillows for a bed--I put a pillowcase on it and I just had to rescue her as she crawled between the case and the pillow and got trapped in it. She has lots of toys to play with but seems to enjoy attacking me the most. Her teeth are quite sharp. She also steals anything she can get and brings it back to her kennel. My slippers are one of her favorite things. I've found John's glove inside and one day she was trying to drag my coat to her kennel.

Work has been pretty slow and I hope it picks up as it can be boring whenthere is not enough to do. We had our annual Christmas dinner on Friday night. Good times but the room was a bit cramped. We went to a different place this year. Closer to home which was nice.

Played pool tonight-- I really enjoy that game. I won 7-3. Have some presents to wrap but am not motivated just now. I think we may get out early on Friday so I plan to clean and wrap then.

That's it for now