Lost Weekend

I spent most of Saturday and Sunday working on our annual Christmas letter. Finally finished it today and will be printing copies tomorrow.

Lunar Eclipse

Dennis, Mom & I hopped in the car at 5:15 a.m. and drove up to Pine Valley to watch the Lunar Eclipse. We saw the whole thing and were pretty impressed.

Health and Beauty

Today was a physical therapy day. Afterward, I had the first facial of my life. It was really nice.

It was warm in Alpine, but when I got home it was windy and cold. The SDG&E helicopters were back, dropping big orange boxes of equipment on both sides of our property, up on the hill.

We went to Mom's for dinner and ate leftovers--chicken pie and Chinese food. Strangely good. Dennis made a carrot cake and brought some of it for dessert.

We made plans to pick up Mom around 5:15 a.m. and drive west until we could see the lunar eclipse.

T.R.O.T.

It was a gorgeous day in the Lagunas today where Joyce and I rode for about 2-1/2 hours. It was cold, but with jacket and gloves, it was comfortable, especially in the sun.

Tonight we had dinner at Mom's. She made chicken pie from the leftover chicken I cooked in the slow cooker on Saturday.

Dennis is in the kitchen as I write this making a carrot cake. The smell is driving me crazy.

My cousin's sweet little Yorky, Dharma, is very ill. That is so sad and I'm crossing my fingers she'll be better soon.

They're baack

The SDG&E helicopters were back today. This time they were picking up the metal crates and pallets from the equipment they left off Sunday.

Mannheim Steamroller

Last night Mom, Dennis & I went to the Civic Theater downtown San Diego to see the Mannheim Steamroller Christmas concert. It was great. This is my favorite Christmas music. I've been buying their CDs for years at Christmas.

http://shop.mannheimsteamroller.com/category/1806133681/1/Music.htm

Spike

Spike had another seizure last night. It's so hard to watch, first the seizure and then the wandering around as though he can't see and doesn't know what he is doing or where he is going.

But this morning he was looking for his breakfast like normal; tonight he blasted through his dog door and ran around the living room. He ate his lunch, his dinner, and now is staring me down for cookies. Good boy.

Spike sleeps in the closet most of the time