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Not going out to party tonight but that doesn’t mean we aren’t going to party! We are celebrating New Year’s Eve with a steak dinner, a glass of champagne at midnight, and watching the Times Square ball drop on TV. Welcome to 2012!

What are the top crazy days for shopping at malls? Obviously, Black Friday is the crazy big one. But I suspect that the Saturday before Christmas is a big one, Christmas Eve is a big one, and evidently the two days immediately following Christmas are big ones, too. Now is when everyone is trying to exchange the gifts that they didn’t like or that didn’t fit. And some lucky folks received gift cards and cash as gifts, so they want to get out and take advantage of the sale prices.

This year we don’t get a white Christmas, but it will be a merry one! I hope Santa finds your house and is good to you. Merry Christmas!

Not feeling very healthy today. I sure hope I don’t have the flu. I really don’t feel well at all. So today I’m staying home, sleeping on the couch, eating chicken noodle soup and keeping a big box of Puffs tissues close by. Sure glad I found a Star Wars marathon on cable today. That will make the time fly by, and if I fall asleep during the movie its no big deal.

We decorated the outside of the house very simply this year with candles in the windows and a wreath on the door.  Love that the newer candles go out by themselves when the sun comes up.  I remember older ones that you had to run around and unplug every morning and plug back up every evening.  I like the way candles look in the windows, a warm greeting to friends and family.

We got the tree up and it looks pretty, the same as every year because it’s artificial.  Perhaps one year we will switch up and buy a live tree.  We don’t have a lot of decorations but still I think the house looks nice.  I will be tired of it and ready to pack everything up right after Christmas.