Day 364, Friday, December 30

I put away all the Christmas decorations today.  This is a mini album I made several years ago.  I have many pictures of Jim and me when we were growing up at Christmas time in this album.  I sat and looked at this album today for just a few minutes.  It made me happy to see pictures of Grandpa Smith in this album.

Day 363, Thursday, December 29

Yes, I made another trip to Menard's today, to purchase the extra trim we will need to install the bedroom doors.  We have a new door on the bathroom and because our walls are not the standard size, we had to get extra 1 x 2's to finish the trim.  It was really nice today, so I stained all the trim we already had, too!

Day 362, Wednesday, December 28

I made another trip to Menard's this afternoon and bought this cabinet to put in the corner of the bathroom.  Jim is putting it together...took most of the evening after dinner.  It has three shelves and glass doors.  It is taller and deeper than the one we had before.  It will be great to have the extra storage space!

Day 361, Tuesday, December 27

The contractor finished our bathroom at 3 p.m., last friday.  I had to finish the painting and remove some wallpaper.  Yesterday, I painted this wall...up to the wallpaper border.  Today, I finished removing the border and painted the area that was left.

Day 360, Monday, December 26

I have been listening to my ipod lately.  I like using the speakers instead of using the earphones.

Day 359, Sunday, December 25

Merry Christmas!  We ate dinner tonight at Grandma Smith's with Elaine, Luke, Austin and Trisha.

Day 358, Saturday, December 24

Grandma Smith gave each of the children and grandchildren a special Christmas present this year.  Since Grandpa passed away, she looked through his things and found a special gift for everyone.  Stacie got an alarm clock that she played with when she was a child.  It is very loud and makes really strange noises...like crowing!  Nate got one of Grandpa's pocket knifes...he had many.  He also got the magnifying glass that is on a wire (it is over his left eye right now).  I remember him using this with Grandpa.  Jim got the cuff links that Grandpa wore when they got married.  Grandma worked hard to find something special for everyone!