GOOD EARLY AFTERNOON MAGNOLIAS 
Of course he has a couple supervisors for Beanie and Cecil are right under foot as he is working. Ole Ragg Mopp is snoozing out on the couch in his "spot." Since the rain left some moisture in the air when the morning train went by which is over a mile away it sounded like it was going down our alley. Moisture sure makes the sound travel. When Will gets up in the morning he turns on our Christmas lights we have in a potted tree and around our window and the Kincade tree and my lighted houses. It looks so cheery when I get up a bit later. I love this time of the year. I only have christmas tree lights around the roofs of 3 of the houses but that is how it will stay this year. Will said we can make a run over to the big city after the holidays and see if Michaels, the craft store, still has them. If they do I can get them at a discounted price. 
Since it is a seasonal thing they probably will need the space for something else. I was showing Will the plastic folder WW sells to put the Pocket Guide in that I like to put my 3 month tracker in and it is just a quarter of an inch too small. It will snap but I want it to fit better so he volunteered to make me a nice leather one.
Will would love to have a tractor but our friend in Texas where we are going to retire to has one. Just one though. I am not sending out cards this year. I waited too long to order the ones I really wanted so I may order earlier next year. Not many folks are sending them out this year because postage is so stinkin' high. AH so your flashing red neils now. Did you have them put any holiday decorations on them? I like the little trees and candy canes, etc. they paint on nails this season. I am doing mine clear with some snowflakes on them. That is if I can find my holiday nail decorations...they should be with my polish ~ I just haven't looked yet.
I have a lot of the WW cookbooks and this will be another to add to my arsenal. I wonder if they will be making a big ring binder book like they did for the Momentum program. Will found those in the book store when he was prowling around in there. I have 3 of the ring binder WW books. Two are for the Momentum and the other one for the Core program. The Core one is "WW All-time Favorites" which has over 200 best-ever recipes from the WW test kitchens. The two Momentum program ones are "Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook" and Weight Watchers in 20 Minutes. I imagine that a new ring binder book will be coming out with the Points Plus program in it. 
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He is close (?) to retiring in a few years so know he won't be buying any more tractors. Bob has a whole hutch, in his office, full of Oliver toy tractors and implements, many are "to scale" and with all the appropriate parts in place. He has an OLD Oliver wall clock that hung in his grandpa's/dad's garage. It still works too. I have no clue where we will put all of his office menagerie when he retires. I'm hoping he will sell some online. We haven't gotten nearly the Christmas cards that we normally do. With the S L L O O O W W W W postal service, who knows when they might be delivered, if at all. 
I didn't think to have a decoration put on my nails. If the polish doesn't last I may go back next week and do that. I don't see how the tractor will get here before Christmas. Bob has a couple customers with trailers, but it will depend on when they can go, or if he could borrow a trailer and go himself.
I think he would probably want more computer junk is my guess. We really don't buy each other presents as we use the money for our vacations every year. I am going to be buying his luggage for Christmas for him. He picked it out and it is this bright, bright yellow and black. Mine is going to be pink with my monogram on it. We like the duffle style bags so are getting a couple big ones of those and a carry on to take our hygiene, meds and set of clothes and swimsuit and such as that is what they recommend since your bags don't get to your room for several hours. Kind of cool to be able to take as much luggage as you need and not have to pay extra for the privilege. Comes from driving instead of flying. They released a study that Memphis has the highest airline prices in the country. BIG surprise. Delta almost has a monopoly here now that they bought NWA and NWA was a hub here in Memphis. It is awful to fly out of here too. Hard to get direct flights and you would think being in the middle of the country it would be easy.
I've done a couple loads of laundry and decluttered the kitchen . . . again. I have WW in a little bit, know that won't be pretty with all the holiday eating this past week. 
We're leaving for Sioux Falls early this afternoon. I want to stop at the mall before the grandkids' program at 6.
I hope your roof is fixed and you won't have another leak to contend with. I think we are flying Delta this time. We flew Delta back from AZ many years ago and wondered if the plane would make it. It was OLD and a bucket of bolts! I was really nervous and I don't usually get that way when flying. I wish the airlines would wise up and install wider seats! 
I need to buy a new piece of luggage since mine was a mess last time we flew. It looks like they dragged it down the runway behind the plane. 
GOOD EARLY AFTERNOON MAGNOLIAS I'll use my machine that sucks the air out of the bags and seals them to do this ham so we use the other one first. This appliance that sucks the air out and heat seals the bag sure makes the food last longer when frozen. Our guest also brought us a bakery box with 6 donuts in it and we, of course we had some. Will left the box on the coffee table in the front room and this morning he asked me, "Did you polish off the donuts?" Absolutely not! Well he found the empty box on the floor and asked me that before he accuesed the dogs and cat of partaking of our leavings. Probably was Beanie for he will eat anything. Anything. I didn't want anymore anyway nor did Will. If Paul is still with us after the first of the year I am going to have to tell him kindly to NOT bring anymore donuts or pie or anything of that sort for us. If he wants some ~ fine ~ but don't give us any for we are going to knuckle down and buckle down on our weight loss efforts. Besides I had to take an alka-seltzer after that donut for it got to me. I am not used to that sort of the thing and I don't want to teach my system to "ask" for it either. I realize he is just trying to be nice and contribute. He could lose some weight himself. He will be gone next week for the baby girl will be born next week by cicerian. All is well with mother and child. I am off to the kitchen now to get some lunch and chop the veggies for the sauce. Type at y'all later 
I should have, I know. I would have a hard time with donuts and sweet things in the house. Did Beanie look at all guilty about the missing donuts? We made the 5 hour road trip for a 20 minute program! The kids sang (more like yelled) the traditional carols and did the traditional skit. Ian had a speaking part as a shepherd and Zowie was an angel with tinsel in her hair. Sioux Falls has no snow either so other than the wind it was ok. 
the tree today! Enjoy your day and whatever you are doing! GOOD MORNING MAGNOLIAS Type at y'll later. Jack loves it because it is Navy colors, and said I should put a big "N" on it, but I nixed that idea! I do like the colors and Marty is "gold" instead of "blue" like Fortune so I think the colors are perfect for him and he is about the same size as Fortune so it should fit him perfectly and be nice and warm for him. I am going to go back to knitting my sweaters now.
I'll bet the old cookbook is interesting! I have one that was my Grandma's and there are things in there I've never heard of. The farmer has multiple heaters in this shed, and remnant carpet pieces on the floor. Bob said he stores his machinery in there otherwise.
because people just don't bake and cook like they used to. Thanks for sharing the recipe -- it sounds like a tasty one! Hope you got your cards and decorating finished. We are going to shampoo carpets today and I am making those cookies today I think. I have the cream cheese, butter and eggs sitting out to get to room temperature and I am going to go in and mix the oatmeal, brickle and chocolate chips together when I get done here.
I need to make my Christmas menu and go early next week. at your heat being off and on. Are you going to use a different yarn and pattern for the wrap? I hope you weren't almost done and then decided you didn't like it. That's usually my m.o.! I've been known to buy things and then when I get them home don't like them at all and wonder why in the world I ever bought them in the first place. I can remember when our kids were still in school, there were a few times we were to bring treats and working mothers brought store bought cookies. Oreos were the most popular ones! Bob still likes Oreos, so I buy them every once in awhile. Guess he is a kid at heart.
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