Things to remember

- make sure there are no vegetarians coming for soup and buns when one has made yummy bean soup with a meaty ham hock;
- just because hours are posted doesn't mean that those will be the hours actually open especially if the city has cut the funding;
- Christmas trees can still look pretty in late January but they will shed needles all over the floor on the way out the door;
- ditto cedar boughs;
- friends offer practical help, others say, "Call me if there's anything... ";
- sometimes putting things in order means making a lot of mess first (sigh);
- it's easier to pack a suitcase with clean clothes if one does the laundry first!!


Still breathing