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I don't usually have company, unless it was my son's friends who came to visit when I had my home and he lived with me. So my having a brunch next Saturday means the world to me and I will have this apartment looking shiny and clean.

@just4him We lost our home to foreclosure, in 2011. I was broken hearted, that's where I spent 23 years raising my two children! Jay messed up with credit card debt and he lost our home.

@kobesbuddy I'm sorry. I've lost two now. I won't be buying another. I lost the first when I was married, that was ages ago, my kids were still small. Then I bought one on my own and lost that one too, last year.

That's great! I hope today is the same for you.

@just4him today well not a good or bad day.Just nausea from the side effect of my injection

@amadeo I'm sorry you had some side affects from it.

@just4him yep my only task was to make origami stuff

I hope you got to it.

@just4him Dilemma!

Ate, watched my first Christmas movie for December, and got some dusting done in the living room and the dishes run through the dishwasher. Also dusted the fan blades in the living room. So did get about half the chores done. Today I'll finish off the kitchen - take the garbage out, and focus on the office. That's going to take more time, since I've basically ignored my office, and things keep getting put in here. So now I need to put them elsewhere, and not in my bedroom. I'll need to make room for them in a closet, or something.

@marlina Yes. I think I'm going to move my office around - I have a bookshelf in a corner and if I move that one closer to my desk, I'll have all my resource books close, and I can put the books I don't have a bookcase for in that corner, out of the way where it won't be seen. I'll need to get at it tomorrow. Had no time yesterday or today for the office.

Sounds good.

It's for the ladies group at church. It involves food and a devotion. I have the devotion finished as of this morning. I'm still planning on the food part, but everyone also brings a dish, so there will be a lot of food here next week.

@misunderstood_zombie Yes, it is.

@just4him I'm glad you don't have to supply all the food, that's a little less work for you.

@just4him It is still peaceful. We got up this Monday morning and said that we'd just had a good weekend.

@sallypup I'm glad it was still peaceful. So was my day. I had to remember it wasn't the weekend.

That's always a blessing. I'm glad it's quiet by you or was a couple days ago. Hope it still is.

At the moment both my tables are clutter free, and the third one, is folded up and ready to be set up for the brunch. That could change though. My tables have a way of attracting everything.

@JudyEv Sure do. I'm working on the one in the living room area. It's full of Christmas presents that came in the mail today.

@just4him They do seem to attract 'stuff' don't they? Like countertops!

I found a cute Christmas romance on Netflix.

@Courtlynn First Christmas Kiss - I think. Just looked it up - Christmas Kiss.

@just4him ooh interesting. Whats it called

That's a good thing to do.

@Marty1 I picked up an Anne Perry Christmas mystery. Which M.C. Beaton character, Hamish MacBeth or Agatha Raisin?

@Marty1 "A Christmas Message"

I'm glad you had a good day, yesterday.

@Hannihar That's awful that it took the police to get your cat off that porch. I'm glad you have Sophie home with you now.

@just4him Thanks Valerie, but, I did not have a good day after I got home and my cat went missing. She was not far but not in my reach. She was down on the porch below. The lady is deathly afraid if animals and would not let me get in to get her earlier in the evening. Who I called could not help so they said maybe the police could. They came and knocked and knocked on their door and they did not answer and then we went out and he was peeking out of the curtain and he said do you know what time it is. It was ten minutes after 5:30 in the morning. They were snug inside and my Sophie was outside. When we went back up it took forever to open the door. He was not friendly. Well, if they would have let me take my cat earlier in the evening it wouldn't have resorted to that. They were never going to let me take her from their porch and that was too much. She is home now and I did not sleep. I am changing the appointment I had to later this month so can be at home with her. She was really hungry when she came in. Animals have feelings too and it bothers me that people cannot see that.

Thank you. I have one watched, now to watch another one today.

@JustBhem Great movie!

@just4him I watched Home Alone earlier. The first one.

Right now I'm considering an egg bake. I don't know what else yet. Everyone will also be bringing a dish to pass.

@Ganma7 I've tried a couple different ideas, which have turned out pretty good, though my last one, I'll skip. It was okay, not a favorite.

@just4him i love egg bakes! Lots of good recipes out there

@catsholiday I do that once in a while. My daughter gave me a wax burner for Christmas last year and I use it every so often.

Your home must smell wonderful this time of year with all the baking you're doing.

@just4him I also like to burn scented candles as I like my home to smell great and welcoming

I'm glad you had a good day.

That is a good thing that you didn't need to use the shove.

@just4him It was, thanks!

I'm hoping so too. I am so looking forward to it. That must have been a fun time at the botanical gardens.

It's looking good so far. I have potato/onion soup cooking in the crock pot and it's really smelling good. I'll get a few more chores done today, and need to remember I'm going to a book signing for a member of the Writer's Guild I belong to, as well as getting some writing done myself on the book I worked on all last month.

I'm trying to do that too. I didn't have a lot of time yesterday as I wasn't here much, so left a lot untouched yesterday, so playing catch-up today. So I definitely know what you mean.

That's great you have someone to teach guitar to. He's a good looking kid.