I can do a lot online with my droid tablet, but replying to posts on mybloggers is one of the more difficult tasks. Trying to get the touch screen to recognize small button is tough, here, and on facebook. It can be even worse there when trying to read comments on photos. But anyway, if you need to know more about droids, just ask.

The problem with the 'puter turned out to be as simple as the guy on the phone diagnosed. It was just a matter of getting back to the town where it was fixed to pick it up. I was there last week and the computer guy called an hour after I got home. But that's the breaks.

I wanted to order one of Donna's Christmas presents but I needed a reasonably fast machine to search Amazon and do comparisons. Got it done last night. Estimate delivery is between 14 and 16 December, so it's good I didn't have to wait until the last minute.

Donna knows what the second gift is so it doesn't matter if I mention it. No details, but it's a custom crafted yarn bowl. That should also arrive in the nick of time since it needs to be thrown and fired and painted and shipped.

We went to the community dinner today for turkey. To read blogs and fb posts I have to wonder why people continue to do the same thing with relatives over and over and expect different results. I started cooking for out-of-town guests when I moved to my first house when I was 25. I enjoyed the standing rib roasts (except for the year that something wasn't right with the cooking temperature) but as recently as when I met Donna we'd have people over and it usually sucked to some degree. Adults who act like children and children who act like monsters. The volunteers went all-out again to put on a fine spread. I had seconds and came home stuffed for the day. Cloth napkins and white tablecloths and fancy place-mats. I prefer dark meat, but even the few slices of breasts that slipped onto my place were juicy and tender. Wonderful meal. I asked the little table-clearing gurl (10 years old, maybe) if she was getting many tips and she said "no", so I gave her a buck. Good kits need attention and positive reinforcement these days. All the attention seems to go to the other end of the spectrum.

I dislike winter as much as ever. The cold and snow held off for quite awhile and even tho it's only been crappy out for a few days it seems like a lot longer already. We only drove three miles today but the truck came back with white salt streaks up to the door handles (which is more than 4 feet from the ground on a Silverado).

Well, Christmas is coming. I put up a set of lights when we got back from dinner. My favorite decoration. Didn't think to take a pic yet, but I probably will get around to it tomorrow when I bring out the rest of the stuff.

For my southern friends who thinks it's cold down that way, let me just mention that it's 7.6F here and it's only 9pm.

Stay warm,