Looking for a Sale!

The middle of December already; time’s flying! And now I know why. The short story is that the brain needs to lay down, or imprint the ‘current’ memories into your cortex as they happen. This takes time. So, as a child, this seems to take forever. Each day is a new one for your brain to glean data and imprint it. But, as we age, the brain doesn’t have to work so hard; ‘been there, done that’ and the info is already on file. And so the time flies.

I have to include a photo of the cat here. This illustrates how much Boo loves a good fire in the winter. Normally, a small bundle of black fur, she luxuriates in the warmth from the woodstove. And the location she chooses to sprawl is right in path of traffic from kitchen to family room. Step right over her. She doesn’t mind!

And I suppose I could include a photo of our current Christmas tree. Our plan is to wait till later in the week and see just how low the prices go on the current crop of artificial trees. When the price is right, we’re buying a new one. We’ve had this tree for ten years; much to the irritation of our children. But, looking at the dollars involved, ($100, ten years ago = $10 per year) I think we saved enough to buy a couple of new ones!

Apparently I won’t be able to use a photo of the tree here. I took 6 shots, but they have all turned out to be less than flattering. Perhaps we really do need a new tree?