No doubt . . . I am prejudiced. . .

In the yard as work is being done on the garage roof.

Went with Kiddo's Mom to his school's Christmas Pageant Friday evening and the Fifth Graders gave  the best performance of the evening even beating out the pre-schoolers! They sang in  parts and played their recorders with nary a missed note and sang on key. Pretty GD good as Mémé Caron would have said. They performed God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen and Dominick The Italian Christmas Donkey.

When we arrived home in Moosup Kiddo had Grampa and me open the Christmas presents he had bought for us at Sacred Heart's Christmas store. That was great. He got me a cover for my iPad 2 and Grampa received some NASCAR cars which Kiddo had to make before we could display them on the roll top desk.  'twas a very good day.

I keep learning new stuff and that's very good. P&D's Pop returned from the VA Audiology Group with a few pages for me to read about living with hearing loss. I knew a lot of it but there are some new facets to the auditory research. We both have to be more careful when speaking and listening to each other.  I'm at that point where I sometimes feel as if I'm misinterpreting the sounds I do hear and that leads to some confusing conversations! I shall endeavor to concentrate on my listening skills and also to try to enunciate clearly when I do speak.

I missed Mass this morning because we had so many people here working on the roof and giving estimates for the junk piles we've put together! Grampa said I should have cooked the Christmas Roast Beast today as we had so many cars and people in the yard: eight vehicles and six people. Poor Grampa has already made two trips to Lowes. Since I've been pooped out just watching the goings on I suggested we go to New York Pizza for sustenance when all is completed. He accepted the idea with alacrity. Since we don't keep any beer or Margaritas in the house it's a good way to relax and have an excuse not to cook! I may go for a walk outside again today as it is clear, bright and in the low forties. I'll wait until Grampa gets back from his latest foray at Lowes. They forgot to give him his veterans' discount last trip so he may have to gripe a bit!

Quote:  As there is much beast and some devil in man, so there is some angel and some God in him. __The beast and devil may be conquered, but in this life never wholly destroyed.     ____Coleridge