I just ordered L’s Christmas present today – a bike – and it’s coming via UPS tomorrow.  I’m worried I won’t be able to conceal it from her.  I mean, a bike is usually rather obvious, don’t you think?  Apparently these days training wheels are passe and you’re supposed to get your child a balance bike before a bike.  We’re going to buck the trend as we’ve been promising L a bike for many months, and she’s been obsessed with bikes literally since she was one.  As has been discussed here before, she is not the most daring, athletic child, so we’ll see how it goes.  Little by little, hopefully.

Christmas card photo-shoot outtake:

L is demanding my presence in the other room.  H was out of town Wednesday through Friday last week, and is gone again today.  I can’t wait until he is back!  I honestly don’t know how single moms do it.  I really don’t.  Alcohol plus TV?  My dad was raised by a single mom, and they didn’t have a TV – or a modern stove / oven, refrigerator, washing machine or dryer (or access to a laundromat), etc.  Seriously.  How?  I would be in the loony bin.

I am working on a quilt for my sister for Christmas.  I was sick the week before last, and with H out of town last week, I made no progress.  I’ve settled on a ridiculously simple concept as a result.  I’ll need to buckle down when H gets back.