Yesterday was December 1st and several things happened. I had to put on shoes for the first time since last spring … sandals are finally put away for the winter. I also had to turn the heat on while I had my morning coffee – again for the first time – because the thermostat showed that it was only 15º in my bedroom.  Then I put Azar’s santa hat on (if you don’t see it on his avatar pic try refreshing the page). And I went out to the post office and mailed a whole pile of Christmas cards! It’s been at least a couple of years since I sent out REAL Christmas cards. But I remembered that I’d bought some pretty ones at M&S in Gibraltar last year when Susan and I were on our road trip and never got around to sending them. Wasn’t feeling all that festive last year – my third surgery had been at the end of November and I was feeling a bit worse for wear. I didn’t spring back from that one as well as I had from the two previous ops. But this year is different…

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