Our Christmas card to Steve bounced back to us as well a couple of weeks ago. . .we received a total of five undeliverable cards this year. . .a first for us. . .

I spent the day in the garden. . .we had a record high temperature. . .unfortunately we also had gusty south wind which helped to further dry out our already parched soil. But I am really looking forward to fresh peas in the spring, so out I went with my rake and turning fork. . .the turning fork wasn't needed today. . .I am slowing down a bit . . .but if I die in my garden I will be happy ---and--- a source of high-grade loam!

You are welcome for the house rotation. PSP can't do home repairs. I, however, have a 2-year construction tech degree that is about worthless as far as employability, but I do know a few things about home repair, i.e., walls that started out plumb when the builders built the house are not remotely straight when you hang wallpaper a decade or ten decades later. When removing outlet covers from the wall to hang wallpaper, do not leave a two-year-old and a screwdriver alone in the room unless you want to meet firemen. Electrical fires make black soot on freshly hung wallpaper.

Hanging wallpaper on the ceiling is a real test of any relationship.

I was bowling that night becaused I was banished from the house when paperhanging activities were going on. . .something about my insisting that the first strip be hung plumb and being an obsessive b***h.