Christmas Run-up

1. A little bit of shopping - mostly online with a severely curtailed gift list.
2. Sewing like crazy - items for church bazaar.
3. Frantically making a renaissance costume for Ben's Christmas Madrigal choir concert -- it should be done this weekend -- must be done this weekend the concert is the 16th!
4. Parties - after several years of no parties, suddenly four are on my calendar -- two down, two to go.
   
5. Ben's Christmas band concert (tonight) it was wonderful. Ben played the plastic bag and a sheet of red poster board. (Here wearing "A. Eagle" hoodie and playing plastic bag percussion.)
6. Ben's Christmas Choir concert.
7. Community service - packing food baskets -- they were willing and fast workers -- and then they got to eat some of the leftovers!-
8. "Adopting" a family through "Least of These" and shopping for gifts.
9. Planning Christmas menu.
10. And ta-da! getting our family Christmas present early -- Ben set it up and it works!