the cold sets in, BRRRRRRRR

December 5: temperatures are dropping, but not any snow to speak of yet.  
I got a list of Christmas "wants" from almost everyone & am now starting to get some ideas.  
The mister, however, is difficult to the last.

December 6:  REALLY cold this AM - down in the teens.  I'm off to the eye doctor to see if the corneal disturbance is any worse - I am not in the mood to have to have a transplant right now 😒.
The referral for the orthopedic doctor is finally here, so now we wait to see how long it takes to get an appointment.  The 'damn' knee will be healed up (all wrong, of course) before I get anywhere.  
I am working right now on some hats for the community food bank - our community food bank has all sorts of help available.  
That's on of my mantras: GIVE HELP IN YOUR OWN COMMUNITY AND YOU CAN SEE IT WORK.  It won't go to administrators since all of our folks are volunteers.

December 9, 2018: msH & I made lots of cookies this weekend.  There were gingerbread AND sugar cookie cut-outs, rice krispie treats, and butterscotch/vanilla chip cookies.  She went home with a big box full.  If we get more time we will make some more.  She LOVES to decorate the cut-outs.  
We got our lights up only to find that some of the strings do not work.  And they are the LED ones; it is so annoying to have to replace the whole string.  What a waste of resources.
Snow is forecast for the middle of next week.