Ran bunches of errands (cleaner, donating books to library, mailing stuff) and went to the hobby shop, then descended upon JoAnn with 60 percent off coupons and also stopped at a place called Progressive Lighting which has the biggest selection of lamps and light fixtures I've ever seen. They even have faux Tiffany lamps and crystal chandeliers. The builders suggested them as people who could provide ceiling fans for the house; they actually have some for a reasonable price with the schoolhouse light kit we like. We tried to go there yesterday, but they close at six.

It was delightfully chilly! I even had to wear a jacket for a while this morning.

We left for supper early intending to go to the Christmas store M.C. Twinklin, but by the time we had supper they'd already closed. Sheesh. As bad as Progressive. We had stopped at Trellis Oaks first, so we were running late.

We were on our way to the other side of town to go to "the drive-in." Not a real one, though, although this was more fun. Some friends of ours bought a DVD projection unit along with a screen. They mounted the screen on their garage door and we sat in the driveway and watched a movie: Galaxy Quest, with a cartoon (an old Fleischer "Superman") and a short subject (Wallace and Gromit, "A Grand Day Out"). It was fun, if chilly—the high yesterday was 80-something with a low of 61°F; today we were lucky if it got up to 60°F. It was wonderful, but I'm glad I brought the car blanket along with my jacket and scarf and hat.

We had a treat after the movie was over; another friend brought the new Doctor Who series with him. We only got to watch the first one, "Rose," but it was quite fun: lots of action and the BBC has actually given it a budget this time.

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Comments:

Hi Linda and James: Have I missed something? Are the two of you the proud owners of a new home!!!? Also, anyone out there ever have a problem with Blogger saying that your item has posted successfully, and then it does not show up on the main page? Oy vey. Hope to hear from you.

# posted by  Anonymous : 3:50:00 PM

 

LOL. No, right now we are the proud prospective owners of a dirt pile. By February it should be a house.

# posted by  Linda : 7:01:00 PM

 

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