Friday, Dec. 23

Today is Grandson's birthday. Happy Birthday, Grandson!

Up around 7:30, and after breakfast, I gave Mother the twelfth of the twelve-days-of-Christmas gifts...a set of ankle weights, which she immediately tried. They can be adjusted from one pound to five pounds.

After that, I helped her take a shower. Once she was settled in the den, I changed into exercise clothes and did a treadmill session and weights exercises.

By the time I was showered and dressed, it was already noon. For lunch, it was Ramen noodle soup for Mother, ham sandwiches for Hubbie and Sis, and for me, an egg salad sandwich on homemade bran bread (from a delicious loaf that Sis provided).

Afterward, we spent the afternoon watching Christmas shows...all the animated features, like "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," "Frosty the Snowman," and "Frosty Returns," "Here Comes Santa Claus," "The Little Drummer Boy," and "A Charlie Brown Christmas," as well as "Trans Siberian Christmas," and the 1955 black and white classic operetta, "Amahl and the Night Visitors."

This took us up to suppertime. Supper tonight was leftover beans and ham, with leftover sauteed cabbage, baked potatoes, boiled turnips, and cornbread.

After supper, we spent a couple of hours touring the town and a nearby community to see the Christmas lights. It was a good night to do this, since rain is predicted for the next couple of nights. Mother climbed into the van just fine, but it was a bit more of chore getting her out. It took Sis and me both to help her.

By the time we watched a one-hour Boston Pops concert, it was 9:30 and well past Mother's bedtime, so she was grateful to hit the sack. Sis went to Mother's house for the night, and Hubbie and I headed to bed soon after.