How can it be two days till Christmas, ALREADY? I am sure Cathie had something to do with that.
Anyway, this is getting to be a habit, and I'm not even an early riser compared with some of you. Was going to "sleep in" till 7 this morning but woke up to Earl's alarm at 5:30 and at 6 decided lying there longer was pointless. Earl has now left for work (he starts at 7 AM) and just the boys are up so far (normal). They are going to watch a Christmas movie. I'm having coffee, then will get breakfast and pack my daypack. Today's hike will be a challenge for me. It's not so long, maybe 3 miles (we'll see), but is up a steep bouldery mountain. I was probably about ready to take it on back in May, but couldn't hike the day I had the chance, and then I took the summer off hiking for many reasons (heat, Maddy was gone a lot) and had to start over building up strength, endurance, and courage this fall. I don't fully understand why, but sometimes the night before a "big" (to me) hike my nerves about get the better of me. Still working on overcoming fears and boulders are getting easier, but still not easy for me. We are taking our Christmas pics today with Santa hats. Our hiking club, the WWW of the WMWR, is getting quite the reputation for our fun pics on our local hike page, so we can't let them down today.
We did superheros for Halloween, heehee.
I think dinner tonight will be a copycat version of Zuppa Toscana, but made with beef smoked sausage. Maybe millet biscuits with it. There is no church or youth group tonight and it's a nice break.
Have a great day!
Catherine