Christmas is my favorite time of the year. For me, "Christmas" usually starts shortly after Thanksgiving. It's the time of year when all the Christmas events start occuring. Our pastor, always a stickler for details and, truth-be-told, a spoil-the-fun kind of guy at this time of year, calls this "Advent" -- and while the pedant in me acknowledges it, the real me says "fiddlesticks and away with your 'waiting for the Master's return' doomsday attitude -- give me Carols and Treats and Gifts and Trees and Lights and Family and Friends and Concerts!"

And then, by the 21st, I'm ready to head into the quiet part of Christmas. My family, a few close friends. Concerts complete. Anticipation of the joy of giving, and receiving.

We're almost there.

Oh, Angelfire has given us a cute new tool - an easy-to-use photo album builder. I've tried one simple album so far.
The link is https://www.angelfire.com/mn/stevewill/album1/ and I plan to put more together soon. I've even removed the Norway trip (of 1997) to make room. That's how serious I am!

Time! I want more of it! Why do I need sleep?