December 4, 1999

I got into an organizing mood on Saturday morning, starting out with Andy’s closet – or, the closet I share with Andy is the more accurate way of stating it. Before he was able to use his Playstation game on Friday afternoon, I told him he had to clean up his room. His main method of cleaning: He had transferred most of the clothes that had been strewn on the floor to the various levels of the shelving unit JoAnna and I had installed in this closet years ago. Once I had his sweats and jeans and shorts and sweatshirts in neat piled, I showed him my handiwork and asked that it stay in that condition. Aren’t I a dreamer!

Then I tackled the closet in the hallway between the kitchen and garage, where I keep a lot of my “junk” and where all our board games are stored. I rearranged, moved to other areas of the house, or simply tossed out various items, and, in the process, freed up quite a bit of space for more “junk” – or more board games, in case we decide to go that route.

The boys and I went to the St. Nick’s breakfast around 10:00. I was in the mood for scrambled eggs, but the menu included ham, french toast sticks, and applesauce. A children’s choir sang, and then a girl about Andy’s age played Christmas carols on her clarinet. She did a very good job. There were various activities for children, but the only thing that the boys participated in was the cookie decorating. We stayed about a half hour. JoAnna worked until 11:30.

The afternoon was lowkey. Rex was over for awhile, and then Andy went over to his house. JoAnna napped. I did some laundry, wrapped JoAnna’s birthday presents, read, watched a little TV. Nothing strenuous. Later in the afternoon, JoAnna and Eddie and I went to Border’s to buy some books, one of which was a gift for the guest of honor of a party we were attending that evening.