It's Nov. 27 and you-know-what is on the way!
Grandkids -- Brady Hansen, Collin Duax and Hailey Hansen -- play cards at our house on Thanksgiving Day. Christmas lights ready to be used as decorations. Saturday afternoon was sunny and warmish in rural Scott County, Iowa, and yours truly stayed busy putting up Christmas lights. This is several days earlier than normal. Daughter Kirstin Rodewald gets credit for getting the Bakers in gear about a month ago. Like others, we have been ordering gifts online, shopping locally, and basically getting ready for Christmas Day on Saturday, Dec. 25. Steve and I do enjoy hosting Thanksgiving dinner and we did that, kind of on late notice. We were going to Walcott, but a family member became ill and it was re-scheduled for our house. Luckily I had already started cleaning the house so it all was good. We had several family members stop by and watched a lot of football. Plus, the others brought all the food except the turkey, which I had purchased. That made Thanksgiving