Four days and a wakeup call ’til Christmas and I think I have all my shopping done. Not bad. There is that thing I ordered for my lovely wife that I think won’t be here in time, but other than that I think I’ve got a new record. I’m pretty happy with my purchases overall, but of course Mrs. Bumper causes me the most grief every year. Yet another display of how we differ is that she’s very practical and I’m… Well, not. I would be happiest buying her something really useless every year, but I know she would pretend to like it but be disgusted inside. I want to buy her a piece of jewelry suitable for wearing about twice a year. She wants an air filter for her lawn mower. But my point is that she’s a little hard to buy for, and it’s always a compromise.

I’ve heard that people are having a hard time getting in the Christmas Spirit this year. I think it might be due to the short period between Thanksgiving and Christmas this time. Anyway I was having the same problem until Karl sent me this years card.