Jen and I got a bunch more Christmas shopping yesterday after doing the Jingle Bell Run; 5 miles from the mighty Bohagers Party Shack, around past my block and back again, dressed in a Santa hat, red sweatshirt, bike tights and Gap carpenter shorts. What a fashion plate I am these days.

Happy Fun Things To Do Department: We visited Dave at his tree stand last night, and found him in Carhart bib overalls and lumberjack shirt, smoking a pipe and handling the merchandise. Pulling in we found Clifford the Big Red Truck, a Ford F-350 Super Duty extra cab, a year old with 30K on the odometer. Dave let me take her for a spin, and I loved it. What a beautiful truck. The three of us went over to the Forest Diner and had some dinner, and I wish to god I had brought my camera, because we sat and ate yummy hamburgers in a true 50’s silver-car diner listening to X-mas music, decorated well, and almost empty. Dave looks good and sounds like he’s doing well, and he was happy to get a tin of gaulettes (sp?) from Jen.