The 2004 Christmas Shopping Crusade is in full swing, and Jen and I have our marching orders. I’ve got my sister, ¾ of Jen, and my mom covered; My dad is in the works and I’ve got Jen’s brother partially done. Problem is, we’re picking up the slack for Jen’s parents while they attend to other matters, so there’s an extra five people to shop for this year. (I just got part 2 of Jen’s gift today—hee hee hee!)

Meanwhile I kicked up about a pound of dust last night in the first round of sanding in the stairwell. I had to pull about 32 square feet of plaster down and replace it with ¾” greenboard, which was lots of fun and involved much hammering. There’s still much to be done, but we’re making progress in there.