Hols over

Spent the day taking down the tree and decorations. I didn't put as much stuff up this year but it still seemed to take an inordinate amount of time to get it all down. The house did look nice but it's good to have things back to normal.

Geoff and I drove Will to the airport on Thursday. Grace, Anne and Del had come back the day before so Anne and Del planned on making supper Thursday night. When we got back from the airport at about 9:30 they were just sitting down to eat. Del's steak and Guinness pie took longer than originally thought. The good thing was we could have some too and it was very good.

Those three left yesterday after lunch so we were all alone last night and Geoff was sad.

It was so good to have everyone home during the holidays. Who knows when that will happen again with people living far away and perhaps with in-laws to share them.

There seemed to be a lot of Irish whiskey and Scotch around this year. I drank a bit of Will's Scotch on New Year's Eve but couldn't handle more than a few sips. Will took care of the rest for me.