Happy 2022 (three days late) to you!! I last posted here on December 1, 2021 -- wow. I had not intended to take the whole month of December off; I usually enjoy writing various Christmas posts. This year though, I was having my family here on Christmas day, and I wanted to focus solely on getting the house ready and then on family and spending time together. It seems like it worked out very well. It was so nice to have the house cheerful and bright with Christmas lights and filled with family voices.