Weekend Plans

Following a very busy schedule for Josie, she has the weekend off to enjoy. There isn't much that we can do outside as long as the cold air stays around and with the threat of rain that exists for today. It did warm up enough yesterday (54) to open the gazebo and take out the plants to be watered and get a little sun. It was an otherwise uneventful day.

We have plans to do our Christmas shopping today and to get all the mailing done before the end of the weekend. The big game - ASU vs Stanford - is today which will determine the PAC-12 representative to the Rose Bowl this year. ASU has a greatly improved team, but Stanford is no easy touch either. The game starts at 5:45 tonight, so we hope to be able to watch that game.

Tomorrow we go to the Ballet in Phoenix to see the presentation of The Nutcracker. I did some research yesterday on the story itself and also printed out the casting announcement which was released the day before. Our tickets are for the Matinee presentation (1 PM) and we are excited to go. A little culture doesn't hurt anybody, right? It is a show that we have talked about attending for many years, but never have been able to put it together until now.

I grilled some salmon last night and was able to get a nice shot of the Christmas lights and a little bit of the sunset:

Salmon, Christmas spirit and a beautiful sunset - it doesn't get much better...