As I expected, Saturday turned out to be a pretty long day. I got to my parents shortly after 10 am and left after 7. Even though my mom and I spent all day working on getting the village complete, we didn’t finish it. My mom finished putting it together yesterday. In total, it takes her about a week to set it up and four days to take it down in January. I don’t know why she bothers. I shouldn’t say that, I know why she bothers. It reminds her that it’s Christmas, that it’s a special time of year and as such, a little something extra should be done to commemorate it. Now that she’s got a grandson to enjoy it as well is an added bonus.

Yesterday was spent waiting for the Rogers guy to come and move our cable downstairs. Surprisingly, S and I were able to get the TV down the stairs without a) breaking it, b) hurting each other or c) having the rage. It was quite the feat.

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