A trip to the library’s annual book sale {$3 a bag} got me many goodies, including Lake Wobegon Days, Out of Africa, a book of short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Eight Cousins, and my very own copy of Archy and Mehitabel, one of my latest favorite reads. My friend Craig came to visit today {after a trip to my brother's} and we exchanged Christmas presents at last. I was gifted with the White Album {I own all the Beatles’ records, but not CDs} and Emmet Otter’s Jug Band Christmas, which I don’t think I’d seen since I was 8. {Beatles and Muppets... so dear to my heart. I’m pretty easy to figure out.} The biggest excitement of the day was that we moved into our new bedroom – all painted, carpeted, and woodstained. The room is lined with windows and when you lie on the bed all you can see are trees and sky and a little piece of house. Now I just need to paint a good picture for over the bed...