We had very strong winds overnight which ushered in a cold front which dropped our temps almost 20 degrees from yesterday.  John bundled up before leaving the house for his morning walk.

Since there was nothing major on our agenda for today, we decided it was a good one to do some laundry and get the house straightened up.  John went into town to pick up the mail and on his way home stopped over at Sandwick's to make final plans for Christmas day.  John volunteered us to bring the turkey, stuffing, gravy, and Jello salad.  Valada will provide everything else with Ralph bringing his famous corn bread and cranberry sauce.

Since our first batch of cutout sugar cookies mysteriously disappeared, we made another one this afternoon.  We were just finishing up our baking project when Dave and Valada stopped in.  They were away the entire month of November and since I've been bummed up most of December,  I hadn't gotten over to their place to visit.  They decided to come and visit me today.  We had a good time catching up.

 After they headed out, John decided to play some golf.  He bundled up as the temps were still on the cool side and the winds were blowing pretty steady.  He said he played a poor round, but at least he got outside in the fresh air and got some exercise.  While he was gone, Rachel and I visited over the internet sharing our Christmas plans.  This evening we relaxed and watched some TV before heading off to bed.