December 17, 2025

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• Marley woke us up at 6 this morning to go and potty. Then as Robby and I lay in bed after that, he did comment that grownups would get out of bed then. We are not grown ups because we got that dog to go back to sleep, and we rested for a good bit before we finally did get out of bed.
• Keaton was awake before I woke anyone else up. She went with a friend to a gingerbread party-this wasn't our real gingerbread traditional party. Keaton came home with a cute gingerbread house and tree.
• While she was gone, the rest of us worked on school. Graham was back today from house sitting so he got a full days worth of school in. Whitman had to hurry a little bit because this afternoon he had errands to run with me.
• Campbell and Graham went to work, and after they left, I tried to finish a few more things at the house. While I was doing this, we had to keep Marley up so she would sleep while we were gone. We must have done a good job, because even though Campbell and Graham came home early, Marley slept until we were almost home.
• Keaton went with Whitman and me-our first stop was to get Whitman's hair cut. Then we ran to Walmart so he could do some Christmas shopping. Keaton helped him, and when it was time to pay, Whitman's credit card didn't work. I even tried, but it still didn't work. I later asked Robby, and he had cancelled that card but had forgotten Whitman had one still.
• This evening was fairly slow-wonderfully slow. We had supper-leftovers for all (butter chicken for Robby and me, mashed potatoes for Campbell, and chicken strips for everyone else). Now we are back in front of the tv about to watch our last tv show. We can't actually watch it now though because Graham has decided to vacuum, and Marley and Bentley are playing tug of war at our feet.