Hanging Sargie's jewelry cabinet was Saturday's big project.

December 27, 2015 - Sunday
24 degrees/cloudy/calm winds
Pentoga Road

It appears to be the calm before the storm here on Pentoga Road. The storm that is causing so much death and destruction in Texas and the lower Midwest is heading this way. Carl the Weatherman is calling for several inches of snow driven by winds of 30 mph. Arrival time? Monday night.

I wish Sargie didn't have to drive in the white stuff. If the worst case scenario, several wind-blown inches comes to fruition, she won't be driving anywhere anyway.

Saturday was a busy one on Pentoga Road. After my usual hike, Mom and I worked together while she learned how to navigate on her iPad. After two hours, my student was swiping with the best of them. Mom has over a week before she leaves and there's little doubt in my mind that before she boards the plane heading south, she'll be iPad'ing with the best.

The afternoon was spent hanging Sargie's jewelry cabinet. Made from oak, the thing rivals a Volkswagen in weight and was cumbersome to hang.

I wasn't sure it would fit between the corner and the closet door.

It was difficult to find studs, but I finally drove a screw into one. Wall anchors were also used.

I borrowed Mom and her eyes

The most difficult part was taking off the trim and cutting it to fit around the cabinet. Naturally, I measured wrong several times and must have made eighty or a hundred trips out to the shop.

In the end, Sargie's cabinet...

was hung by the closet with care, 

in hope that rubies and diamonds, 

would soon be there.

Yeah, well, that was worth a try.

I made a large batch of cranberry sauce. We enjoy them much like many eat strawberries or blueberries. Since our strawberry crop was a washout this past summer, we're substituting with cranberries.

Sargie was home early last night and we enjoyed dining on French meat pie, a Milligan Christmas tradition. Carrie Underwood crooned to us in the Sound of Music last night with bedtime coming soon after.

Sargie works from noon to five today. I'm going to hoof my usual three miles then get ready for a very important late-afternoon Packers football game. It's going to be a tough one as Arizona has a better record and if stats are to be believed, more talented. It's going to be a tough one to coach, but then are we surprised?

A man's work is never done.

So are the tales from Pentoga Road...

An annual post-Christmas tradition - the burning of torn boxes and used wrapping paper.