It's Christmas Eve and this is what it's like in the Uebbing household aka a house with no kids:
At 5:50am Bill woke up before his alarm which woke me up. We got dressed and had some breakfast before leaving to go serve breakfast to those less fortunate than us. You can read more about here, at Bill's blog. He did a great job explaining it. We worked the 7-9am shift. We both stood near the entrances and welcomed everyone as they came in. Bill greeted them first at one set of doors while I stood at the doors into Wesley Hall (why yes, we are United Methodists) and made sure they knew which doors to exit and that they would get their stuffed socks over there too. Almost every single person thanked us, and I managed to get at least a "Good Morning" out of everyone. Most of our guests also wished me a Merry Christmas or a blessing of some sort. I returned the Merry Christmas wishes, having decided last year that saying "Happy Holidays" inside of the church seemed somewhat sacrilege and if they were going to come inside the church for breakfast they should hear "Merry Christmas".
We were relieved by the next shift of volunteers promptly at 9am at which point Bill and I then headed over to West Coast Coffee. We enjoyed bagels, coffee and the company of the proprietor, Doug who is a high school buddy of Bill's.
I just finished cleaning the bathroom and Bill has removed the caulk from around the tub. We are letting it dry out before re-caulking. We have presents to finish wrapping, I have a few things to make in the kitchen and then we'll head back to church for the 9pm service. In the meantime we'll enjoy some tv and relax.
Atticus has not chewed through his present yet! I think he still thinks it's upstairs in the closet. He is after all a cat.
And that is what it's like on Christmas Eve in a house with no kids. Just in case you were wondering.
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