First Sunday of Advent (Already?!)

We had a good day today, if a lazy one. (For me, anyway.) Matt did a practice run on a dish he wants to take to the potluck at work, so he cooked and I goofed off today.
I don't have anything done that I should have done by this point for Christmas. I don't do much, but the few things I do tend to be time-consuming. Like making potholders for everyone on the library staff. (Not that everyone wants one, but they were wildly popular when I made them before, and I have bookmarks, which are always a hit with library natives.)
The Great CD Recording Project has almost been completed. Matt needs to record some of his tracks over. They came out way overmodulated. Most of mine sound better than I feared they would. As for the bobbles, wrong notes, and sinus glitches, well, stuff happens. It would happen if I were singing live for people, and so if it happens on the recording, I guess I can live with it.
I finally succeeded in snaring the elusive Advent Candles that actually go in my Abbey Press Advent Wreath. The Cathedral Books and Gifts store run by the ECW finally had some in. So, I carefully packed away the ones I got at the craft store, and we lit the first official Advent candle this evening.
I still have to write the Annual Cursed Letter of Christmas and send forth the annual greetings wondering who I won't hear back from this year.
There isn't too much to tell everybody this year. 2007 has been fairly benign. The only major trauma was to our credit pay off plan, as the Air Conditioning and Heating system had to be replaced to the tune of $8,000.00. There were also a couple of car repairs for Matt's Taurus, but we managed to get those taken care of fairly quickly. No major health scares for us or the pets, thanks be to God.
We never have major accomplishments to tout, as we are middle aged, childless, and rather boring. Boring isn't always a bad thing. Being boring gives me plenty of time to think. Mostly I waste that time worrying about whatever apocalyptic scenarios I dread most. (My secret motto is "It isn't IF, it's WHEN AND HOW BAD")
Meanwhile, back at the library, we have completed our annual 'canned goods to reduce your fines' campaign. This benefits a local food pantry. Gee, I hope they really need ten tons of chicken soup, green beans, and corn. That's what we got the most of. Some people were really into the spirit of it. They brought stuff like canned chicken and tuna, and Spam. They spent more on the canned goods they brought than they actually owed in fines. Some people just brought us the canned goods, they didn't have any fines. This community is really refreshing sometimes.