Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

It's been crisp and cold sunny weather, but we're about to have a week of rain. It makes everything complicated, when we want to get together with family but need to be outside. We're all attempting to be flexible, and hope for the best. Our new pipe got put in yesterday and they are supposed to return Monday to pour concrete and replace the walkway they tore out. We poured out the last of the rainwater we'd collected in the basement, and will sweep up the dirt later today. We took a walk this morning, as we were both feeling so creaky, and the cleaning woman visited after lunch to talk about days and price. She will begin the first week of January. She was sweet, and brought her teenaged daughter, and mostly we could understand each other. I hope, at least. I went yet again to the grocery store, and will have to again before Christmas eve, but the plans are beginning to form. One day at a time, with lots of Christmas music and staring at the tree in between. We put the battery operated train under the tree and it works great with nice sound effects. The little grandsons will love it. Next week it all begins: the relatives visiting, the the dinners, the stockings, the desserts. We all want this year to be more joyful than last Christmas.