meals (12.13)

breakfast

cereal
coffee
iced tea

lunch 

bologna/cheese sandwich (2 on eng. muffins)
iced tea

worked on dishes and the laundry while watching UVA vs. Akron for the ncaa mens' soccer championship. UVA won the game on pks. I thought UVA played better in fhe first half and Akron played better in the 2nd. By the end of the 2nd OT, UVAs players were really dragging and Akron clearly dominated but they couldn't score. Each goalie stopped one shot. Akron's players totally missed two shots and UVA missed one shot.

Elizabeth went to Oatlands to see the decorations and talk to Liz and a few other people. She said the decorations were not so good except that the had a really amazing Christmas tree.

When Elizabeth got back from Oatlands we realized that we didn't have any cat food. We had to go back out. We went to Petco in Warrenton and Borders to get a few Christmas cards. It was insanely foggy on the way back.

dinner

veggie burger on a roll
tomato soup
iced tea

We are trying to get into the Christmas spirit. We watched the 1938 version of A Christmas Carol with Reginald Owen as Scrooge and Gene Lockhart as Bob Cratchit. Elizabeth prefers the 1951 version with Alastair Sim as old uncle ebeneezer. Other favorites are the 1970 musical version with Albert Finney as Scrooge. The cold is so cold in that version! I also like Bill Murray's 1988 Scrooged though I still can't figure out why Put a Little Love in Your Heart is the song they all choose  to sing at the end.

It is very hard to watch A Christmas Carol with care. I've simply seen so many versions of the story that it is hard to actually pay attention from start to finish.