Snow and Christmas shopping

Well, we got our first official snowfall of the season. And it is white out now. We must have gotten 8-10 inches. It sure is pretty. I hope it stays like this now until Christmas. I hate the melting dirty snow. Since it was still snowing this morning I talked Jon into going to Dbq with me to do some Christmas shopping. He said he would go IF we got it all done and were back home by 4. I took him up on it. I can't stand shopping much longer than that anyway. The busiest place was Theisen's. I think that was because everyone who shops at Theisen's drives a 4-wheel drive pick-up and those were the vehicles of choice this morning because of the roads. We got everything we needed there and then headed to the mall. Found what we needed there and then stopped at Best Buy. The only place we didn't find what we wanted. Went to Target and Wal-Mart and we home by 3:45. I actually am almost done shopping now. Just a few gift cards and good old cash left to get. Unless I think of something or someone else. I always have to go over what we gave everyone to keep it kind of even. And then there's Abby's and Adam's birthdays right after Christmas, so I always have to keep something back to give them for their birthdays. I even have most of the presents wrapped. It must have been not going to St. Louis this year for Thanksgiving that helped me this far ahead of other years. I missed being with the Reinbergs this year but those 4 extra days home really made a difference. Talked to Adam this morning and sounds like he is really looking forward to doing a lot of skiing this winter. I told him to be careful, he's not as young as he used to be and he has to be able to climb those smokestacks for his job. Can't wait to see him again. Only 19 days. Please,God, let the weather be nice for traveling.