Drinkin' with Lincoln

'Tis the season for holiday parties--and when you work at the Lincoln Home, those parties include none other than Abraham Lincoln! Greg and I attended the Lincoln Home Christmas party last Friday night at Mariah's, one of my new favorite Springfield restaurants. We had a really great time, and the food was delicious. Abraham Lincoln even made a cameo appearance to present our superintendent with a "Presidential Pink Slip"--since the superintendent is retiring at the end of the month. Unfortunately the pink slips that the superintendent hands out--of which there have been many lately--are no joke! But anyway, it was funny that Abraham Lincoln came to the party and put on a crazy Santa hat. Santa was also at the party. It was actually just Jim (one of the rangers), but he looks exactly like Santa--beard and all. Greg and I did not take advantage of the cash bar offerings, but many of my coworkers did, so everyone was pretty funny by the end of the evening. Even Lincoln's cheeks were getting a little rosy :-)

On Saturday night we had Greg's work Christmas party. Everyone at the Lincoln Home kept asking me if a funeral home Christmas party involves Santa in a casket. No, there were no caskets--just a lot of nice people and some delicious food. Speaking of funeral people, Greg and I were listening to Conservative talk radio yesterday evening, and the guy filling in for Mark Levin said that Harry Reid looks like a funeral director. Greg was offended :-)

Things are coming along with our condo. Today, probably as I am typing, the carpet is being installed! It will seem like a totally new house. We are done with the painting--except for in the bathrooms--so we're pretty close to being ready to move in. We won't make it by Christmas, but hopefully we can be in by the end of the year.