We took a trip out to the rental in the afternoon. There is some dry rot in the back that we are having fixed and we wanted to check on the work.

After dinner, we finished putting up Christmas decorations inside and cleaning up the house. Last year, we had a big open house on December 7, more than 70 people in total. The open house was an event that we spent months getting ready for. On the eve of the anniversary of the event last year, we both wondered where we found all the energy to pull it off.