Still freezing, but in the 20s now. That is an improvement. This "bomb cyclone" seems to have been named by the Weather Channel—they're calling it Elliot.

My daughter finally produced a last-minute gift wish list; I need to make the point to these guys that waiting this long can be a hardship on gift givers who who want to give practical wished-for things in time for the holiday. Gift cards don't express a lot of thought. As it happens, she is asking for things that I think I already gave her a couple of years ago, so I'll suggest she check her sewing room. And she wants some under-bed hard-plastic storage containers. I had one empty from pulling clothes out of my closet this year and one in my sewing room with mending that could be transferred to a different container (and maybe I should work on that mending). Out came the soft paint brush again to remove dust from crevices on the lid. The upside of this kind of gift giving is that it is a tiny bit of decluttering.

I haven't been to the gym in a week and my knees are feeling it; they get stiff without exercise. The trip to the attic also seems to have generated a new aching spot. I'll do a couple of the streaming stretching sessions and see if that helps. Between holiday hours and this cold weather I can't see going to the gym again until maybe next Tuesday or Wednesday.