I pulled up the URL for a message texted to me by the Nissan dealer last month during the oil change and have noted all of the easy fixes I can do from the recommended list - change filters and top fluid levels. For the rest, I'll find a local mechanic who will do things as I wait and work through them one at a time. I had several places recommended after I complained about the dealer scare tactics. (It was easier when I took vehicles to the Chevy dealer six blocks from here, I walked home to wait and back when the work was finished. But I don't need to start taking my Nissan to Chevy, though in theory I can because they sell lots of models on their used lot. The price at both is a killer.)

This year I have been slow to put up holiday decorations; I usually focus on the mantle, garland resting on the top around the edge then objects set behind it. The TV was moved to the hearth during the latest reorganization of furniture so I may shift my garland to a doorway. Since we never do our gifts and meal on the xmas date itself this stuff would possibly be out into the new year before we meet. (Nothing to do with 12 days, we're all atheists, it's just working around kid schedules. We enjoy the gift giving and the meal together without the religious pomp.)

Got trash out to the curb with five minutes to spare this morning, and included a really ratty pair of yard shoes that I can't imagine sticking my feet into any more. "Yard shoes" is the designation for any pair that is so worn and dirty that their only reasonable use is to slip them on to go out into the garden or yard or sometimes walk dogs. I have a routine now so I don't forget and wear them someplace like work or even to the store, they are placed by a bench by the door where I sit to change into them and out again.