Sue now has a large cast on her lower left leg and will move to a rehab facility tomorrow. She is unhappy to be going into rehab rather than coming home but will need the intensive therapy the place offers. She had loads of visitors Sunday, among them Sabrina and Margaret. Seeing Margaret in such fine shape after her even worse broken foot a year ago was good medicine for Sue. [For those of you who don't know, Margaret eventually had to have a total ankle replacement, still a fairly rare procedure.]

We went ahead with our Sunday Christmas brunch. Scott and Beth did all the cooking. Somehow, while Shirley and I were preoccupied with gift opening and visiting, little elves completely cleaned the dining room and kitchen. One of the benefits of growing old is that the next generation takes over a whole lot of the work. I'll post photos from our gathering.