From Dawn to a Couple of Hours Past Dusk

This is the day! Your girl will have a carpenter coming in and to see what he can do not only about getting some light in the closet, but also changing a child's clothes closet into an adult's. It won't be cheap, she knows, but the result should be worth it. Now, if Fio, who doesn't have an alarm clock, can just wake up by 7:00 on her own....

Of course, with Fiorella having awakened just past dawn, you know the carpenter didn't come till about two hours later, but there wasn't any problem because Fio still had a couple of others things that needed looking into--like a huge pile of pillowcases, sheets, and mattress covers found rolled up with the sheets. Needless to say, later in the day, after the carpenter came, they all got sorted into piles later in the day--save, donation, trash.

Your girl is feeling sort of blue again. Where are the carolers?

Fio has started designing her traditional, wonderful Christmas cards, of course, but it may be hard to find two of her major ingredients--gold foil and a coat of many colors. More on this later.

One of your girl's new year's resolutions will be to get more acquainted with her neighbors, whether they want to or not not. Walking a couple of blocks to the communal mailbox every now and then isn't going doing the trick.