Well, holiday preparations have officially begun here - DH Richard and I just "switched the dishes." That means that we get the Christmas dishes down from the cupboard above the refrigerator and put the regular dishes up there until after January 6. It's so much easier with 2 people - the tall one on the stepstool dealing with that high cupboard and the short one handing things up. Now, I'm running the dishwasher, because the dishes that have been stored up there for 11 months were pretty dusty.