Unfortunate events: last Monday as Beth and I were going to the post office in Winona Lake, someone called over to us to tell us that one of our tires was almost flat. Which it certainly was. We got done as quickly as possible at the PO but then we couldn't figure out how to get the spare tire out. The actual vehicle we have did not match the owner's manual; the place to put the handle was not there. At all. And I couldn't find one anywhere. So we just drove carefully to the nearest gas station, filled the tire back up, and got to the tire place as quickly as possible. But, the tire, as I had suspected, was ruined already. The hole was in the shoulder area that they can't repair, and there was a lot of damage from driving on it nearly flat anyway. So, new tire......Thursday was meat day; Beth and the girls and I drove around a bit delivering our annual meat gifts to a couple friends that could use it. We still had several roasts and a bit of hamburger left over, so we gave it to the Harrisons and MJ. Good thing too, because our new cow seems to be bigger than it was last year, and we just did manage to fit everything into the freezer. I'm not sure how they freeze the meat at the place where we get it, but however they do, it's colder than anything I've ever had my hands on before, and just the process of putting it away made my hands go numb with the cold.....Beth had a bombshell on the way to pick up our meat. Ted called her, and they talked for a good hour altogether all the way there and back. Ted had a DNA test done, and it turns out that Ted, Judy, and Beth all have different fathers. This has shaken Beth, a lot.....Alex and Missy had sleepovers at the Monsmas for New Year's. Beth and I and Nat stayed home, just watching tv until midnight. We stayed up until midnight for no other reason that to see 2020 out.....