My father will be discharged from the physical rehab center sometime next week. I must say that my siblings and I had quite a disagreement about where Dad should go from there. Dad clearly stated that he did not feel safe to go home (re: his drinking urges - people, places, things). In the end, my dad chose what my siblings were offering. That's fine. At least an action plan is decided on and in the works. Dad will move, temporarily, into an assisted living facility. It is a nice one, but not as close to me as the ones my sister and I looked at a few days ago. It's actually exactly right in between where my siblings live and where I live. That is generally nice, but the thing is is that the IOP (Intensive Outpatient Program) he will attend is literally a 3-minute drive from my house. So, instead of me driving 10 minutes to a place to pick him up, I'll need to drive 25 minutes. I know, not that big of a deal. I did ask my siblings if they could sometimes pick him up at his assisted living and drop him off at the IOP. I would then take him back to the assisted living. Maybe in the end this will work out even better for me.

My sister sent me a long shopping list full of things that our dad needs for the assisted living. I'm going to go to Target once she clarifies a few things.

I am still nutty about my Christmas cookie project. I finally got my husband to look for one additional Czech Christmas cookie recipe from his mother's notes. He had to translate it for me. We made them once in the past and it was a failure, but I think that was because he was directing the project. This time I finally got a sense for the recipe. I'm going to make them either today or tomorrow and take photos. Wish me luck in getting them right this time. Then, I'll have only one additional cookie to make. The last ones will be the most challenging and potentially the most impressive. The last will be 3-dimensional cookies. They are a nut-based "cookie" made with a mold in the shape of a bee hive. Then then are hollowed slightly and filled with rum cream and set on a vanilla wafer. Normally they look cute, but I'm going to REALLY make them impressive by putting honey-colored chocolate on the tops of some and top them with an edible decoration that looks like a bee. Others I'll leave traditional. Some others I will coat with white chocolate and put edible silver star-shaped glitter on. Some I will coat in white chocolate colored green with food coloring, and then decorate with multi-color non-pareils to resemble a 3-D Christmas tree. Hubby said he'd be afraid for his sister to see these for fear she'd think I was going nutty again.