Merry Christmas from our house to yours! Since we did not go to midnight mass, we all started our day after more sleep. I got up first, made coffee and started making our traditional steel cut oats with all the fixings. I still had time to shower before Mason padded out. The boys agreed they […]
It’s Christmas Eve! We are almost ready for Santa to come. We had a lovely day. Bill was scheduled to work at the Covid clinic but because it was not busy, he got to leave early. That meant he was home in time to go set up the luminaries at church with the Boy Scouts. […]
I rolled out of bed and hit the exercise machine with my knitting. This headband is for Kai, a special barista who leaves me love notes and always has her hair pulled back. I happen to know orange is her favorite color. Bill and I had hoped to hike with Walker today out at Ondessonk […]
Today would have been my grandma’s 100th birthday had she not passed away last August. The text chain among my extended family went wild with memories and photos. This one of her and Sophia was particularly endearing. (That afghan on the chair was a church project but sadly went to Goodwill when the house was […]
Today was the first day of vacation for the boys and as such I didn’t see them very early. That gave me plenty of time to jump on the exercise machine and knit another coffee cozy. My collection is growing but I have a few more to go until I get to 30. Bill went […]
Bill and I woke up naturally and had time to ease into the day. We went out early to walk the fingers before the day’s responsibilities took over. It started out grey but then the sun came out. Many houses were festively decorated. When we returned, Bill kindly wiped down the entire fridge and freezer […]
This morning we had the sudden inspiration and desire to take advantage of Bill’s free Saturday with no work responsibilities and drive to St. Louis to pick up bookshelves for Mason’s room. The weather was dreary and wet, precluding any walks for us, so it was actually a perfect day to go. Mason zonked the […]
Bill had today off from work and we took advantage of the time to go for an urban walk. When we initially discovered Alvord Boulevard a few weeks ago, we walked north. Today we parked near that starting point and walked south, making our way up and down the side streets which we called fingers. […]
Let’s start with a little update on the knitting. I’m up to day 14 and getting ready to start working the back panel. I spent a fair amount of time in the kitchen today. It’s not that I was cooking all day but I did do a bit of that. I like to wrap the […]
After dropping off Mason at school today, I had to get busy. Having a limited amount of time upped my productivity. By the time my 11 am meeting began, I had accomplished quite a bit including my usual chores of cleaning the bathroom, mopping, and vacuuming as well as wrapping gifts and baking granola for […]