What I've Been Up To

How is it that each day goes by so fast and yet the month of January is so s-l-o-w?  As one day fades into the next, it's hard to remember what kept me so busy each day.

Sunday evening we were up and down, putting PBS Masterpiece on hold as we bundled up to check on the progress of the Super Blood Wolf Moon. I just used my cell phone to record it, but it was cool, and cold.

 Besides housework and laundry on Monday, we got in our walk. I have been doing about two miles almost every day and it is getting a bit easier each day. I am also trying to get in some reading time each day. I am almost finished with Michelle Obama's book, "Becoming". 

On Tuesday afternoon we were there for Irene's last middle school soccer game, in the rain, 

 We can find her on the field because she is the one with the long blond pony tail and the orange shoes. She had fun and her team won most of their games. 

One of our neighbors, Peter, who we know slightly since he is our city councilman, stopped by to see what was going on with the construction he could glimpse from his place. He thought maybe we were building. But, no, it's next door. 

Our borrowed cat, Charlie, came by while he was here, and Tom found out he is Charlie's owner. The neighbor is Chinese, and the cat has a Chinese name that Tom didn't understand, so I will still call her Charlie. She comes begging for snacks and attention almost every day. 

Today I went to lunch with a small group of retired educator friends. That was after I did my PT exercises and went grocery shopping. When I got back I went for my walk and then picked a few greens from the garden to fill out my bouquet of grocery store carnations. 

I have also been doing a bit of sewing most days, just fun stuff, using up scraps. This table topper includes some fabric scraps left over from a dress I made for Jill when she was about six years old. That makes it almost 40 years old. I am finishing up two matching place mats.

Tomorrow I go back to the dentist to get one permanent crown and have the work done for the next one. My tooth has settled down pretty well. We'll see how it goes. But, ugh, I don't enjoy going to the dentist. 

I'm not enjoying the news much these days either. I try not to dwell on it, but I really wish there was something I could do to help the federal employees and those who are in support jobs who are not getting paid right now. This shutdown needs to end.

And with that, I'll end.