I thought I was keeping things a little simpler this year, decorating wise. I only used about half of my tree ornaments. When I saw this picture, though, I thought I could have made things much easier if I would just have thrown everything at the tree and let it hang where it landed. Isn't that hilarious?!
Last Week I: Listened To: I finished I Was Anastasia (review this week) and Maggie O'Farrell's Hamnet. I recommend the audio version of both of these books. Today I'm starting Emma Donoghue's latest, The Pull of the Stars.
Watched: Lots of football, the season finale of The Voice, and It's A Wonderful Life.
Read: Alexander McCall Smith's Emma (sadly, I can't recommend it) and I started Marilynne Robinson's latest in the Gilead series, Jack.
Made: More caramel corn (both vegan and regular), bavarian mints, hummus from dry beans (so easy but I'm still working on the seasoning), and two loaves of sourdough bread (I will get a loaf that turns out the way it's supposed to eventually!).
This Week I’m:
Planning: Some last minute shopping, lots of meal prep, wrapping gifts, decorating guest rooms, and I have a fun project which I can't tell you about here but I'll share with you next week if I can pull it off.
Thinking About: How much we're going to miss family this year over the holidays. Mini-me and Ms. S are stuck in Rochester so we won't even have all of our immediate family. I'm working hard to make the best of it - we've known this was coming for months and we're going to do what we need to do to keep each other safe.`
Feeling: A little freaked out. I tossed some bird seed out on the patio yesterday because I didn't want to bundle up to take it out to the feeders. Last night we looked out the window and there was a giant opossum dining on the bird seed. He didn't even run when we opened the door until I started banging on pans. I know he is supposedly more afraid of me than I should be of him but I kept looking at that long mouth and picturing him attacking me like the raccoon in Elf attacked Will Farrell! Plus, what about my cat - is it safe to let her outside?!
Looking forward to: Celebrating Christmas with my parents Thursday and then with my kids on Friday.
Question of the week: How are you adjusting to the holidays this year?
I'm not adjusting all that well to Christmas during a pandemic this year. I have really good moments and then I go off the cliff. It will be 82 degrees today so I am hoping that a nice long walk helps but I also have to hit the market and run an errand and our numbers are so high right now that I really don't want to chance it. First off, it just doesn't FEEL like Christmas is this week. Our weather but also the fact that my son can't be with us. I heard that the UK discovered a new strain of COVID so that's alarming because vaccines won't work if it has mutated to the degree they are saying it has. I am going to throw a movie on later and weed through my bookshelves. That always calms me down.
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