Life: It Goes On - February 23

Happy sunny Sunday from Omaha, where it's finally warming up! What a weird week it's been. Monday we had snow that made getting around a mess, then more snow early Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. Top that with temps that didn't get out of single digits for more than a week. We huddled down and hardly left the house (except to go to work - why didn't I just work from home?!). 

Then Friday my dad was sent to the emergency room where he spent about five hours. Sent home only to end up back in the ER when the staff where he lives couldn't waken him. Concerns then led them to transfer him to another hospital where he remains today. Needless to say, we've spent a lot of our past couple of days at hospitals and I'm about to head back to the hospital shortly. The good news is that he's doing much better and may get to go home as soon as this afternoon.  

Last Week I: 

Listened To: I finished The Hunter by Tana French and started The Age of Desire by Jennie Fields. Unfortunately for The Age of Desire, it's following up on what will probably be one of my favorite audiobooks of 2025 so I'm not sure I'm giving it a fair shake so far. 

Watched: The Voice, some basketball, but otherwise a lot of nonsense. Well, at least nonsense in my opinion but that has pushed me to read more than watch a lot of television, which is a good thing. 

Read: The Wizard of Oz for book club and then I started Liz Moore's The God of the Woods and Allegra Goodman's Isola. Both The God of the Woods and Isola have been getting big buzz, the first being a book Barack Obama is lauding and the second being a book that Reese Witherspoon has chosen for her book club to read. So far I'm enjoying both and hope to finish both by the end of the week. 

Made: Homemade mac and cheese, pizza, pork chops with Thai rice. I'm pretty excited to have received my first order from Rancho Gorda late last week and I'm looking forward to making beans this week. Can't decide which of these to start with. Go safe with pinto or try something we've never had before. Have you ever had Christmas lima beans or cranberry beans?

Enjoyed: In a week where we did very little, I've had to find my enjoyment in the small things. Curling up in "my" chair with a good book, comfort food, burrowing into a toasty warm bed. Miss H was also in town for a convention so we saw a little of her as she came and went, although she kept very late hours so we didn't see a lot of her. 

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This Week I’m:  

Planning: Having lost a chunk of the weekend, a part of this week will be playing catch up, including hanging the new towel rack in our bathroom that was supposed to get done yesterday so that I can finally put that room back together. 

Thinking About: Dealing with elderly parents is not for the faint of heart and I certainly didn't understand that until I was in it. It's tough to get the call that we got on Friday, thinking that this might be it, even when you understand that your parent is ready. 

Feeling: My mood is so much better today now that we're getting both sunshine and warmth. If I were able to stay home today, I think I'd be motivated to get a lot done. 

Looking forward to: Book club was postponed due to the cold last week, so I'm looking forward to that this week. 

Question of the week: Who else is already planning their gardens? Have you started seeds? And what about all of the buzz to get rid of Daylight Savings Time - are you for or against that idea? You all know how much I love my long sunny evenings so you know where I stand on that issue!