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Wednesday

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Gray, rainy, rather depressing outside.

Inside:

My copy of War and Peace  did not arrive yesterday and being a good student type who also always arrives early, I felt a bit of panic. We’re reading a chapter a day and it was already 3 days into the year. So I downloaded it to my iPad (for $1.99) and read the first three chapters. Of course, after thinking it was lost, I just received a message that it will be delivered today. I took this picture for Brenda, who loves using a Kindle/iPad for reading. See, Brenda? I won’t be reading any more on the iPad after today, but here’s proof that I used it!

More of the girls sans Christmas sweaters and then I’ll ease up on posting photos of them.

Holly.

Maeve.

Sophie.

The sweaters have been put into ‘storage’ until next year.

I packed up all of the miniature Christmas decorations and they’re also stowed away until next year. The furniture in the dollhouses has been rearranged and all is back to normal.

Now, I have to force myself to straighten up the office. I’ve done a wee bit up there, but much more needs to be done. I tend to dump things on the desk and chair.

Okay. There is much reading to be done today and watering of houseplants and vacuuming, etc.

Stay safe.

Happy Wednesday.

 

Sans Christmas Sweaters

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Pippa and my planners.

I give you a little Blythe content today because I’ve not posted about the girls in a while. Nevertheless, they’re still having adventures – how could they not? Sunday morning found me relieving the girls of their Christmas sweaters after hearing numerous complaints that they were a) too hot and b) they were sick of them. I’ll show you a couple of the changeovers today.

Olivia is now in a sweater dress. (I would like something like this.)

Madeleine is in one of my favorite dresses.

My goal was to find them something to go with the tights/socks and shoes they already had on so I didn’t have to open another suitcase full of  accessories.

Zoe requested another sweater.

I’ll share a few more tomorrow. I only had 7 Christmas sweaters, so not all of the girls got to wear one.

Let’s see: real life. Not a lot going on. If you remember, I was so sleep deprived yesterday that I was barely functioning. But I got a solid one hour nap in yesterday afternoon while sitting in this chair and that made a big difference in the tone of my day. Thank goodness.

I should receive my copy of War and Peace  today. I’m looking forward to reading the first three chapters. I’m still reading Desert Star  by Michael Connelly. I’m trying to finish reading those books I have to return to the library as I begin my work on Darko’s project next Wednesday. I work four days next week and two days the following week and the days will be very, very long when you throw in the commute. I’ll be up at 5 am every day and I probably won’t get home until 9 pm. It’s the kind of schedule I couldn’t maintain over a long period of time unless I was staying in the city, but for 6 days I can handle it. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to post. I’ll just have to wait and see.

Anyway, the books will be due during the time I’m in the city. I suppose I could always send Don to the library to return them. I’ll just have to keep track of due dates in my planner.

It’s a rainy day today and it looks like the rest of the week will also be rainy. Sigh.

Stay safe.

Happy Tuesday.

Christmas Eve

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Well, the weather is insane here. But we have power and so many Americans and Canadians don’t. So we’re grateful. The wind is relentless; it’s been non-stop since yesterday afternoon. Wind chills are well below zero. Surprisingly, with all the rain/snow/wind and then a 40 degree drop in temperature, the driveway didn’t turn to ice. I don’t know how that came about, but again – grateful.

I made my cookies yesterday, but since I couldn’t find coconut cream, I used coconut milk, which was listed a substitute. The dough was almost unworkable. I tweaked it a bit and I managed to make the cookies, but they are not at all what they should be, so next week I will be searching for coconut cream and I’ll make another batch – though Don thinks they’re ‘great!’ At least it kept me occupied during the Bomb Cyclone. Today, Don is at the helm, making sugar-free apple pie.

We will have our usual Christmas; music playing quietly, some presents, a nice dinner. Mostly, we will express gratitude for our blessings.

I hope you’re all safe and warm as we welcome Christmas Eve and Christmas. May you find time with your loved ones. If you need quiet, I hope you have quiet. If you need lots of people and carol singing and family gathered around, I hope you have that.

Mostly, I hope you have peace.

The girls have a wish, too!

Stay safe. I’ll see you on Monday.

Happy Saturday.

Happy Christmas Eve.

 

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