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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.

 

Heading toward Christmas

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Spoiler Alert  is still playing in movie theaters, but, as is the case nowadays, it is also streaming as of yesterday. It’s the initial release/early access via various streaming platforms, which means it’s still a bit pricier than it eventually will be. For us, it’s still cheaper than going to the movie theater.

I think we’re going to purchase it through Amazon Prime, so I can watch it whenever I want. I still haven’t really “seen” my scene. I was so surprised at the additional lines that I sort of froze and didn’t take it in. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still a short segment, but it’s not as short as it was.

Also, there was an article in the NY Times about Jim yesterday and I was mentioned – though not by name.

This isn’t entirely accurate. Ben met with two coaches, one of which was me. I have no idea who the other coach was. And Ben made the final choice. But Jim sure gave me the opportunity and made sure I was one of the options.

I spoke with the woman who is producing the workshop and she is doing her best to find a way for me to do the job. That’s all I can say for now. I really want to help my colleague, so we’ll see what happens. We had a good conversation

I spent an hour or two herding the girls in order to take a group holiday photo. I’ve yet to pick one but I used both my big girl camera and my iPhone.

I have two more sweater photos to share; one today and one tomorrow.

Zoe and bokeh. You know how I love bokeh.

And because I loved both of these shots and couldn’t decide what to post, here’s another:

I would be happy to accept a life-sized version of this sweater.

We’re due for awful weather tomorrow and Friday – over two inches of rain. The temp will reach 52 degrees on Friday and then will drop 30 degrees on Saturday, with high winds. That makes for dangerous driving on Christmas Eve. Frigid temps on both Christmas Eve and Christmas – highs only in the twenties.

And no white Christmas. Sob.

Stay safe.

Happy Wednesday

 

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