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Finished Puzzle, Books, and Warm Temps

November 4, 2022 at 8:38 am by Claudia

The latest finished puzzle – this one of a Christmas Market in Dresden. It was very challenging.

Just the way I like it.

I’ve already started the next one, which is Times Square. Thankfully, Times Square without the Disneyfication that permeates it nowadays. This one, if it’s at all possible, has even more little people to search for, all the while hoping for something that differentiates one from another. I like a challenge – at least this kind of challenge – and it keeps me sane.

I’m immersed in John Connolly’s The Furies  and loving every bit of it. The book is two novels in one and I’m on the second one. Later today, I’m going to pick up Jussi Adler-Olsen’s newest, The Shadow Murders, from the library.

We’re in for 4 days of temps in the 70s, which will be nice change before we head into true late fall/winter temperatures. I’ve been feeling under the weather for the past two days. If I didn’t know better, I’d say I have a cold. But since I don’t go out that much and when I do, I’m masked, it’s unlikely I magically caught a cold. I guess it’s sinus. Anyway, today I’m feeling a bit better though I woke up way too early for the third day in a row. Sigh. I have a lot on my mind, so when I do wake up early, my mind gets busy and I can’t get back to sleep.

Thankfully, I can grab a nap this afternoon.

Stay safe.

Happy Friday.

Filed Under: books, jigsaw puzzles, reading 12 Comments

Saturday

October 29, 2022 at 8:19 am by Claudia

This morning.

First up: Meredith is feeling a little better. She got out of bed and drove Little Z to school yesterday because he really needs his routine and he’s been very, very upset this week. His mom was away and then home sick, and he stayed with his dad, and everything was out of order. And he was worried about his mom.

It wasn’t easy driving him there, but she felt it was important.

She was also calmer yesterday and we even laughed together over the phone. Healing will take time.

Thank you for your prayers. They help a great deal.

She can’t lift anything per doctor’s orders. So she obviously can’t work for a while as a lot of her work involves lifting children and sitting on the floor working with them.

One day at a time.

I finished this puzzle yesterday.

I dropped some things off at the post office and picked up a package (Elaine, I got your package) and then I drove to a local antique shop. I haven’t done that for so long and I just wanted to shake up my daily routine. I don’t know why, but every shop I used to frequent has been disappointing of late. In this case, there’s a lot of mid-century modern and some junk, and some favorite vendors have disappeared. But I did see a couple of booths that I liked. I found a miniature stool that was very inexpensive. I thought the girls might like it.

Zoe looks a little wary, doesn’t she? I think she looks adorable there.

No apple pie yet, but I have been told that one should be on the way. Don went to see the Orthopedist yesterday and the doctor said Don’s thumb was doing much better than he had expected. So no cortisone shot! Don has to continue to exercise the thumb and stretch it. Good news!

Stay safe.

Happy Saturday.

 

Filed Under: Blythe dolls, jigsaw puzzles, Meredith 31 Comments

Unexpected Snags

October 17, 2022 at 9:51 am by Claudia

Back at it with another puzzle.

Well, yesterday was a tough one for my husband. His camera didn’t work right and try as he might he couldn’t fix it. I’m sure he’ll eventually figure it out, but the day was a bust. I tried to get him to come home, but he stayed there, hoping he’d be able to make it work.

And to top it off, while he was there, he got a message that his eye doctor has Covid, so his appointment for today was canceled. He canceled a previous appointment and enough time has passed that he needs the shot asap.

He was pretty down when he came home.

So our flurry of activity to delay our booster shots to Wednesday so he could go to the retina specialist today was for nought.

Update: he called the doctor’s office at 9 and he has an appointment for Saturday. It’s still a long time to wait, but sooner than expected.

I was all set to mow today but then, as the sun started to come up, I saw that it was raining. Drat!

Plus, I accidentally got locked out of the blog for 30 minutes this morning, so I’m posting late.

What else? I’m going to try to work on my sewing machine(s) today and see if I can figure out what’s wrong. I really don’t want to invest any money in a new machine – even if it’s inexpensive, which it would be. I’d rather use what I have, for goodness sake! A rainy day is perfect for going on up to the studio and dragging out my machines.

Don is making some concoction for breakfast as I write this. It smells good, whatever it is. I think it involves eggs. Yummy!

Stay safe.

Happy Monday.

 

Filed Under: Don, jigsaw puzzles, sewing 33 Comments

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