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Thursday, December 22, 2016

Traditions adjusted

We used to do the big Christmas Feast on Christmas Day but a few years ago, I realized that if we did all that cooking and preparing and all on Christmas Eve, we'd have those fine leftovers all the next day, and be free to simply enjoy the day. So now that's what we do. I remember breaking the turkey tradition the first time. I didn't want a second turkey a month after Thanksgiving, so considered options. It's amazing how anxiety-producing changing a family tradition can be! I was actually... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 21, 2016

One of those days...

It started with winning an online auction and needing to pick up my items ~70 miles away by 3pm. We, for once, got out of the house at the planned time to get there by 1, got in the big truck and made it two blocks before stalling out right as we started into the intersection. For about 30 minutes--the time it took to find out my AAA really had lapsed last summer, and that the benefit I got about 3 weeks ago had gone on the account of someone with the same name, and that they needed $201 to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 18, 2016

Today I bought a ham

The grocery store we go to mainly used to bring out this most delicious spiral-sliced ham for the biggest holidays, and I bought many pounds of it, but not all at once. This year for reasons unknown and beyond understanding, they have decided not to put it in the deli: you can only buy a whole one. Previously, looking into that, I found that none were under $50. But today I found one just over $30 which is just right for a Christmas Eve Feast that will feature turkey as well. We will be maybe... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 17, 2016

Adventuring out...

We had a show to go to today: A CHRISTMAS CAROL adapted for the stage at TheaterWorks, the show for which Charlie spent three days building a plucked turkey. But the snow... It isn't that it is so much or so deep overall, but it came with wind and very low temps, so it was very drifty, and the kind of powder skiers dream of. We should have left earlier, considering... It was a challenge to get the large black truck out of the driveway and into the actual position to drive down the street. I had... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 16, 2016

High Winds Warning...

Literally... by which I mean, literally, literally. We are having gusts along the eastern slopes of the Front Range up to 80mph; 30, 40 gusting in town, up to 65mph expected. It is 60 F outside, though the cold end of the day was -1, and is predicted to be -1 tomorrow night, as well. I think this explains the wind. Because it's warm, I let Embers have access to the deck for a time, but she declined. Likely, had she gone out there for long, she'd now be over at the neighboring building. When I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 13, 2016

The Family is at home

... where the bed is wide and accomodating, unlike the narrow hospital bed with no rails where a new mom can't sleep properly for constant fear someone might fall off the edge! Oliver, Marika, and Elsa Jane are enjoying the quiet time alone together, resting and recovering and feeling all family-like. I just made a donation in honor of the oc casion to the International Rescue Commitee https://help.rescue.org/donate?ms=bg_brnd_evrg_best_es_161110&initialms=bg_brnd_evrg_best_es_161110 to help... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 12, 2016

Midnight Baby!

Baby Girl Bell made her entrance last night! I've seen a photo from Daddy's phone, and heard that everyone did great and is doing well, but no other details yet. Grandma here is very pleased, of course, and Uncle Charlie, as well. I'll let you know more tomorrow when I hear the whole tale. O Frabjous Day! Later... I just had a 20 minute chat with Marika who sounds quite exhausted. It was a 20-hour labor and was pretty intense. Elsa was born at 10:55 last night, weighing in at just over 6 lbs.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 11, 2016

Sunday afternoon sunshine

Here I am sitting in the lately rearranged living room--newly accomodating the High Place of Embers, the tv shifted from its corner to make room for the Yule Village--after another trip out to the DressUp Box to add crocheted hats and pouches, and several pair of Victorian style shoes, then a quick lunch at Panera. As I sit and crochet, Embers finds both the thick chenille yarn and the knobby end of the nice wooden crochet hook quite interesting, so it's a kind of joint amusement. She doesn't do... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 10, 2016

Saturday...

The water flows again after a warmer day yesterday, and remembering to leave the tap on over the freezy night again. Embers' vet check was satisfactory: Vet was pleased with her surgical sites and was not terribly concerned about the sneezing or the unusually loose stool, a sample of which she conveniently provided on the unsettling journey from safe warm home to strange unpleasant places. Because of her age, if there is anything going on, I am having them go ahead and test so we will know asap,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 9, 2016

New photos

https://www.flickr.com/gp/therovingeye/0jX2hW Just a few of Embers Eldercat and her High Place, and one of Gerbilhome as it now appears. Sign in to see full entry.

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