Holidays
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Blogmas Day 1: Christmas Tree, Retirement, and Time Blocking
Let’s start Blogmas Day 1 with the Christmas Tree as it was this morning around 5:45 a.m. after we took the dogs out for their morning business. It’s quite pretty to look at in the mornings. You can see me in the mirror there taking the pic. George has wrapped a few gifts already. I have too but they need bows before I can add them under the tree. Happy December! I’m taking a PTO day. Normally this is the day I go out and shop for George. However, I managed to find all his things this month. And he found a few of them too. So we are going…
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Sloth Christmas Ornament & an Overwhelming Time of Year
Isn’t he cute? My spirit animal. Slow and steady she goes. It is somewhat comforting to know that one can move forward – even if slowly. So I decided on a whim last night to do Blogmas again.It starts tomorrow on Dec 1. It won’t be long and well thought out, but it’ll be something even if only a photo. Or a few daily thoughts. Surely we can do this. So expect something from me every day. Even if small. I actually am kinda starting it early by doing today’s blog. But we won’t call it Blogmas until tomorrow! I would love to do Vlogmas, but that would be a…
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Christmas Decor, Mom’s Health, and My Spirit Animal
Bye bye, fall decor. Hello Christmas. I was very surprised at how smoothly the weekend went in transitioning over to Christmas. It was a quiet weekend, overshadowed by the bafflement day to day with Mom’s foot. One moment it is so much better and the other moment she is lazy boy ridden and unable to function and needing to be cared for, fed, waiting on, foot soakings, and taking trash out for her. George threw away some science projects in the fridge while I got her foot soaker machine going. Today is the day we are to go to the walk-in clinic after work for foot x-ray but last night…