• Christmas,  Family,  Holidays,  Productivity,  Stress,  To Do List

    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…

  • Aging Parents,  Christmas,  Family,  Holidays,  Productivity

    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…