Daily Notes for a Bright White Saturday in Maine....December 27th. Warmed up to 19 degrees.

 Holiday With The Family.

I watched Groundhog Day yesterday before going to bed....always a delight but as I get older and skip a few years between viewings....it changes...becomes sweeter and funnier...very relatable to my own life.. Now.  In past years the guy choking on his food always reminded me of my husband.  Less now.

We are still buried in snow.   One of my nice tall shrubs is bent to the ground and the major stem is surely going to snap in half sooner rather than later.  I can go out- but I wouldn't be of any use in deep snow other than to fall down and freezer to death (Maine is solidly frozen in the single digits weather wise).  Before being noticed and taken to the Emergency Room. 

I think about the Emergency Room often.  How I do NOT want to visit it.

I've had two possibly three small glasses of water so far today...I am noticing better cognitive capacity if I remember to drink my water. Hydrate.  I had oatmeal for breakfast.  Son fried some of the leftover pierogi with butter and onions for his lunch.... Now the house is very "fragrant".

Daughter and I decided on a Time Out yesterday...after she went thru my cupboards taking out "expired" items.... her father was demented for years before he died....a real "handful" as they say...keeping track of where he was and what he was doing.....and not using a five pound bag of white flour...... was NOT really something I needed to talk about.  Or be reminded of.  

I lost so many of MY remaining years while taking care of him.. I won't be getting a refund....what's gone is gone.... I dumped the flour into the garbage can and walked away.  

Friday, December 26th.... The Day After the All Day Cooking and Eating Experience.

Image is of a tiny Lego Greenhouse KIT.  That I contemplated buying for 5 minutes or so... My Wire something feed had  "what happens to Amazon Returns" as a story today..  OMG!!!

We Three cooked together and ate together and it was one of our all time Best Holidays. 

The Pierogi were perfect.  And plenty for leftovers....  And three cooks in the kitchen- quite delightful. Hope your Christmas was as nice as ours was..... we found and used the Apple Dishes.  

We still have large amounts of snow...the sun is shining so we'll be "enjoying" lots of shiny ICE as the day goes on....today we are have Tacos.   And I can hardly wait....

I need to eat breakfast... read the paper and find my socks.... do a load or two of laundry.

Merry Christmas to All.....25 degrees and 90 percent humidity. In Maine @ 9 am.

 One of the Sock Monkeys....daughter keeps finding more ornaments for the tree.

The Grass Cutting Guy showed up.......at 8 pm and plowed the huge pile of ice and snow out of the driveway to street opening...  we can actually leave home if necessary now...in the car..in an emergency.. He did this out of the kindness of his heart....after a long day at work.....and I hope he sends an invoice...

The new to us whole house generator worked smoothly on its first chance to do so since it was installed. Previous to buying the generator...the power went out quite a lot.  When Son arrived he started up the small generator many times...just a few items- a few lights, the furnace, the fridge..hot water.  This one powers the entire house.  I didn't even notice when the power came back on and the generator stopped.

My new motto- perhaps embroidered on linen....if anyone shows up with propane or oil....say yes. Don't even think about it.

I watched an old favorite Christmas movie yesterday- Angels and Ornament.  It was on the Hallmark list and is also in my personal TiVo collection (which I will lose when TiVo goes away). I am trying to watch the many movies in the TiVo Files-perhaps for the last time.   And I also have recorded  49 episodes of Law and Order if I get tired of Christmas Movies and British Soccer.  January is a LONG month.

I didn't purchase even one gift.  Everyone, these days, buys what they want when they want it.  I cannot think of anything I need or want.....I would say art supplies but I have plenty.  And my bookcase is full of good books.....I have lots of nice wool socks....my cashmere sweaters are heavily mended...but from what we have noticed in shops- new ones are not as nice. And often smell weird.

And that's all because I am starving and need to eat breakfast and read the NEWS.....try the Daily Suduko.. And get on with my day....I have the furnace running and cold air surrounding my legs and feet....Maine. Love it or Leave it.

Daily Notes for Wednesday, December 24th. After The Storm.

 Power was out and the new whole house generator kicked in......and if any guy in a Propane Tanker shows up AGAIN in my Lifetime- I am saying YES to propane. (I said no)........ Also I called and asked the guy who cuts my grass if he could stop by with his truck and plow and clear the end of the driveway...it was too heavy and too icy for a shovel or a snowblower...  my Son was exhausted... he said he'd come by when finished with his other business clients.  We aren't going anywhere.

After I got off the phone my son said I had hit all the right notes with my call...Sincere Apology. 

Son is taking a hot shower and perhaps a nap...  I am trying un-sucessfully to warm my ice cold hands.

Daughter's street had power....but she has a lot of snow to shovel out of her driveway.

I am going to make another cup of hot very sweet tea....and see how many of the neighbor's trees fall into my yard...they have sallow root systems and are heavy with snow....

I'm cold and want to return to my Down Lap Comforter and my book.  I've read it before. I think I liked it. I f not...with e power back on- I will see if there is anything good on tv....I watched Hallmark movie with  this actor that my daughter and I both like..Warren Christie I think.....He just has nice way of just standing there and smiling....

Daily notes- Wednesday December 24th-

 Power is out- house running on Generator...  Son is out with the snowblower...

When you think nothing can make things worse..... or more nerve racking....

trust the weather to be shitty.