Daily Notes- Tuesday December 23rd....Clouds and 30 degrees. A Good Day for a NAP.

No Snow here in Maine..

Daughter and I have gotten into the habit of her showing up and doing a few things on our list-- yesterday it was looking for the Swedish crystal wine classes..(found). The wooden box with a set of never used silverware..... (not found).  The still missing books belonging to daughter.  Before that we watched a Lifetime Christmas Movie.  One of my favorites...the Lifetime Movies usually have some despicable character that we can all dislike....they also have actual real kisses. Not the Hallmark Ones.

Daughter  also found ALL my miniature Sock Monkeys.  Several are now on my Christmas Tree. And some handmade (by me) pin cushions....One is a yellow felt pear.  I have my pins in it. Now. It's Lovely.

I finally located my Christmas Pierogi Cheat Sheet  for the making of three kinds of Pierogi.  Son made his recipes last year (which are mine fine tuned) and we (daughter and I) were fine with them but missed the ones I make.  So we'll see what happens.   I'm basically fond of the potato ones and the sauerkraut ones... daughter of the cheese ones. And we both like thick chewy dough....fried to a crisp in butter......with LOTS of leftovers... days worth.

Watched yet another Football (American) game yesterday...bottom of the last quarter...Guys in the blue pajamas didn't win.  49ers did.  If there is a game today I will be watching it. Otherwise one of my recorded British Soccer Games. And perhaps a repeat of a favorite Hallmark Movie.

I was cold yesterday so stayed bundled up in my down lap comforter....didn't work on replacing strips on the old quilt...but..today I have choices of TV watching (Hallmark/Lifetime/Soccer/Antiques Roadshow)....book reading......quilt repair......and just staring at the wall the way cats do.....at least all my cats did........the dog stared at the cat staring at the wall......always entertaining. I was staring at both of them.  My Life NOW is so boring.  Incredibly DULL. Dull enough that I wish I knew how to Day Nap.

 

Daily Notes- Monday, December 22nd. Sunshine and 25 degrees

 We will be having a few of these Englebreit illustrations as we approach Christmas.

Watched the Patriots football game last night....it was close but they won...you could see it in their eyes- they were not giving up.....even with injuries etc... I was sad that Lamar injured his back...I have always been a fan of his.

We are looking for things in the Attic... champagne glasses and a wooden box of silverware.  There was a lot of "gather it up and throw it out" after my husband died- ....... a lot went to Goodwill...hopefully not the champagne glasses from Sweden.  Or the lovely knives, forks and spoons.

Winter has returned today- chill in the air.... we are gathering the ingredients for our Christmas Eve and Christmas Dinner....I am excited because the food is actually  "one of My Favorite Things."

Well, there is a real chill in the air and I have to figure out the heating system-  a higher number????

Daily Notes for Sunday December 21st. Sunshine and 43 degrees....In Maine. (not a JOKE)

 We don't have any of the stuff to make these lovely beverages....  looks yummy.

1.   Addressed and stamped all my Christmas Cards... wrote things inside... remembering all of the wonderful friends I have...and all the places I have lived.  Have a few stamps left...for bills. A few.... will need to add stamps to the Grocery list on Friday.

2.  Sunday Pizza... Football (Buffalo).....and British Soccer....And  Movies...the new one with Pickleball in the title on Lifetime was actually entertaining...and I now know all about Pickleball.  Lifetime is a more touchy feely kind of Hallmark......

3.  Watched a great Soccer game this morning...I have more recorded...for watching while I continue to sew scraps of cloth over worn or shredded strips on that old quilt.....cloth does eventually decompose...if not protected. Not all of it but on this quilt- a lot of it.

4.   My front and back lawns have never looked GREENER or more LUSH....in December- I am 1000% sure I will be canceling Tru Green....and doing my own fertilizer applications....or not...perhaps give the grass a "time out"....as it was probably OVER SERVED.  

5.   An injury on the football field so bad they chose not to show it.... whoa. Right leg- 

6.   And on that note I will return to my cozy couch, down comforter and some dark chocolate. And a fresh cup of hot sweet tea.

daily Notes for Saturday, December 20th. Sunshine here in Maine. 30 degrees and no hurricane yesterday.

 Well, the Hurricane we were expecting....no show (we thought maybe we would get to see and hear the whole house generator work)...but we did get RAIN and now we have green grass.. finally- was brownish green all Summer but now- at the end of December a bright healthy GREEN.  What a strange YEAR...

These cards may or may not be going out today with the bills.  Three bills.  I think...nope four.   Lots of Sunshine today.. And a late Christmas Card is still okay, I think.

I found a recipe from the NYT for a Blueberry Breakfast Cake....I was watching Hallmark and quite a bit of baking was being done on the shows so I checked my supplies.....I can definitely make the Blueberry Breakfast Cake...if I want to..frozen berries in the freezer.  This recipe was from months and months ago...not recent.  And oddly enough I have eggs.

I might jack the furnace up another notch- chill on the back of my neck... I woke up at 5 am...Was awake thinking- not always the best thing for me to do....and then I woke up a second time and it was 9 am.  So I got out of bed and started my day......Oatmeal in the microwave and hot water in the pot for instant decaf coffee... paper, sigh......always dismal.....Suduko not as dismal but still unfinished.

My instant coffee is on it's third warm up...very very icky... I gave some serious (vaguely) thought to asking Santa for a small counter top Nespresso machine.  But always have second thoughts regarding one cup per day and not really picky about coffee....thought I did REALLY enjoy European Coffee. When I lived in Europe...it was very strong and excellent... I liked eating lunch at nice restaurants....I liked day drinking wine......I thought the men were so well dressed and so very friendly....of course I was so much younger and minimally attractive.  Then...... now I am old and often forget to comb my hair.