A quiet weekend

 With the pandemic, all our weekends are quiet. It was cold out, so I stayed in. Ralph hurt his back so he's laying low, and took a nap. Then he played an online game with Steph, Manda, Amary and Garrett.

I made tacos for dinner, we haven't had them in weeks.

When I was at the NP, the tech showed me a watchband she'd gotten from amazon, so I did a little shopping! Bought one, and put a few on my wishlist. 

I finished this book this morning, and I'll request the next in the series.

I'm 4 days into this page of my cross stitch.

I have one of the Ikea carts that the supplies live on. I have 6 divided boxes for the floss for this project, to keep it organized. There are people who do multiple projects at a time, but I'd need a cart and floss for each project, and it would get unwieldy. Plus, I tend to obsess about a project. 

We're on two lists for the covid immunization. I'm hoping to hear from the other office of our doctor tomorrow with a date for shot #1. We have a date on the county website, but it's not til March, and we'd like to get it before then. 

I've got 2 more books left of the 11 I got from the library! I've already put 5 in the drop off box, and have 3 more to be returned. When I start the last book, I'll request a new batch.

A New Day!

 I spent hours with the TV on yesterday, tuned to the Inauguration. It was so well done! Such a sense of relief that now we can all go about our business without wondering what the orange idiot is up to. Now he's just another crazy old man in Florida. 

I finished this page while the TV was on! I started this page on December 30, and it just took forever. Off course, I did take a snake break. 

It's hard to see, but at one point it was snowing so hard! My phone doesn't take good snow pix.

I finished this last night, it was pretty good. First in a series.

OMG, the Bernie memes are so funny! 

I did fine at the eye doc's, a small change in the reading prescription, which is good because I want new frames. I've had these for 3 years and I'm ready for a change. 

Yesterday we went food shopping- we were out of so many things! Came home and the phone was ringing. Garrett wanted to tell us that the Inauguration was the most boring thing ever, and he wanted a hamburger to be president. So cute!

This morning I have an appointment with my NP, regular appointment. Ralph is at his usual Thursday breakfast with the veterans. 

Eddie is supposed to return to in person school today, two days a week. He's happy to be able to drive himself to school, of course. What a strange senior year this is for him and all the other seniors. 

Snakes 2021

 The weekend was snake starter weekend!

Orange for Joey, and temps at my brother's house in Franklinville, since Joey is all over the place. Blue for Ben, and temps for Vienna. 

Wow, I saw an ad for this cross stitch pattern! It's so beautiful! It might be my next project!

First thing I did this morning was check my email, start off aggravated. Optum RX is processing my prescription. WTF! They've been processing it for a week now, and I have two pills left! I had to call them and they graciously (sarcasm intended ) approved a 30 day supply from Walgreen's. Called the cardiologist office for the millionth time, and they sent the order over to Walgreen's. What a way to start a Monday morning!

Another week starts

 The weeks are blending in to each other. At least the weather is holding, only the one snow so far. 

That Darkness was very strange, but interesting. I've just started This Side of Murder.

I made Cowboy Casserole for dinner last night. Ground beef, corn, tomatoes, cream of celery soup, sour cream, cheese, topped with tater tots. Really good, and enough for tonight also! A win!

I finally started this year's snakes!

Orange is for Joey. He'll be 8 next week! Sadly, another birthday without his daddy. But he has a lot of wonderful men in his life.

Blue is for this little cutie! Our two youngest great nephews. 

This week I see the eye doc on Tuesday, and the NP on Thursday. Wednesday is a sad anniversary, my closest friend from high school died 11 years ago. 

Friday again

 We made it thru another week! Yay! Seeing the national Covid numbers, it's so scary! We have appointments for our vaccine, but not til March. Jersey has got it together pretty well, unlike some of the stupid states. 

We picked up the HQ 16 from the quilt shop yesterday. The HQ guy did routine cleaning and oiling, and said she's in good shape. 

It wasn't bad, $199. Since I pay over $100 to have my Janome serviced, I actually expected it to cost more. I haven't used the HQ for over a year, but I have some flimsy's I want to quilt and use. 

I finished both Thin Ice and Moon Called, and moved on to Deal Breaker. All were/are excellent, and I'll be requesting more in the series'. 

I've been working on the cross stitch when I watch TV. I haven't started this year's snakes yet. 

Since the days melt into one another, we have no weekend plans. With the Covid numbers so bad, we're staying in even more.

Wednesday?

 I think it's Wednesday. It gets to the point where I'm not really sure.

I spent a bit of time on the phone first thing. I got an email from my mail order pharmacy that they had an issue. Called them, she figured out what the issue was, called the doc's office and she fixed it. No one's fault, just miscommunication and annoying. 

Amanda and Steph have been drinking Adagio Tea, and Manda sent me some for Christmas. I liked it so much that I ordered some, and when it came they sent me a sample week of their CommuniTea. Kinda like the advent calendar tea. I was telling Manda, and she and I both ordered the February box. And Adagio is in jersey, yay!

I stayed up late reading this last night, and hope to finish it today. Really good! I did sign up for the Goodreads reading challenge, and I've been good about entering the books I'm reading.

Another inspiration picture! I like the way the stripes are worked.

We dropped off the HQ to be serviced yesterday, and we can pick her up tomorrow. I have a few flimsy's that I want to get done this year.

Book Club!

 My Cookie Swap group had our first Google meets last night. It was so much fun! We haven't seen each other since last March, and had a lot of catching up to do. The book is One Perfect Summer. I read it, Gordanna has it, and the others will get it and (yeah right) read it for the February 8 meeting. The next book, suggested by Gordanna, will either be The Last Days of John Lennon or The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. I requested LaRue, I'm number 35! The Lennon isn't up on the library site yet. 

Some of us read all the time, some rarely. Since I've always been a reader, it blows my mind when people say they don't read. It's just a different mindset. 

I'm still working on this page! So much confetti! But it looks so great.

In inspiration pic! I love the yellow and touches of blue, and it would go great in our room.

I just downloaded this pattern. I would change the colors, probably. I have to think about it. 

Yesterday Ralph had the urge for Olive Garden, so we did curbside. I had fettuccine, he had spaghetti, and of course we had their salad. It was a nice change of pace. And he ordered us cheesecake, which we never got around to having last night, so we have for today- yay!