First Finish of 2026

 Last night I finished/ran out of purple yarn the scrapghan I've been working on for a few weeks.

 It went pretty fast, it was two strands, and is very heavy and snuggly. 

And I had a good score on Wridges, the Washington Post's daily word search. 

And I took inspiration pix of these two:

 

I may add them to the to do list, along with prosperity hens.

But next up is getting Baby Boone's Temperature Snake started. Her first birthday is February 12- yikes! I've been noting the temps since the day she was born, I have to decide today whether I'm doing the hots or the colds temps. I've had the yarn pulled since before she was born, more pastel colors than the  other snakes I've done. 

I'm getting labs drawn at noon, and when we get home I'll start the snake. 

Manic Monday

 The weather is so goofy. In the 30's today, up to almost 60 by the end of the week. 

My stripology ruler came yesterday, a day early. It's really big, and I'm eager to try it out. Last night I crocheted while getting caught up on Tracker on Paramount Plus.

 One of my Christmas gifts from Heather was a 40 ounce cup for my water. Yikes, it's big. My other one is 32 ounces, and there is such a size difference. It's so pretty, I love it! She also gave me two pair of house slipper socks, which I request every year, since I wear them all year long. The gray cup is my iced tea cup- I have one glass per day, then switch to water. 

Labs today at 12:15 for the neurologist. 

First Sunday of 2026

 This week between Christmas and New Years is so confusing. What day is it? What do I want to do? What to make for dinner? I'll actually be glad for the routine to kick back in tomorrow.

I didn't take any pictures yesterday. I started watching this season of Tracker on Paramount plus last night while crocheting on the scrapghan. I finished the first 8 oz skein of yarn of the year! 

This morning I did .15 miles on the treadmill, 900 steps, 8 minutes. Did my PT exercises on the vibration plate. 

It's Sunday, so lunch today with Frank and Charlotte. Filomena's this week, a local Italian place.  

Another cold day

 Right now it's 30 and cloudy. We see our new physician at 1 pm, all the paperwork has been filled out.

I did my exercises, but haven't walked on the treadmill yet.

 My current scrapghan in progress. It's two strands, one white and one shades of purple, with an H hook. Using up purple leftovers!

Happy New Year 2026

 Hello 2026! Hello January!

 I started the New Year right- .2 miles and 12 minutes on the treadmill, as well as my vibrating plate workout.  We had snow this morning, maybe a 1/2 inch, if that. Right now it's windy and 27 degrees, with a blue sky. 

Plan for today is to move things into the sewing room that are all over the house, and later to crochet on the scrap afghan.

 I made chicken enchiladas last night, with enough for tonight. We discovered pineapple salsa, which is sweet with a kick to it. 

Taylor Swift is playing on the Amazon Echo for background music.

 

Goodbye December, and Goodbye 2025

 The last day of 2025! Wow! I was feeling like I hadn't accomplised a lot, but then I counted up the yarn wrappers, and I used 20 pounds of yarn! Yikes!

And Goodreads sent me some stats that are fun.

And I lost 43 pounds!

And I got my new Skyline 6 sewing machine!

And I made 22 pillowcases, a boatload of coasters, lots of bowl cozies and a bunch of tablerunners- I'm too lazy to get up and get the list I compiled last night. 

I have a new planner that will be specific to crafts, because Steph is a bad influence. 

I'm going to continue to cook, a lot, to try to use up a lot of the stuff in the freezer. 

So, Happy New Year 2026! And it's the year of the midterms, so may the good guys take the House and the Senate!
 

Another Christmas done!

 It was a lovely day, very low key. Instead of dinner, Heather had decided to do brunch, which turned out to be genius. I made a spinach salad and overnight cranberry eggnog french toast. She made a broccoli quiche, mac and cheese, tater tots, and had fresh fruit. Nothing heavy, not tons of prep. We ate, chatted, then on to gifts.

Manda sent me this from my wishlist. It's well insulated, and can hold two 9x13 pans.

 

Those slippers cracked us all up. And Jules in her cap is so adorable. We had such a nice time. We left around 2, so Heather and family could go have dinner with Ed's family. We got home in time for a nap! I made us a ham slice and sweet potato casserole for our light dinner, and we'd brought home some of the spinach salad. Bonus, Heather gave us some pizzelles and cookies. I was careful and did not overindulge. 

And the forecast tonight is terrible, sleet.