Got up and got going this morning. I vacuumed the floors and did some picking up. Then I made the sugar cookies and got them frosted.
At 4:00 eight of us gathered for a Winter Solstice celebration. We did a meditation and then had a wonderful conversation. I so appreciated those that came and how vulnerable they are willing to be.
I have a cheesecake baking in the oven now and the cherry jello salad made. That is all the cooking and baking I wanted to do today.
Tomorrow I need to get the little smokies in the crockpot around 9:00 or so. I am also doing nachos so will get those going sooner or later. I am making a green been casserole but I only have two crockpots so will do those in the oven when I bake the macaroni and cheese. Jason is doing pig tails.
I still need to get something ready for a game we are doing tomorrow and then I think I will be ready. It will be a fun day for this mom to have all her kids home. Not sure if Tagen is coming as he started a new job today.
Next week is a quiet week for me. I have exercise on Monday but other than that nothing on the schedule. I am overdue for a quiet week. I do want to gift some people with some homemade treats. I’ll see how many are left over from tomorrow. I may need to make more batches of some of them so I have enough to give away.
I haven’t gotten the Christmas spirit yet. Although any day all my kids come home feels like Christmas to me.
I got the invoices today for the sewer replacement project at Tagen’s house and the roof and gutter replacement project at Jason’s house. It will hurt a bit to write those two big checks.
Today was a good day. I love having friends over and having deep conversations. The world would be a much better place if everyone had a safe circle of friends to share their lives with.
Grateful for my circle of friends, grateful I am ready for tomorrow, and grateful the kids will all be here tomorrow.