I haven’t slept since I woke up at 11:00 last night. I laid down for a nap this afternoon but didn’t fall asleep. Maybe I will be able to stay awake until 8:00 or so and then sleep all night. This sleep thing is wearing me out.
I went up to the Old School Christmas thing around noon. I found four boxes of Christmas cards for $0.25 a box. I also got some Christmas gift bags for $0.25 each. they even had some gift tags for $0.25. Got a whole bag of things and only paid $5.00 for all. What a bargain! I bid on one auction item but haven’t heard if I won or not. They didn’t have a very big turnout at least while I was there. Maybe it picked up later this afternoon.
We got rain this morning but so far no snow. The wind is a blowing this afternoon. Hope it doesn’t blow the snow our way. It sure feels colder than it is with the strong wind.
The potting soil and pots I ordered came in so I will get the hyacinths planted soon. Not sure if they will bloom by Christmas time or not but hoping will shortly thereafter.
Need to work on my Christmas letter now that I have some cards. I looked over my calendar for 2025 and I didn’t see much on it. I will finish rereading my blog and see if anything worth noting happened during the year. Not sure where time goes but it sure goes fast these days, even when I don’t do anything.
The roof overhang on the room addition worked well today as the dogs were able to lay outside and not get wet while it was raining. I appreciate that Phil did that for the dogs.
No plans for tomorrow. I think I will stay home yet another day and work on things around here. It has been nice to take a couple days and stay home and be quiet.
I need to get some things ready for our family Christmas as it is in two weeks from today. I made a list of things I need to get from the grocery store so I can start making treats. I don’t buy too many gifts anymore. I ordered the things Ellexia wanted so that is already taken care of. Just need to get them wrapped. Tagen wants a gift certificate or cash. I do need to come up with a game for everyone to play. I got some of the prizes for it already so just need to decide what game to put together.
Next week will be fairly quiet. I have a Zoom call on Monday and then on Thursday I have to go to Topeka for an eye doctor appointment. Good to have lots of free time on my calendar.
I can’t believe it is going to be December Monday. My goodness this year went by quickly. Wonder what next year will bring? I have a feeling things are going to come to a head over the next month or two and start changing course.
Feeling a bit tired this afternoon but better than I have been. The shingles are almost healed already. Sure thinking the vaccine helped make this a fairly mild case. I have been able to stay above neutral and that helps me feel better too. I haven’t spent too much time reading the news since I have been home. So much chaos and fear mongering that I do best when I don’t spend much time reading the news.
Grateful for another quiet day at home, grateful we didn’t get any snow, and grateful for the sleep I will get tonight.