Christmas will be here in six days!!!
How CAN that be right????
Although I've bought a few items...mostly a giftcard Christmas this year.
Thankfully, next year should be more normal.
In no small part to the vaccines.
Only for frontline workers and nursing homes at this point...anxiously awaiting mine during the second wave.
It will be so wonderful not to have to worry about Covid.
And hug my grandchildren.
Chris has finished the eight weeks and passed the final with flying colors. He has managed to maintain a 4.0 and has a few weeks off to relax and enjoy.
He has popped by to drink a celebratory toast and catch up. We may even see a few lights the 24th. Lights that we were unable to see included The Geminids this year...as we have been under a thick cloud cover.
Tina got a real honor with the ambulance team she has worked with...and got The EMT of The Year Award!
So proud of both of you!!!
Tina and Emma Gene
Lennon has been in touch several times this week, and will be celebrating Christmas only with Grandma this year. They are both still Covid-Free and hopefully she will get the vaccine soon.
James and Nicole, busy getting Christmas ready for their crew...and James popping by to share some good news that he will be remodeling and such INSIDE this winter (work) instead of hanging off a slippery roof, or freezing outside siding. Oh...and he showed me the new 2020 quarter...which really does sport a BAT.
Loretta is waiting for her vaccine which she will be getting not a moment too soon! She is so over the quarantine and isolation.
Angie caught a real break with her shoppe...talked to the new buyers for the building she leases...they are going to not start anything until summer 2021...and offered to buy her lease out then, and help her (and her vendors) find another building. Great news, and all is well that ends well.
Everything else has been moved until after Christmas...and mostly January.
Diane and Brenda and I, having a short holiday tea soon after.
Don and Chris and I, planning our Winter Brunch soon.
John and I, celebrating his birthday and Christmas over a few days.
And maybe a return to Sisters Day...which we have all missed!
The Covid numbers are numbing right now...and we are all just hunkered down.
And it will get worst before it gets better.
Still,with a vaccine on the horizon...there is hope.
My Winter Scent?
Think Vanilla Chocolate Coffee. Very subtle and nice.
Strange news on the Tossed Teddy front...as a package arrived from the vendor containing not the teddy but a child-sized hoodie.
When we talked it was clear she had mixed up shipping and had no idea who has got the bear....sigh.
A refund was issued and on to find another tossed teddy...since mine seems to have gone on an adventure.
Introducing Dexter.
A well-loved named teddy which the seller had replaced his bow...owned for years by her daughter.
Soon Dexter will have a forever home and be 2020's Tossed Teddy.
This Week's Book:
Published in 2019 this is the prequel to his latest book. Since his books tend to be convoluted with many plot twists and subplots...I requested both of them...and read this one first so I wouldn't be totally lost.
A whodunit with FBI Atlee Pine, and I wasn't disappointed.
Unforgettable characters.
Fast paced.
The usual whiplash from Baldacci's twists and turns.
A rising body count.
and ready to begin the sequel now....
Great Read!
The Movie this Week:
A kill or be killed assassin film with Jessica Chastain and John Malkovich.
I am a bit prejudiced, because Malkovich is one of my favorite actors...always playing riveting characters...but this is one of the best films I've seen this year.
Tense.
Edge of your seat.
Well cast...and a mentor role by the aging but icy Malkovich.
Worth a look.
Finishing a Cinderella Day here...so I can enjoy, a simmered soup beans with cornbread and football, Sunday.
Our Colts at 1:00 and the Chiefs & Saints after 4.
Have a Great Weekend!
The Colts bested the Texans..and although it was a nail-biter...Mahomes beat Brees in the last 2 minutes!!!!
The Texans are out...
And everyone else is playoff bound!
