First Christmas card arrived yesterday from my Mum's cousin, David. My mum has been gone for 17 years but he is still hale and hearty, living on his own and only recently gave up a daily swim at the local pool. I hope I am still alive and kicking at his age, he has to be in his nineties!
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| I love this cheery Robin! |
Snow again! I'm sick of it already and it's only the first week in December. We still have 4 months to look forward to.
It snowed all morning but is already starting to melt. This is our third go through of this routine. Usually once we get our first heavy snowfall it is here until Spring. I don't mind not having to shovel it but the gray skies are very depressing and already I am longing for sun. My only trip outside today was to the composter and I had to put on my winter coat and boots to do that!
Steve barbecued a steak tonight (out on the chilly porch), I am really eating well while he is here. None of my usual thrown-together meals! We had it with some roasted vegetables, corn and a salad, followed by the leftover apple crumble. Now to just lie on the couch with my book while I digest everything!
Thought I'd better put something down so you know I'm still alive.
Today was Senior's discount day at the drug store so I walked there this morning. Didn't save much as several things had been cleaned out by the early bird seniors! But I did get a couple of bargains. One thing I noticed - if an item is on sale you don't get a further discount
This afternoon I walked up to my local mall for the things I didn't get in the morning. It took me 45 minutes all round so, with my one hour workout this morning, I have done well with exercise today. I should sleep well tonight!
Butter chicken for dinner tonight, one of Steve's favourites so there probably won't be much leftovers. I am going to make an apple crumble too, to use up some over ripe apples. I will be popular this evening!
Put up some outdoor lights today as it continues to be unusually mild (got up to 10C today with blue skies). I don't usually bother (my string of lights has to be almost 30 years old) but since son is here to reach the high places, we gave it a go. I'm sure it will add to the festive feel of our street. A lot of the bulbs had burned out and some of the sockets aren't working but we had enough to mount a reasonable display.
Everyone seems to be starting Christmas early this year. I think it is due to wanting to add some festivity to our dull lives. Not much chance of Christmas shopping unless you want to buy online which I don't. I like to see the item before I plunk down some cash. The grandkids have given me their choices for charitable presents (i.e. they choose a gift from the PLAN catalogue to be given in their name) but I will try to find something for them, either money or a gift card. The adults don't exchange gifts.
A nice healthy stew tonight, cooking in my crock pot. I'm not a big meat eater but it does smell delicious, probably because I used some red wine to deglaze the pan when I browned the meat! I will serve it with a salad and some bread to soak up the gravy. Yum!!
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| One of my neighbour's displays. |
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| More Christmassy houses. |
