12/24/2023

 

Weekly Update 12/24//2023

The week started off very busy with dinner with friends at Denise’s house, meeting friends for lunch, drinks with other friends, trips to the post office, baking, and visiting friends from the “old neighborhood”. But, after Thursday, things got very quiet, and I’m not unhappy about that.

I’ve been walking when I can. To try to keep it interesting, I walk where I think there might be Christmas decorations. Many have inflatables, but since I’m walking in the daylight, often they are just in heaps on the ground. I think there’s something terribly wrong about snowmen, polar bears, and penguins in Savannah, but if they make the homeowners happy, it hardly matters what I think. Some house have nothing, not even a wreath on the door. I think I’ve seen as many Grinches as nativity scenes, and that seems odd that people would honor a mean monster, but not the Peace on Earth motif. I saw this house, and wondered “really?”

At library book club this past week, we did something a little different. Instead of reading a book, we each shared our favorite cookbook, and if we wanted to, we could bring a sample. I shared this book that I received in 1969 as a wedding shower gift! I made one of the Christmas cookie recipes, too. That was a fun way to be with those friends during the holiday season.

I had been gifted a Buffalo Bills Advent Calendar, and each morning I looked forward to opening the next window. I will never need another keychain for as long as I live, but I also got such treats as a tiny Lego player, some earrings and bracelets, pins, and just fun stuff. It was so much fun.

I wish I could be a fly on the wall when Adrian and Annie get up tomorrow. I saw some videos today of opening presents at Brian and Sharon’s house, and Adrian seemed to be just delighted with the Bluey dollhouse (I think that’s what it was) and Annie enjoyed the wrapping paper. Little children, and the magic they bring to the season, makes everything all right. Annie took her first steps this week, and I think there will be no stopping her.