Only 16 days until Christmas and all through the house, we're trying to prepare. That includes mostly shopping both for gift items and also essentials. We actually made it out to Costco after several months and made the round trip in 1 1/2 hours and got most of what we went for . . . primarily meat for the freezer and so we hope that PGE does not randomly shut off our power . . .
So now that we have some essentials taken care of in this interim period we will concentrate on gift purchasing, gift wrapping and mailing . . .
We are not interested in the retail blood sports so will focus on online sites, primarily Amazon and Costco -- so nice!
This week was a somber one for sure and we did manage to watch a lot of the arrangements made for GHWB. He was definitely a quality human being and so worthy of respect. For me, I was so grateful for the way he impacted many things especially Desert Storm.
For me, the above collage -- says it all.
But even though it is Christmas season there still are other celebrations to hold -- including two events for two special women in my branch of the tree: Lisa & Marilee have birthdays this week.
For Lisa, it is her 50th -- wow! And for Marilee also a wow marker!
We wish them both the very best on their special days. It is unfortunate that they both live so far away and we can't share in the celebrations -- but we do send our love.
Lisa lives in a climate that is typically 15-20° cooler than here, and Marilee lives where it is typically 20-30° cooler than here (in the winter time). And they both live where there is much more precipitation than here.
So besides climbing in the family trees what have we been up to -- puzzling, of course:
This started out as a very difficult puzzle for us -- it must be because the pieces are very small and so very little is exhibited in each piece. But little-by-little we have made significant progress and the above is where we are at this time.
We expect to finish sometime this week -- if we are lucky. I particularly enjoyed this one after getting more into it as I have owned my share of VW Bugs and have always liked them. Now they have announced again that the last VW Bug will be rolling off the line soon -- they have done this twice before and have always resumed production -- maybe this time too.
Working jigsaw puzzles is a lot like working on family trees -- one piece at a time and before you know it you have a tree full. This week I spent a lot of time adding to one of the trees that I created for a good friend.
Our friends, unfortunately, lost their home in last years Sonoma County fires and along with it all their personal things including old family photos and family genealogical information. I created two binders representing family information for two siblings to replace some of what they lost.
I found the experience satisfying knowing that they will get a lot of enjoyment from those binders.
And lastly:
Dino, is taking advantage every night of his canine-cave bed as we open the windows at night -- and the outside temperature gets into the 30s and inside the house, it is about 62° -- so it is chilly but oh so good for sleeping -- we turn our electric blankets on . . .
That is a bit of our week. See you all "in a few"! 👫
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