JIBBER JABBER and then some

WAKING TO GREY SKIES WITH A CHILL IN THE AIR.  Still, it was extremely peaceful in the morning hours before traffic runs the streets.

Plans for the day are up in the air.  Laundry first chore of the day.  Waiting an hour before eating anything because of morning meds.  Avocado toast and hot tea for breakfast when the time is right.    

I gathered up my party clothes this morning as I am going to lunch with my small circle of girl friends that I meet up with to celebrate one another's birthday plus this time of year we exchange small gifts for CHRISTMAS.  We'll go to a theatrical play after we eat.  We'll catch up on events taking place in our busy lives.  One is ill and won't be attending.  I think she has CO vid.  Again. She's having issues breathing.  Praying.

Afterwards, I'll go to the Dollar Store before returning HOME to decorate the porch.  This week to come, I will work on Christmas Cards each day until finished.  We are still shuffling rooms and furniture to make a TV room.  We have this week to get this done before the week-end before CHRISTMAS comes.  Not sure if we'll get this done or not.  Hubby thinks we can.  Some anxiety about this.  

Family is coming over next Sunday to celebrate Hubby's 70th Birthday, so I have to have the COTTAGE tidy.  Still so many boxes, piles of paper, stuff sitting around as we morph into how a house should be in order to live.  This DOWNSIZING is a work that we are still actively doing.  I guess it could be looked at as our NEWEST HOBBY.  grins.

Yesterday, I MANAGED TO WALK A MILE AROUND THE TRACK IN A MISTY RAIN.  The umbrella I was carrying would be pitched after my walk as it went from being alright to going inside out.  ha.  Several times the wind caught it just right for it to do this. Broken.  

You're done.  It was easy to throw it away.  No holding on to this broken umbrella. No need to try to even repair it.  

Took a drive about town, picked up the mail and returned HOME.  Discussed with Hubby about last minute Christmas decorating and what we might consider next year if we can.  He mentioned that we have an oversized wreath that he would like to hang in front of the house. Maybe we'll have some greenery on the house after all.

While inside, I continued to file papers, do laundry.  I wiped down the tall, metal rack that came into the house yesterday.  Placed my Geraniums on the shelves.  Hubby convinced me that we should use the rack for holding the overflow supplies from the Bathroom that are out of place due to the linen closet not being there yet.  Leave the geraniums on the floor.  I have high hopes for the Geraniums to survive the Winter indoors.  Plucking off the dead leaves took some time. I'm hopeful they will bounce back in their new location.

NAP.  Two and a half hour NAP.  When I woke, I felt somewhat refreshed.  Hubby had single handedly filled the metal rack and made the Kitchen better organized.  This is a lift to my spirits.  

Worked on laundry and sorted through papers making some sense out of them.  

I did well on a low cal diet today.  NO SWEETS.  BREAKFAST WAS LEMON WATER, HOT TEA AND REGULAR WATER.  LUNCH WAS A MUG OF HOT, CREAMY CHOCOLATE.  Supper was a hamburger steak with carmelized onions on top with a large simple salad to the side.  I know myself well as in the evenings I want to snack.  I didn't today.  No cookies, potato chips or candy. 

🍿Not even popcorn.

WE WATCHED TWO MOVIES later in the evening.  SPIRITED and GREYHOUND.  Felt like a double feature. 

TODAY IS A NEW DAY.  
Praise God, it is a new one. 

~d