Baby, it's Cold outside!

It's 8 a.m. and in the low 30's outside.  Brrr....  I got up around 6, brewed coffee, and sat down with a piece of toast to browse the net.  Always look forward to Wednesday mornings so I can look over the E-edition of the PT Leader. But nope...not there yet!  So I guess I'll blog instead.  I suppose the weather and icy roads might have something to do with why the Leader isn't appearing  although I can't quite grasp the whole scenario since we're talking "on-line" and not the hard copy. Oh well, it's not the end of the world.

I had a pretty good day yesterday. Got a lot of odds and ends done. Even drove the car through the car wash downtown.  It was filthy and I just couldn't talk my back into hooking up the outside hose and washing it down in the driveway.  We're supposed to have cold and sunny weather all week so at least it will stay halfway clean for a while.  Doesn't take long for that boxy white car to turn into a sooty mess.

I picked up Jenni at 7:15 and dropped her at the short stay entrance of the hospital where she'll undergo exploratory surgery. Hopefully, she'll finally get some answers to why she's had so much difficulty with stomach pain.  The nurses will call me when she ready to be picked up again.  Later this afternoon I'll take Maddie up to the high school so she can work the concession booth at the basketball game.

The washing machine is running with a small load of very dirty rags from a bucket in the garage.
Been meaning to wash them up for some time.  They were an accumulation of rags I wiped down the outside of the car with so I could see out the back window or climb in without getting mud all over my pant leg.  Sitting on the kitchen table is 4 very full photo boxes that I intend to sort through today. Another overdue project.  I need to dispose of some of them as they're more or less just duplicates but it's always hard for me to throw away a picture.  Course I won't have that much of a problem with ones of me.  For some reason, I look pretty pathetic in most all pictures I appear in these days.

I put away all the Christmas decorations yesterday and vacuumed the house and mopped the kitchen and bathrooms.  I was just a little whirlwind of activity.  Once I get these pictures in order, I intend to set up a jigsaw puzzle I got for Christmas.  It will be one I'll frame for the wall.  Sue bought it at LL Bean and it's an aerial map view of my childhood neighborhood in Port Townsend. I can't wait to see it completed.

I called somebody who may or may not be able to come over and help me program my new Smart TV that Mary and Andy gave me for Christmas.  I sure am enjoying it.  I borrowed her latest season of Homeland while visiting so I've been wrapped up in that during the evening.  I sit there bundled up with a blanket and work on these knitted slippers I'm making.

I hung up my new calendars even though January 1st is a few days off. I do love new calendars.  And, as usual, I'm taking a couple of my old calendars and sticking them up in the closet for safe keeping.  Sometimes you just cannot throw away those fabulous scenes.  I've got a bird calendar I bought from Current Catalog hanging in here and a PT Gathering Place calendar in the kitchen. My Downton Abby desk calendar is sitting by my recliner and I have my First Federal Calendar near my computer. It will be the one I mark up each month with reminder notes.

I really lucked out at Christmas this year.  Mary and Andy also gave me a very generous gift card to Costco along with Andy's old tablet.  It's taking a little getting used to but it's way better than checking my email from my recliner than using my phone.  One of my favorite gifts from Jenni was this book on making cakes in a cup. She also provided cocoa powder, flower, vanilla, and two cups. I do love cake.  Ha!

Had an electrician come in a couple days ago because I couldn't understand why my heat never turned off.  Sure enough, it was the thermostat that needed replacing.  So nice to hear it turn on and off now.  I knew having to manually adjust it all the time wasn't right.  It's so cold this morning that I turned the heat on in the sewing room -- just in case I decide to get back there and play around.  I've been buying material and am anxious to settle in at the machine again.  Must do those pictures first, however.

Tomorrow I'm picking up Joyce Lee and we're heading to 7 Cedars for lunch with Linda and Joanne. IF Joyce and I both win (very unlikely as I'm never lucky) we might hit Elwha Casino later that night. It would be early, though. Like 6 pm.  Joyce says they have a free buffet on New Years Eve that is pretty good.  I can't really afford to gamble right now but it would be kind of fun to do something to close out the old year.  We'll see....

Facebook put up a picture on my timeline yesterday of "two years ago" and it brought back happy memories.

Below is their Christmas card this year....

And here's one from Catie and Brandon (which made me laugh).  They spent the holidays in Utah. Even drove there themselves.  You can do stuff like that when you're young and fearless.

Well, washer just clicked off so I'd best get in there so I can move on to the picture project early. Have a Happy New Year!