The AC is On
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
One Measly Hour
Monday, December 29, 2025
Susie MacGyver
My Sue is an impressive problem solver: a Susie MacGyver as it were. She can look around and pull together the necessary items to find a workaround to a problem. While I should have countless examples of this talent, the latest and current example is on my mind.
Thankfully, we got through the Christmas season in good health, but Sue awoke on the 26th with a persistent couch. By the next day, it had developed into a humdinger of a cold. I started to forget about that when I found myself uncomfortable in my chair, where I do most of my sleeping. So, I thought I would go to the bed for awhile. I realized before I got there that Sue's germs made that a bad idea, but since I was up, I peered in regardless to see how the lady was faring.
This ↓↓ is what I saw — in the darkness, of course, because it was nighttime.
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| A makeshift shelf to hold the supplies for her infirmity. Note a lack of room for AC in the king-size bed. |
Sunday, December 28, 2025
Christmas Day
As determined by our boss, Danica, we were over to theirs by 8am, and soon were all seated to begin to work through the haul. We began with the overstuffed and overflowing stockings, working through them methodically by going around the circle again and again until the bottoms were reached. Of course, I snapped some pictures throughout the procedure through both the stockings and subsequent parcels.
We hadn’t got too far with the stockings when I noticed that overcast and blustery day had lit up. I thought it quite appropriate that the sun came out to shine a little Christmas slight.
Saturday, December 27, 2025
Christmas Eve
Today, we are off to visit extended family in a cottage they are renting for a week, just an hour south of us. Cancelled due to weather and health on both sides. This is the AI summary of the morning conflab* on FB
For the sake of the blog, however, it is time to catch up with Christmas doings. We all prepare for so long, but then it is over in a flash. Today, I take you back to Christmas Eve, which we hosted for, I think, the first time since we moved here.
We only graze on Christmas morning before we all disperse by noon, but we have a meal on the Eve. This year it was Mexican Lasagna. In this first photo, Sha and Dani were at the stove about to serve themselves before heading to the table.
It was a very nice Christmas Eve. On this occasion we didn’t need to bundle up and drive home in a cold car that would barely have a chance to heat before we arrived.
* Spellcheck doesn’t like conflab, but it is in the Dictionary: “noun INFORMAL an informal private conversation or discussion.”
Friday, December 26, 2025
Boxes that Delight
Boxing Day for humans must be Merry Catmas Day for the kitties.
Speaking of boxes, Jonathan couldn’t have been more pleased after opening one yesterday. It contained a Skittles dispenser, and JJ does love his Skittles. He just has to hold his and under the device, and a Skittle will drop out. What more could a boy want?
Thursday, December 25, 2025
Christmas Cards
I know you are all busy with family festivities today, but through the miracle of setting a time to publish, I can still get my cards and wishes out there even as I am presently visiting the kid and opening gifts with them. The timing feels right to me, even though this post may not be seen by many.
We have two cards for you today, but you have already seen both base photos without the added text.
Why two cards, you may ask. Well because after I prepared the first, I had the urge not the waste the second image that came my way. I've told the story of the second image previously, so I shan't repeat myself. What I will say, is that I have embraced the Happy Christmas variation more and more because that is what I hear on all of the British telly that I watch. After Happy sounding odd at first, it now seems very right.
Wednesday, December 24, 2025
The Eve is Upon Us
The Eve is upon us. The 23rd involved some last-minute preps, including cooking the Mexican Lasagna that we will share with our little family tonight. I had to drop some parcels off at the kids' for Christmas Day tomorrow and asked if they wanted my to bring them any goodies from Tims.
Danica: Omg yas. Can I have an iced Capp pleaseJonathan: can i have a chocolate dip donut perchance and a lemonade























