(1) Hung my grandmother's corner shelf in the secondary bedroom in Asheville. She had it for years, gave it to my mother (I remember it all my childhood homes) and she gifted it to me. We don't have many corners big enough to hang it though. I wish I could have put it downstairs, but this was the best spot. Looks sparse from the picture, but the room has a lot of character that doesn't photograph well (like the plaster walls).
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| End table is switched currently so the Christmas tree had a higher table. |
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| I'll probably change up the decor, but this is what I had on hand. |
(2) Christmas shopping has begun. This is a journal that you write a sentence or two for the day and then the same for each day five years in total. How interesting to see what you're thinking on a specific day each year. I think the trick is to not read the previous year before you write the new one. This takes consistency to work, but not much effort -- got one for me and my bestie. I'll start January 1. Since so much goal setting is "where will you be in FIVE YEARS," this idea seemed to capture it. Hopefully, it's interesting and not dumb LOL.
(3) Duke got up early yesterday and wanted breakfast before Monti. I gave them a scoop of food I use as on their frozen lick pads to use it up. He picked out the veggies. How do they do it? Just like his dad.
(4) Monti had a raging ear infection. Poor boy. Ear infections start off slowly and then grow out-of-control. He's all fixed up. Ear cleaned out, medication installed and back to himself almost instantly.
(5) I have my seasonal flu shot today. I decided to spread things out. Got the COVID booster, now seasonal flu and next month I'll start the shingles series.
(6) I started reading One of Us is Lying (Karen McManus). I've had it forever and have no memory of how I got the recommendation. It's book 1 of 2. I thinks it's YA.
(7) I need to start the Jen Hatmaker book selection too. The Best of Me (David Sedaris). I don't know a thing about this guy so I haven't been drawn to start it. It's a compilation of essays about people and experiences in his life. Stay tuned.
(8) I'm not feeling better, but for the sake of mice wheel of complaining, I'll leave it at that. Maybe someday (or year hah).
(9) I've been thinking about taking a solo trip to Asheville next weekend, but that's up-in-the-air now. My youngest has a birthday on the 13th and if he's in town to celebrate, I'll nix the trip. There's also the issue with BEING SCARED (thanks, books) and it doesn't sound appealing in this moment -- i.e. there's nothing I'm jonesing to do solo in Asheville. We'll see. A quick couple nights might be nice though. Maybe I'll let the weather be the deciding factor. (I thought about inviting someone local to join me, but that feels like work, not fun.)
(10) Speaking of fun and work ... November has a decent amount of FUN mixed with enough downtime (I think). Fingers crossed I start feeling better. I need to focus on keeping that balance too -- easy to overbook the holidays.
(11) Fall garden is a BUST. I needed to start the seeds earlier and put the pots in heavier fall sun. It's a great place in the summer, but there's no enough growing light in the fall. I tried. I learned. See you in the spring, for another installment of my itty bitty garden (and hopefully beautiful tulips!!).
Let's have a good day, pretty please with sugar on the top. Oh, this reminds me (sugar) that the candy bar is called $100,000 bar -- not 1,000 or 10,000. Made me laugh that I had the name wrong. Stay well. Later gators.
P.S. I think I'm the only one in ATL that doesn't care the Braves won. Schools and businesses closing to celebrate tomorrow. It's lost on me and especially lost on me during a pandemic.
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