Christmas Break

 

Hannah and Julie made 2020 Holiday ornaments featuring a 2020 word cloud. So clever!

This "Merry Catmas" is from years ago, but still a favorite.

Kiara's at her mom's with the cat called Pawman

We had our usual walk Xmas morning. This week we had a very wet Monday, a very cold Tuesday, I think Thursday was so slippery that we didn't go up Frontenac to High Point, and Friday was just a nice day for a walk. The ladies are going on vacation so we'll resume walking in a week or two, but I have the habit so helpfully ingrained now that I'll just explore my neighborhood more.
Friday afternoon and evening was boardgaming, Saturday was cleaning a bit around the house and mailing the last of the Georgia GOTV letters. For the Senate election, through the Sierra Club, I sent  batches of 20 letters each (although the most recent batch was about a PSC election, which I guess is important - at this point, I trust the Club.) 140 letters sound like a lot, but it was over the course of six weeks, so really, not that much.

Drain-Cleaning Walk

Hannah and Julie

 This soggy morning Julie carried a small shovel for cleaning leaves off the drains. I helped a little; it turns out my fancy synthetic gloves act like a wetsuit - it got wet but warmed up so I could grab clods and toss them. We did not get in the usual amount of steps, but we did a lot of function exercise, and it was kind of fun! 

Tuesday there was a sprinkling of snow on the ground. some of the surfaces were slick but we made it up to the water tower just fine.

Wednesday my walk was on my own (as the girls have a special class). I did the little free pantry circuit, carrying my surplus foods in my backpack. I can tell I'm making progress because jogging 40 steps feels like much too little.

At home, I did some more exercising, upgraded 4freeCLE with the next month's programs, and did another Stage Time University class.

A Weekend of Gaming

Friday: walk a lot, play with cats, game over Zoom
Saturday: walk a lot, play with cats, DND over Zoom (came close to TPK but we pulled it out!)

Sunday: walk a lot, play with cats, game over Zoom.

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Tomorrow's the Solstice. I'll be more productive thereafter.

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I got the email estimate on the fence and, as I anticipated, got total sticker shock. I'm not feeling good about spending down that much of my cash, but I feel badly about cheapening out also. I emailed my hesitation, then another proposing some alternatives (e.g. gifting them the land under the fence, or splitting the cost).

Basically I feel badly because I make so much less money ?