Weekends

 

Merry Christmas! I hope you had a wonderful weekend with people who bring you joy and happiness. I've been filling my days with visiting family and day outings. Yesterday, my husband and I enjoyed a quiet day at home. The day was sprinkled with phone calls to and from family who live far away. Thank goodness for the person who invented cell phones and unlimited calling. I remember when we were first married and having phone bills up to $400 dollars (yikes!).

Last Thursday, my husband and I went to the art museum to see the nativity scene and some exhibits then headed off to lunch. I love the museum outings immensely - they spark inspiration and creativity.

Santa Claus gifted me new paints! How did he know? I also received yarn and books. He is just a good gift giver. And my 2023 is going to be a wonderful year.

Our son, daughter in law and grandson  are arriving later this week. I'm looking forward to seeing them and being with them. We will do another round of visiting family, eating all the holiday foods and snuggling that BABY. 

How was your weekend?


Comments

  1. Deb J. in UtahDecember 26, 2022 at 8:05 AM

    Sounds like you had a nice Christmas and have some good times planned for the coming days. The nativity display at the museum looks great. I would enjoy seeing that tool. I hope you have a good week and a Happy New Year!

    ReplyDelete
  2. AsKatKnitsDecember 26, 2022 at 8:21 AM

    It looks like you had an incredible day! That museum though... wow!

    ReplyDelete
  3. BonnyDecember 26, 2022 at 9:41 AM

    There are some lovely displays at the art museum! I'm glad you had a nice Christmas, with more fun coming!

    ReplyDelete
  4. DeeDecember 26, 2022 at 10:23 AM

    Stephen came up from Virginia and we had a wonderful, quiet day watching football and eating good food.

    Your museum pictures are beautiful! It's nice to be so close to them.

    ReplyDelete
  5. sustainablemumDecember 26, 2022 at 5:39 PM

    Sounds like a wonderful weekend. Enjoy your time with your grandson x

    ReplyDelete
  6. JaneDecember 26, 2022 at 8:10 PM

    Oh boy, it's always fun when the kids and grandchild come for a visit. What a beautiful museum. Enjoy the week.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Judy S.December 27, 2022 at 11:32 AM

    Thankfully it started to rain on Christmas Eve and melted all the ice that made getting around on Friday impossible. That made getting to our daughter's house on Christmas possible as she lives straight up a huge hill. There was a video on KOMO's news of a car sliding and twirling down part of that hill. It's even scary when it's sunny and dry!

    ReplyDelete
  8. MarthaDecember 27, 2022 at 6:05 PM

    Yarn and paints...the gifts that allow you to be creative! The BEST!!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment


Your comments are welcome as long as they are relevant to the post and spread joy, thank you for visiting and sharing your ideas.

Popular posts from this blog

Weekends

Image
My weekend happily contained: -wearing the above woolens all at the same time without being hot -so many walks and taking in the changing leaves. -a leaf shower on Saturday-the wind swirled the leaves off the trees up in the air to float down -changing screen savers to autumn themes! -a craft fair where my husband and I say "we could make that", but we don't. -french fries at the craft fair -scrambled eggs and toast for dinner because we were lazy. -football season has descended in my house. he was in the front room watching whatever is on today -I sat in the family room and watched A Tree Grows in Brooklyn .   Now I want to read it again. -Oh! I finished the socks!! So I wound up about six skeins of yarn and have three projects ready -started a cowl for me in fall colors (I hope to finish before fall ends) -enjoying Spirits of Joy .  Hannah graciously had a one day free sign up for her birthday at the end of September which I luckily saw on Twitter.  Than
Read more

New Year

Image
  Good morning! How are you? Happy New Year, may this year be full of blessings to all of you. Well now, I finally have an empty home after having our son, daughter in law, grandson and granddaughter here for six nights.  I am still experiencing fatigue and symptoms from the virus even though I am feeling better. It was a challenge hosting family while recovering. Also we babysat the kids overnight (!!) while my son and daughter in law went for little getaway. I am thankful and grateful my Aunt came over both days to help out with the granddaughter who never sleeps during the day. (snack-naps do not count!). They all left early in the morning, and while I was tired, sleep deprived and fatigued, I put away Christmas plus all the toys and doodads you need for babies. Today I am looking at a squeaky clean house. I am planning on reading books and falling asleep while doing so! My exercise routine is on hold as I slowly get better. Maybe next week I can muster up some energy for some yoga
Read more

Weekends

Image
  Good morning! How are all of you doing on this fine Monday morning? I'm back after having family here for nine nights (!). Our little granddaughter went back to ER this past Thursday for some oxygen monitoring and was successfully discharged the same day. She sees her doctor this afternoon in her hometown, so far she is feeling better. The miracle is that no one else came down with the virus. (maybe her dad but it was barely 48 hours of a mild cough). It's all about me and I'm glad that I didn't catch it. Our company left Friday morning. My husband and I blitzed the house like madmen. We put away all the toys, playpens, the highchair and compressed our kitchen table down from seating six to seating four people. I completed four loads of laundry that day. (let me tell you that little baby and grandson generated a load of laundry per day - and both kids generated a bag of garbage daily - I do not remember any of this when my kids were little). We strategically went thro
Read more