Sunday, October 11, 2020

Hoarding

 Tonight marks the end of my fall break that was much needed and appreciated.  I decided to spend the entire ten days hoarding friendship and conversation.  It was a banner cooking week.  I think I had everyone and my brother.  I cooked for someone for lunch and or supper every single day but Thursday.

Susie was in town to care for Aunt Tish, so I got to feed them both and spend some time together.  They fed me once as well.  Last night I had my friends from St. Paul and my Playdate people today.

I was trying to explain the dinosaur activity, how we made fossils with a little dinosaur inside. I still had a couple from when I did it first with the gramerlings so I let them do their own excavating.  My precious 87  year old was as thrilled as my littles. 



Today Michael noticed this little prehistoric looking baby and we enjoyed getting a good look at him. 

Susie and Tish cut napkins for a project I'm doing with cans. Rae helped with a few more.  Since I looped with the same kids I'm having to come up with some new stuff and I try it out (like the fossils) with the Playdate group so I can work out the kinks. Or sometimes I must  acknowledge that it is not a good choice for doing by myself with 17. I think we can manage this one. 

Jimi hasn't been able to come out for several weeks, but he made it today, which always makes me happy. 

Earlier in the week, a friend stopped by. I was in the process of sorting the advent books.  Since we have no more babies, I passed a few of the little board books onto her.   It is always emotional for me to let the baby stuff go. It is so much easier to hand it off to a little one. 


I believe about 45 came, ate and went over the past ten days.  I am hoping I'm stocked up for awhile.  I try not to worry about what in the world I'll do with myself when it is too cold to entertain outside, but it's sort of ever riding shotgun in the back of my mind. I need to take to people like I need to eat. 

So back to school tomorrow.  School has been hard this year.  I am not quite ready to go back, even though the kids are rarely off my mind and I would much rather teach in person than via Google Classroom. Still.  I hope they are all back tomorrow and healthy.

Friday, October 2, 2020

Hooray for October 2

 Because October first is over.  That is Mom's birthday and it is so hard for me to shake the sad.  I was uber busy all day, trying to wrap up everything at school as we were leaving for fall break. Still a pervasive sadness.

Can I get a big "Amen" for making it through these nine weeks.  

Lots of birthdays.  Buttercup turned twelve and Lilli Bugg fourteen, wow!


Showing up was about all I can manage on a Friday evening, so didn't make  it to Bugg's party with my camera.  Boo Hiss.  Ceece might be able to stick one in here.

I got invited to lunch with Mae one afternoon and  another evening went to have supper with Aunt SuZQ and Aunt Tish.  Tish is learning to manipulate her wheelie cart and otherwise keeping her broken foot up. It is always a relief to me each day Jimi doesn't have to be in the hospital. 
Then today, I invited two dear teacher friends who celebrate birthdays in October to join me on the porch with our porch heater already in place.
I loved heading out in the cool sunshine this morning to pick what is left of my flowers.  I love flowers every where. I stuck a mum in a pumpkin I grew. Sprinkled rose petals that had seen better days.  I used Mom's china.  

It was a colorful, tasty lunch.  I so miss these ladies in my classroom every week.  We enjoyed the afternoon. 
I tried a couple of new things with the traditional beloved cinnamon rolls and they got a sample of each. 



Rae and family came to share the leftovers.  It was a much needed break for me.  Thank you Lord for fall break, cool days, beautiful flowers and yummy food, friends and family!