I started my day making a coffee, grabbing some mandarin oranges and climbing back in to bed to watch the last couple episodes of the Mandalorian and a few episodes of the documentary about the directors etc. Had to make myself stop so I could get out in the sun and get things done. I had asked Rae if one of the older boys would like to to come help me put up Christmas Decorations and stay overnight but Gene had homework and she thought Lukas wouldn’t really enjoy that. I decided I had best finish off my fence to at least close the gaps to keep out the deer. My yard is covered in poop and I want to keep them out of my garden and not have them get tangled in my decor. The only real problem was that each of the front corners was dripping as the sun was melting all the snow off my metal roof.
I was nearly done the one side when Ashlée and Obi arrived to drop off Lukas. That was a lovely surprise. He helped me finish the rest which made it go much faster as he was the tool holder and hander.
The other thing Ashlée was here to do was to sign The 46 Willys back over to me. I had inherited it from my Dad when he died in 2004 and then when I left Salt Spring to live in Vancouver in 2010 I gifted it to Ash and we put it on a trailer that her Dad towed to Cranbrook. It is strong arm steering, strong leg brakes and easy to steal so this was the place for it. For the last year it has been in my yard and I will admit it has been hard not to have it be mine so I could get what it needs done and have it on the road. I brought the subject up recently and was stunned when she arrived with transfer and gift paperwork to complete. She even offered to pay the storage insurance. I am so happy. I wanted to keep hugging her over and over. Short of my selling it, it will be hers again some day anyway.
had a good talk with the Neighbour across the street who’s stepfather ended up being the new President and was happy to fill her in on the rest of the story. She said the other two don’t think unkindly of me and it was time someone told it like it is. That was reassuring that I had made the right choices. She also told me she got a new furnace and there were $1600 of rebates right now if you replace a working old one. I am going to call tomorrow as mine is the original 1980 one I am pretty sure. I want to be sure there is room for a new one. If I have to take any of the bathroom space I need to know before I renovate.
The rest of the afternoon we brought out all the inflatables and set them up as well as decorated the front for now. Seems I do need more multi plugs or a good outdoor power bar. Still have more to do but no power. I put up the multi-lights on the one tree for now as they are end to end. The other one will be done soon.
We came in to the delicious smell of the lasagna I had put in the oven. It was outrageously good for a free boxed PC one that came with my groceries last time. The top four ingredients are cheese I think so it is definitely not Weight Watchers friendly but we sure enjoyed it. We watched Space Jam while we ate. I have always loved the soundtrack but completely don’t remember watching the movie in the first place. I can’t imagine how that pitch session went nor how much they must have had to pay all those basketball stars. It truly was odd as hell but I loved it. Part way through we paused it to get in jammies and Lukas helped me change my bed including the cover on my weighted blanket. I really love the winter cover and I think Chewie does as well. Lukas picked the sheets to go with it.
After the movie there was time for an episode of I Can See Your Voice. We like watching The Masked Singer together as well. Lukas is extraordinarily observant but I was stunned when he said “the lady in the silver dress should not try to look young anymore. It would look nicer if she dressed more like her age”. I will revisit that conversation. I want to know more about what made him say that and also reinforce that people can wear whatever they want but I didn’t want to get so deep right before bed. It was pretty interesting coming from a 10 year old though. I set up the machine from the play for him to have the aurora over his bed and he took next to no time to fall asleep.
All in all a lovely, very productive day. I am trying to find a healthy balance to get all the lists crossed off. I speak to the Internist next Monday and I want to be available to get the surgery without worry that there are too many things undone.
triumphgal 