I never really got dressed today. I was outside a couple times trying to break up the snow that had compacted off the roof but it was impossible. Because of the rising temps the whole place continued to shudder occasionally when more let go and landed with a thud. Mostly I watched shows as I did my Jack picture. It is really coming along which of course makes me obsessed. I was assisting a client off and on and then just got to work on their books. I stopped for dinner, home made air fries and then kept working right up until now. I used to always work better in the evenings. I am pretty stuffed up, just took a prescription antihistamine and will tuck in soon. I even gave Ash my hockey ticket.
Although I got much done today, I was, in the back of my brain consumed with thoughts of my Booster shot later in the day. I have had a sore throat that seemed milder today and I have blamed it on it’s coming to be after the heavy use of Pinesol near my office earlier in the week. Although I would think that to be the norm, there was always the chance that I had picked up the virus. As I have not got a fever or extreme tiredness, nor a headache, I decided to go for it. It turned out to be a very pleasant experience with Claire, the woman giving me the shot. We chatted travel and she was entranced by my tales of Peru and the UK/Paris. Our mutual friend, Paula was the nurse in charge and she came over to give us the gears and get me that shot. I am now 3x Pfizered and like the others, feel nothing in my arm. I spent the next bit of time picking up a paper at my old Dr.’s office, making an appointment at my optometrist and enrolling at the new Urgent and Primary care clinic, hoping to get a new Dr. All of these were in the old Cranbrook Mall, which back in the day was a thriving commercial centre and seems to have found a repurpose as a medical mall. There you can see a physiotherapist, get and X-ray, rent from the Red Cross, get a CPAP machine or glasses, have your hearing checked, pick up a prescription, see a Dr and even grab a meal at the Spice Hut. It really is a great concept and there is plenty of parking and all on one level for easy access.
After shopping for groceries with my Noom lists in hand, I came home and unloaded all the healthy delicious choices, made some dinner, chatted with my Mom and messaged with my Auntie Trish in Washington state. She misses her family and at nearly 79 thinks she will never see her only child, my cousin Andrea in Alberta, again. I am sorry for her. I know she loves her little community she is in but no one can easily visit her now, nor for such a long time. I miss my semi-regular stops to see her.
After that I crawled into a tub and watched Red Notice. It was highly entertaining although Ryan may be type cast…
The other thing I did today was order a couple boxes of Rapid tests from a company in Vancouver. I am splitting a box with The Guedes’s and the other will be available upon private request from any cast and crew working on our show. I think that will give everyone involved another layer of comfort. They worked out to just over $10 each which is cheap security. Testkits.myzone.com
It was odd how many new foods I noticed at Safeway. I don’t know, if there are supply chain issues, there certainly are odd things getting through…
I was perusing my Twitter feed when I noticed a comment on my sons that made me laugh
The melt continues, can’t even tell how much shovelling I really did and I still can’t clear my side walk though as it is so dense
I have a bit of a headache so I took a couple Ibuprofen and look forward to no alarm tomorrow. Sweet dreams (or good morning!)
The scale was friendly again today and made me even more motivated to stay on task. I think the number 1 and 2 things I have changed the most are the amount of water I am drinking and the resistance to snacking endlessly at night. I am nearly out of green apples and I will need to get more as they are an easy go to. They taste good, have a satisfying crunch and are only 95 calories each. Far more enjoyable than the snack bag of chips (or 3). I am still having the occasional one of them but far less. I highly recommend the Noom program. https://www.talkable.com/x/3hbSjc
Went out to find the snow that fell off the roof had made a compacted mess and I couldn’t even shovel it all before I left. I was hoping it would be melted away when I got home but no such luck. Poor snowman had taken a hit as well but he’s a tough cookie and will live to annoy his partner again.
When I got to work and there was only one parking spot left at the back end of the row and I had to kind of sliding sideways to avoid the snowbank and the sidewalk. When I left work I was the only one there and it looked like I just was a terrible person practising asshat parking and like I had done a Tokyo drift to park there sigh.
Today was a combo of show and work and seemed to take forever to end. I came home and made a couple poached eggs with a little of my friend’s homemade dill dressing drizzled over them. It was delicious but I wish I’d had some sliced cukes or tomato to go with. I will have to make a proper shopping list soon. The rest of the evening was spent texting back and forth with my friend Mark , watching my shows and doing my picture craft. Drinking ta and water all evening was also good for me.
There is nothing much I can think about other than the snow crashing off my roof. There will be a peaceful period and then a huge thud that makes the cat leap out of her seat. I shoveled some of it when I got home but got nervous it would keep coming down on me so I will have to hope I can even move it in the morning. It even pulled the kayak hook right out of the wall.
Dinner was good but I had to get creative with the ingredients that were left after throwing out the frozen zucchini, spinach and parsley. I cooked up some pasta shells and layered them instead. It was tasty but a few more calories and I want to be careful as I have lost 6 pounds so far using Noom. I am learning to be more aware and choosy about my eating.
I am not feeling well but there has been a heavy use of Pinesol at work since the new janitor hasn’t started yet so the manager is cleaning during the day. It is irritating my nose and throat even if I wear my mask at my desk. I really do hope that is what the headache and irritation is about. I will take drugs and go to bed and see if I feel better in the morning. I will keep my distance as usual, just in case. I wish I could get a rapid test to be sure. I still have a sense of smell, so there’s that. I am going to be unimpressed if I have gotten the ‘vid.
I received an email that the show at Key City Theatre, 9 to 5: the musical, was cancelled due to the virus. I am sad for them, they put so much work into it and had one performance on New Year’s Eve. It was supposed to have a two week run starting this week. We have decided to keep going with our show until we hear we can’t. All precautions are being taken.
The day seems a blur again of work, CCT and FFPAS. There were moments of dropping and running, others of strict concentration to get payroll and remittances and sales taxes filed. The second banner was hung, concerns of close Covid connection were shared, Board meetings were attended, opinions shared…
The snow people are at it again. I have started a captioning post on Facebook due to the ongoing stress in their relationship.
I am so grateful to have super deals happening for advertising at the moment. One of the cast members works for two of the affiliated radio stations in town and was blessed by his boss with free ad spots. That is such a gift! He was also given permission to be interviewed with the Director at the other station in town. This was a surprise to both of us and will make for a great interview a week before the show opens. I made a time mistake on the press release but it is easily fixable and the rest of the press and posters going up is exciting. Things are rapidly moving along. I stirred a few pots today in and out of board meetings. That’s ok. I am not only here for my good looks, lol.
It is melting today and was freaky every time I stopped or cornered and snow began surging off my car. This was exacerbated by the fact that somewhere under my seats is a maraca that Emmy made out of a pringles can and popcorn kernels. It rolls around and sounds like something is oddly happening outside the car.
I listened to Bob Sagat comedy shows all day and he really was as crude as everyone said but you can’t help but be charmed and laugh at his delivery.. most of the time. Gone too soon, only 65.. sad.
I rushed home after we properly hung the banners to make my dinner but all the vegetables had been frozen before delivery. I reported it and hope for credit and just made the pork chops, seared in a pan and then air fried. DELICIOUS!
I just realized what time it is and that I should be in bed! I had a pretty intense day taking care of things for two paying clients and two non-paying gigs. I did enjoy it all and even got a walk in to go pick up the posters for the show as tomorrow is the big info release day. The article should be in the paper, we hung the one banner that arrived and will take care of the second one tomorrow, I prepped the posters by cutting the tear away slips and ripping one off to make people curious. It is a bit gimmicky but I hope it gets attention. The strip has the theatre website on it where you can buy the tickets. Every one took some posters and made a plan to hang them around town and in Kimberley. Once I got home, after supplying all the media info to Ashlée so she can make magic on our Facebook site, I ate some of the chicken I had cooked the other day and then started on the Christmas present she gave me last year. It was very good for destressing and I got lost in it. I only got two colour done but I am enjoying myself. And now to get some sleep!!!
I got up and made a coffee and settled in front of my puzzle, determined to finish it today. Mission accomplished!! I did get interrupted by a text to go for a walk with my neighbour and decided that was the exact thing I needed. As it turned out, I was right. The sun was shining, the conversation was great and the birds and icicles were fascinating.
I finished the puzzle and packed it away, madly began cleaning and then my friend Diane arrived with a scrumptious meal of shrimp and salad and fruit salad for dessert. We laughed and chatted and watched the 3rd and final in the Get Back documentary about the Beatles as we took down my tree together. My place feels huge with it gone. It was so nice to catch up and to feel safe to do so as we both are super Covid vigilant.
I settled to watch a show and got a message from my cousin to see if I was up for a call. She had been in Kimberley for the holidays to visit her 93 year old mom but we didn’t get to see each other to mitigate the risk. Two hours later we said goodnight. There are few people I can talk that long with on the phone. She is one of my people. There is nothing I can’t say to her, nothing that would shock her or make her love me less. She is a gift. I mean, I know I was a cute 2 year old when she met me.. what can I say. It was good to express my fears. I obsess these days about not being a burden to my kids. I am afraid that my mental health will turn me into someone that stresses them more than brings them joy. It is important to face those realities but it also keeps me living in fear of the future. I need to, as she reminded me, live in the moment and enjoy it. It is important to my mental health and really just to good quality of life on the daily. I will make it my mantra to just breathe and be. Here and now. I cannot control the future and will trust that no matter what I am loved and supported.. no matter what!
The absolute best part of my day was chatting with the ABCs who were available to Zoom meet. It feels like forever. There is talk of a desire to meet in the UK when Good Health allows. I would not be able to do that this year so it is hard to hear but I was ‘just’ there. Have to manage my hopes and dreams within my budget and redoing all the major things within my house have me paying down debt for now. Travel is not off the plate, just hanging on the rim. It was lovely to awake on a spectacularly sunny winter day to no further shoveling and then good company. There were more sad things happening than usual, but also some great things as well. The one picture I took looks like we are having such a serious moment. I believe we were listening and supporting each other, which is the best gift we all give each other. I have never made a better impulsive decision than to have decided I was going to Peru in 2013. It is the trip that turned into a lifetime journey!
I decided to go to the hockey game tonight and the same team that we apparently beat in OT last night won 5-0 tonight… sigh. The numbers are really down at the games too. I wonder how much that has to do win the virus spread happening. I heard a rumor that could affect an area of my life but until I hear from ‘the horse’s mouth’ it is just that, a rumour. Water off a Duck’s back
Sad news today that we have lost another icon. Sidney Poitier died today at the age of 94. It really is extraordinary how long people live now. His movies are some of my earliest movies. To Sir, With Love is one of may favourite, especially belting the song at the top of my lungs on the bike. It was on my mind ever since I hard the news.
I volunteered for Key City Theatre tonight and as much as I am so tired, I enjoyed the evening. It is the weekend of the Banff Centre Mountain Book and Film Festival. There were 7 short films this night with the shortest being only 5 minutes. I have to say they were all amazing but one took the cake. I defy anyone not to be moved to a good mood immediately upon seeing a Grizzly Bear Cub with the hiccups sitting on a log.
The day was full of shoveling and working. It is warmer now at least.
I imagine there is much stress this holiday season in the Ukraine. It is so hard for me to imagine that there is any war going on in the world at all. To imagine that Russia is trying to take over land of another country forcefully is so strange to me. I am sure I am oversimplifying it but seriously? How are there border wars for actual ownership. Here we are in Canada dealing with truth and reconciliation as well as Land Treaties and in other places in the world they are still taking ownership of others land… My family has roots in the Ukraine. I have never been there but would love to go some day. I only hope there is a beautiful place to go to.
On the home front, there was much shoveling again. The snow is still acting weird, hanging way out and also not melting in my car on the short drives I am making. Mr and Mrs Snowman are not speaking, seems he brought home something that is causing oozing sores.
Brett made a new item with his 3D printer that absolutely baffles me as it moves and has hinged joints. It printed as is with only the red added later. I don’t understand how the negative space works. It really is incredible.
Tonight was the first dinner I have had as a repeat as I loved it the first time. The only difference is that I left out the zucchini due to it being frozen in transit. Finished the 3rd of 4 puzzles in the collection and started sorting the last one.
I got my flu shot today and although my arm hurt for a bit I have no other feelings except joy at getting it done.
I sent the info to the printer for the posters and to the media outlets today. Tanner of Harbinger Design Co. has done a fabulous job of putting each different size together and has had a lovely nature through it all. I suppose it helps that I have been more patient than ever. These are trying enough times and she is volunteering a great deal of time.
I finished the evening sipping a lovely caffeine free tea out of my new mug. It works just as well for that as it did for Gin!
Today was very productive. I got a full 8 billable hours in, took down the work Christmas tree, packed away my office decorations, worked on theatre things, went to the rehearsal to drop off the e-cigs and meet Barry from the local paper to take photos for the press release I sent for publishing next Tuesday and set up Missy’s new drinking water fountain. I am hoping it keeps her from drinking out of George’s fish bowl. After that I made dinner and nearly finished my puzzle.
I am getting excited about the show now that I mulled over the idea of pulling the plug as the Omicron numbers are climbing rapidly and there was a death in Cranbrook. I decided we are going to keep going until we are told we can’t. We are following all protocols, have a half capacity house and it is being staged for least risk with distancing, etc. I gave the go ahead to start building the set! It was nice to check in today.
The property assessments came out today and my place went up 15%. I paid 128K in Aug of 2018 and it is now assessed at 171800.00 and that would not take in to account the improvements I have made: Kitchen, bathroom, all appliances, furnace and AC, and fence. Truth be told, my mortgage is as low as a decent car payment per month so I would be foolish to sell. The trick is to not leave debt behind. If it can be sold to pay anything I owe when I am gone, that is perfect. I have always thought that way about assets. A little morbid maybe. Oh I also booked my booster for next Friday! I get my flu shot tomorrow sonI will be all protected.
The snow is hanging like an awning off my roof which tells me I am not losing heat out the ceiling. It looks cool but it will all drop on my sidewalk to the front door eventually. I hope I am home so it doesn’t freeze there when it does. It was very fluffy today.
I hope you all had a good day, full of purpose or rest, whatever you need most. Or maybe you just need to know this book exists…
Some days I am an extraordinary communicator, others, I don’t even want to listen to the voices in my head. For some reason, I can’t figure out I had brutal insomnia last night. I probably should have started reading. Then the alarm went off and I thought, hmm what was that? Oh, crap, get up, get on the treadmill, back to regularly scheduled programming. I shoveled and cleared and finally made it in. I think there was a stressed air as the building had a leak on the far corner from my office and there was much bustling around. I took the first perceived to be judgy question and snarked back. I honestly got out of my car saying to myself, just smile and say Happy New Year. FAIL! It really was on me for reacting to subtext. By the end of multi-purpose Marnée day, I had worked on 11 paid and 2 unpaid files and put together the press release for the play. We plan to start selling tickets next week!!! That means the show is just over a month out. I will go to the rehearsal tomorrow night to see where they are at. I am so grateful for Tanner and Kimberly who take my slightest changes and run with them. We have come up with some pretty great advertising. It was important to me to make each thing it’s own design on the theme, banners, online poster, in life poster, website banner, and program.
The new advice from the Provincial Health Officer is that people work from home if they can, get all available shots (I booked my flu shot for Thursday, still waiting to hear on the booster) and don’t spend time with anyone outside your home basically. I have opinions about lots of choices people are making but only can do me and mind my beeswax.
I seem to be ripping through this puzzle, maybe my brain is just back in gear. yay!
Brett finished the creation on the 3D printer and it’s pretty cool that contraption.
It took me an hour to clear snow before making it to work. It was snowglobulous. Unfortunately the 1 hour payroll turned into 4 hours. I discovered an error the previous person had made in setting up the vacation pay so I took all the time necessary to reconcile it and add it to the 5 employees pay. I am glad I caught it on the first pay of the new year. That combined with the theatre work, left me getting home at 7. That is ok though as I worked on the advertising and paid some bills to get the list shortened. There was another 45 minutes of shoveling when I returned! I made dinner of frozen cordon bleu and brown basmati rice, at and puzzled and watched my 90 day shows. I feel like I am on the other side of the mud pit. I am not exhausted all the time. I am experiencing abdominal pain though so hope I hear from the specialist soon for my next scan. I just looked out the door and it seems there was only a skiff more since I last cleared. Let’s see what the morning brings.
I puttered at chores, watched a whole season of SNL and finished my puzzle finally. I also watched a movie that the kids were watching last night while I was with the others watching Goblet of Fire. The movie today was called New Year’s Eve and has very star imaginable in it. It was a very talented hallmark style movie. I enjoyed it very much! I also liked binging SNL, just easy watching and often funny.
I remembered to take the steak out of the freezer that I have been waiting for the right day to enjoy. I don’t remember ever having Bison. I just pan fried it and it was so incredibly tender and tasty. Well worth the price for the rare time I eat steak. I am mostly a seafood person which is good as I signed up for Noom the other day. It allows me to eat anything but has recommended foods for calorie control. So far I like the program. It is motivating, easy and factors in all aspects of my life. I will start meal planning and cooking from my own kitchen rather than the Hello Fresh and Good Food programs. That will also save money. I will let you know how it goes.
My cat has gone bonkers. Should you not hear from me tomorrow. Pleas send help!! I think she took a year to become playful around me. It’s that or the catnip mouse has more kick than I thought it would. She is funny.
One of my favourite things is a fresh calendar. I sit and transfer important dates over and try not to look ahead at the pictures. Each month becomes a surpris on the wall. It was 17 in and -17 out!
I spent the afternoon using what I had on hand to make 7 layer dip. After that I Decorated the gingerbread house that a friend gave me before I tidied up and headed to Rae’s. First Will and I watched the 3rd Harry Potter and then Roger cooked up a delicious Seafood meal. The prawns I had were what I enjoyed the most. Third we watched the 4th Harry Potter with a living-room full. It wasn’t over until nearly 10, but I enjoyed snuggling with Autumn and having my hair braided by Annika. They are heading back to Olympia tomorrow, very early. All three of the girls were much more fun to be around this time.
I enjoyed my day at work, running payroll, reconciling, assisting clients over the phone and getting to see Brett’s new toy in full action. I understand why rich people buy whatever they want. There are so many cool things available if you can just afford them. I am not griping, I have more than I need, I just see toys I would love to try sometimes. I heard from Danika that they were finally able to take baby Gwen home. Such good news.
After work we all went to the last hockey game of the year. We won 4-0 and our goalie was first star of the game against Trail. Once again I did not win the 50-50 draw. I drove Ashlée, Gene, Sawyer and Autumn home as it was way to cold to walk back.
It was nice to see all the kids but it was also nice to come home after, sink into a lavender bubble bath, smoke a cigarillo, sip a G&T out of my new mug from the besties in the UK and watch Don’t Look Up. It was one of the best movies I have seen in a while. I totally enjoyed all of it. It was lovely to hear the fireworks while I texted friends and family a Happy New Year as the movie was ending. All in all a lovely day.
The sad thing about today was that Betty White died just before her 100 birthday. She is the definition of a life well lived.
Nose to the books. That was my day. Didn’t get home until nearly 8 pm. I have to really concentrate and am glad for few interruptions. Even when the actual workspace is closed there still are some though. It’s ok, both were good. Brett came to see if I wanted to see his new toy. He got a high end 3D printer which he had started making a dinosaur skull. It won’t be ready for more than a day but I am jealous and look forward to seeing what it looks like. I was really concentrating when a client showed up at my office door to drop off paperwork. She startled me to say the least as the front door was supposed to be locked. Seems it isn’t closing properly when people leave. I called the manager to let her know and made sure it was closed when I left. Dinner was good even though I got distracted and burned the bacon. I took time to puzzle and unwind my brain. I do need to clean house, my eye is itchy from the dust and hair. I usually do a deep clean before the year ends but I have much to accomplish at work tomorrow and there is a hockey game which I intend to go to if I am feeling well still. They tried to take Gwen off oxygen today again but no go, it’s another night in hospital. The weather is still crazy cold especially for December. This is February weather. At least it is beautiful.
Today is my friends birthday and I miss her a great deal. It’s funny how the time when we were together in the same community it just felt easy. i’m pretty sure I took it for granted that we will be friends forever, but I think I was right. And happy birthday Sarah.
Emmy slept all night. She told me though that she had gotten stuck in the bathroom because she turned off the light before she opened the door and then she couldn’t find the switch again for a while. She is one awesome 4 year old in that she didn’t even call and wake me up, just kept trying until she found it. And believe me it is complete darkness in there. We were watching a show that was making me a little veklempt when she said, I have a little bit of tears, but they are happy ones. I told her I did too and we had a moment. That is a lovely depth of emotion.
We got ready, had breakfast and then played Mario World while the Culligan Man was here. Daniel is a great guy and I appreciate him when he comes to service my softener and drinking water system. He is always so respectful. Emmy is getting better at the game and it is hard as it is on Wii and the contrôler is harder to handle for her. She was sweet Ain her outfit from Bill and Deanne.
I dropped her at her grandparents and headed to the office. I had so much to accomplish that I didn’t get done yesterday and I had a mani-pedi booked since last month as my present to me. I really didn’t want to cancel it. I was concerned about keeping it as I am now segregating myself but know that they have barriers, masks and good hygiene procedures. It was a wonderful choice even if I was still answering email and texts while enjoying it all. I wish I had dealt with my hairy toes though, lol. Gosh, I am sooooo single. It is also the first time I was really aware of my age showing in my hands. I remember telling guy friends, if you really want to know her age, look at the hands. And now, here I am, all 58 years of me. Oh well, still here, that’s good.
I picked up a new mask for my CPAP, $225! Oh well, it saves my life nightly. Also picked up the stuffing to finish Obi’s bed. It was on 50% off, great saving. I bought one extra so I could make sure it is easy to fluff up and will last a long time. On the way home I stopped to pick up my Christmas present from Rae that had arrived. Loop Earplugs. I look forward to seeing how well they will work at the office and in movie theatres.
I hooked up my Apple TV, made my Hello Fresh dinner, and settled to watch Finch with Tom Hanks. It was charming as all of his movies are. After that I sewed the Dog bed and watched Twas The Fight Before Christmas, a documentary about a real life Clark Griswold and his battle with the HOA (home owners association) in Idaho. It was…. Bizarre!!!
I fit a lot in the last few days but there is so much on my list I am dreaming about work and am feeling the pressure of the list to get through in the next two days. I have had to triage, that’s for sure.
It was a cold day but glorious. I do love living in a postcard.
3:30 am was when Emmy climbed in with me and then at 5:40 she was fully awake. The therapists who say you shouldn’t have a TV in the bedroom don’t have kids in their lives. Thank goodness for Netflix, bought me a little more rest. Up and having breakfast, we watched the JoJo Siwa special who Emmy says she is the big fan of. It was interesting and I can say she is a good influence. Her hard working, happy, age appropriate style is a good role model for young girls. Thankfully we were done breakfast when my watch buzzed one hour until my car was to be in the dealership. I had forgotten. We got ready and headed out and it took a bit to warm up the car as it was -23! The plan is to install my trailer hitch and wiring, the decals and software update for my all terrain tires. Sean, the person I have been dealing with since the original sale was very sweet and got Emmy a blue balloon. She was thrilled. We were driven to work with a promise to get us back as soon as possible.
Emmy was set up with her own little workstation so that I could do the Zoom training I had arranged. It took over 3 hours but I rounded down to 3 for the few interruptions from her. She was such a good little 4 year old, we even managed to play crazy 8s while I was zooming, lol. Once the training was over I messaged Danika to see how baby was and see if it would help to have Emmy one more night. She mentioned it would be good to FaceTime so we did. It was sweet to see Emmy kissing the phone and saying she wished she could hug Gwen. The hospital won’t let her in though. I wish I could wave a wand and make everyone healthy. It is hard to see a 17 day old baby on oxygen who can’t come home until she can be weaned off it. It is also hard to hear Emmy with her deep cough.
I got the call that the car was as ready as it could be today. Sean was straight up with me about the way my deal has gone down and that they have dealt with Josh about making sure things are followed up on. Because he couldn’t find me a rental car, he said they would give me my car back with the tire software fix and the hitch but not the wiring installed and no decals yet. They will have me bring it back in the near future and have it overnight to do the decal work so it will stick properly. I appreciate dealing with Sean as we are beyond the game playing, I feel. He even wrote was is left to do on a card and told me if I don’t hear from them in 7 days to follow up. He also had an even bigger and better balloon for Emmy and she was mightily impressed. From there we drove through Arby’s although there was disappointment that Auntie Rae wasn’t working. It was back to the office for a while as I had payroll to complete and I am now falling behind on what I hoped to accomplish this week.
Emmy asked if we could stop and pick up her bath scrubby duck as I had told her she could have a bath in my deep tub. Nancy had nicely thrown some fresh clothes and books in a bag as well. Rae also had some cold and flu relief that I picked up. Emmy was laughing so hard as the text sound I have for the girls are two different Yoda sayings. She asked me to keep texting them so she could hear them. We had good giggles as my car would send funny texts. She is such an intelligent, observant young child. It is a joy to be around her. Even her negative moments are relatively easy to turn around.
When we got home we played salon, she did my hair and we watched half of Space Jam the new legacy. It is great!! I am glad she recommended it. We stopped the movie so she could have a bath bombed bath and have her hair done at Nana’s salon. Then it was time to tuck in which went very smooth, and she was asleep in no time at all.
The decision to have her was hard at the moment but I am glad Rae pointed out that once I have her, I may as well have her as long as I can since I will be distancing with a vengeance for the next 7 days.
My brothers kids, 2 step and 2 original, just lovely family to me.
triumphgal 