December 15

When Dennis came home tonight I told him the days seem to be just flying by. I honestly don’t know where the time goes.  Today I delivered the two dishcloths to Lori and picked up some food from our freezer that is in their garage at the same time. She stayed in the doorway of the house and we talked from about 20 feet away from each other. How strange that seems. During the summer Larry, Nita, Paul, Lori and us were each other‘s bubble people. None of us did anything with anyone else and Paul was working from home, so we all felt fairly safe together. But since summer was over, we haven’t seen each other nearly as often and so now when we do see each other it’s from a safe distance away. They were very sweet and took our freezer full of food when we sold our house so quickly this summer. Now I go over and make withdrawls every so often. We’re just going to give them the freezer when it’s empty and I’ve told her to use whatever food is in it that they would like. They have a freezer almost exactly like it. We have great friends here! And, she loved the dishcloths.

We had snow most of the day, but then it turned to rain and it all became icky. Now we have about 5 to 6 inches of pure slush that will freeze overnight. Oh well. It’s not going to last long because we’re supposed to have temperatures in the 40s for five days in a row starting Thursday. I’m so excited! Bring out the sundresses!😂

Nita called this morning and said that I had two packages at her house along with some mail that arrived yesterday. Their mail isn’t delivered until about 8:30 at night and with the bad roads, I waited until today to pick them up.  Look at these beautiful Willow Figures that Sam from “Self-sufficient Sam” over on my sidebar sent to me.  Sam thank you so much. They are beautiful.  The one on the left is named  “Angel of Protection” she is holding a bunny in her lap. The one on the right is “Good Health” and she has an armful of apples. I love them so much.  I’m speechless at Sam’s generosity to me.

And then I opened the other box and look what I found! Some of Debbie’s wonderful, fantastic homemade soap. I have been the lucky recipient of her soap for several years now and I love every single bar and use it until it’s completely gone. Thank you so much Debbie. You can find her at “Araignee’s Tangled Web” on my sidebar.  She also sent the cutest card that she made. I’ll share it tomorrow because it’s so dark I couldn’t get a good photo of it.

Here’s my day 15 sock.  Candy and a little flashlight. This is perfect for the after dark visits to the dog park with Chloe.  I’m sorry about the shadows in all of these photos, but it’s dark here so much now that I didn’t get a chance to take the pictures until after it was fully dark. So there are shadows and you can see my twinkle lights reflecting on the counter too.

I finished the crochet along blanket for charity.  I actually think Jane, who is leading the CAL, is still going to add a few more stitches around the outside of the blanket to make it a bit bigger, but it’s the perfect size right now for a toddler blanket. I was called today and told there was a need for toddler blankets at the local crisis nursery so I thought I would just donate this one instead of to a nursing home. I’m not even sure I could donate anything to the nursing home right now anyway.

I think I was long-winded enough in this post so I will close for the day. I hope you’ve all had a wonderful Tuesday and are enjoying your holiday preparations wherever you maybe. We really are blessed. I think all of us have plenty of food to eat, a warm place to sleep and a roof over our heads to stay dry.  So many people in the world can’t say that. My roof may move from time to time, but it’s still a roof, and I’m warm and cozy inside.

Blessings and big hugs,

Betsy