December 28

It’s a beautiful sunshiny day here in Omaha. It’s a little chillier than it has been, but not too bad. I was up and at Walmart just a few minutes after eight this morning. I walked the length of the store twice just to get some exercise before I started the shopping for mom and me. I was back home by nine! It was great. There were only about 20 cars in the parking lot when I got there and the store was virtually empty.

Tonight was supposed to be our last Christmas gathering. Dennis‘s nephew Matt, Kayla, his wife and Mandy and Piper we’re coming over to have pizza.  We were going to give grandma her Christmas present from the three of us. Kayla texted me this morning and said Matt woke up with a sore throat and generally not feeling well so they thought they probably shouldn’t come until they know what’s going on. We were disappointed, but thought that we could still go on with everything but Mandy just called and said they were exposed to Covid on Christmas Eve by someone who has tested positive. They both feel fine, but we don’t want to expose grandma to anything. So now it’s down to Dennis and I and mom. I think will go ahead and give her the gift from all of us, along with a card that thankfully I had everyone sign in advance. This Covid thing sure has put a monkey wrench in a lot of things hasn’t it?

So I think I’ll spend the afternoon taking Christmas decorations down. I was going to do that tomorrow with Piper because she was supposed to spend the night with us tonight. It’s disappointing, but I guess a lot of people have had disappointments over the past couple of years haven’t they?

Yesterday I managed to complete just one pair of mittens and about 3/4 of another single mitten. 

Brad, Mandy and Piper gave me this for Christmas. She thought it was pretty and something that could be left out all winter. She bought it at a craft fair where she found all kinds of neat things this past fall.

Now this is a bit of a silly picture but this is our television set. I have been listening to a lot of Christmas music during the day on YouTube and they have different scenes depending on the channel I choose. This was one I found this morning that I thought was particularly beautiful.  The music that I’m listening to right now is all Christmas music on the piano.

Not too much else exciting happening here. There is snow predicted for Saturday for the first time this year. The forecast keeps changing, so we’ll see what really happens.

Take care everyone. I better start getting those boxes out. The decorations won’t put themselves away.

Blessings,

Betsy