Forgive my absence.
April was such a cold, damp, and dreary month that most of us in "The Land" felt it was November.
May, thus far, hasn't turned up anything better. Mother Nature is certainly behaving like she has the pip and is exuding all the warmth and chariableness of brittle thin-lipped, uptight spinster at a performance of "Oh, Calcutta." So the first week of May is more like an add-on to April; we hope things will turn around at the end of this week.
The Cookie's continue to nest in our new house, and we are finding more and more surprises.
We have ordered new storm windows and screens. new storm doors. When the porch door is added, we'll be able to actually walk out of the back porch into the back yard.
A pleasant surprise was that our knarled dogwood turned into a Japanese maple. When I saw what these were selling for, I had a moment of elation. A tiny one is about $350. Ours is at least medium, reaching about 10 feet in height.
I just returned from my annual trip into the Genealogy world. The convention and annual meeting aren't the draw they used to be. I go any more to see friends, go out to dinner, and partake in game nights.
This year, we played a new game, Dead Grandma. The premise is this, Grandma is dead and everyone around the table are her beloved heirs. Cards are dealt with dollar amounts and "actions" that can be played on others. To start, you place one card down to bid on one of Grandma's most cherished possessions (like her handbag full of melted sticky butterscotch drops), and then you play to win by stiffing the other people. If you win the hand, you keep the card. The first player to win three cards the same color, or one card each of three colors.
We also played Crack List, and another game, but honestly, that name escapes me. It was kind of like $25,000 pyramid, but with a 60-second time limit.
A merry time was had by all.
My sessions included Genealogical DNA, deciphering "olde tyme" scripts, how to search for women in court records when all you have is a married surname, structuring files, and indexing.
As you can see, Cookie leads an interesting life.
The only Angst, and I capitalize it, I have experienced all week is due to politics and the potential loss of our freedoms in our country. I am sick with worry.
So I have been focusing on what I can do, which is getting through each day and cheering any victories as they come.
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Glad you and hubby are nesting beautifully in the new home----
ReplyDeleteWe missed you-----I got tired of looking at that lady with the rain bonnet when I checked in daily for a new post----Yes, I have you in a file folder that I check daily----
"The only Angst, and I capitalize it, I have experienced all week is due to politics and the potential loss of our freedoms in our country. I am sick with worry. " I hear you---I have not watched weekday MSNBC since the election-----I do watch Ali on Saturday and Sundays BUT when they start to drone on I turn it off----I just can't take all the slicing and dicing that is going on with the news coverage----MSM is acting like what is going on is a every day thing like ordering a salad----It is NOT---I don't see adequate coverage----I don't hear the urgency---- I saw a Instagram post today of "ICE" arresting a CHILD in school----They had not outward signs of being ICE----One had their face covered and the other one was threating everyone with arrest that were impeding his arrest of this CHILD----This is what we have come to----I read some where that a foreign visitor to the USA stated that he enjoyed his time here----He went on to say that we are a nice 3rd world country----OUCH----
I look forward to seeing photos of how the new Chez Cookie is progressing!
ReplyDeleteWe just returned from a trip to hot, sunny Spain - well deserved after a similarly chilly and disappointing April - and hope your weather takes an upturn very soon... I can't see the same happening in your politics, unless the Orange Villain drops dead. He is 78, after all. Jx