IN Carmel

 Woo. Do I like having this blog back to where it was until it went rogue.  The devil is in the details you all have heard.  I don't know who left the gate open but Andrew knew how to close it. And if rogue comes again, the hope is that my brain will remember where the get out of town button is located.   The morning was quiet again.  I love it when that happens.  Quiet is good at least for now.  I finished another scarf now having 11 in the giveaway basket.  One of these days I'll be giving away again.  The news kept my attention trying to figure out who, what, when and where and why again.  I only got a few of those figured out. And they are a big maybe!   Later in the morning I checked through the freezer and found some Thanksgiving turkey that needed cooking off the bone.  I've filled some containers with delicious ham and ham broth to use later and today it was time for the turkey.  So, when that cooled enou...

`                                                 Go I U!!!! From the Indiana end zone sent via Jeanie. The morning started early again.  That was fine because I had an 8:20 appointment at IU North.  My last appointment for shots was forgotten a month ago with a rescheduling.  Yikes.  I did not want to do that again.  Better up early than not at all.  There was breakfast with a few stitches with yarn taken.  Paper retrieved.  Doug was happy and then off to see my friends that have two shots waiting for me.  There were folks in the waiting area, all for a host of reasons all cancer related. The holidays tend to mess up schedules. The desk folks shuttled folks on to where they were expected.  Kathy, my great desk lady greeter friend was off to her own cancer treatment on the second floor this morn...

               Sweet little friend who loves to hide in the blankets.  He's done this for a very long time. Happy New Year to the world and you!  Another marker for us.  Just a marker. The morning came a little later than usual and that's a good thing.  There was no paper for Doug which wasn't a good thing. It's a holiday! Some people take that seriously.  Retired folks forget about holidays.  Most any day could be a holiday.   Today was sort of a clean-up day.  I cleaned up the ham, cooking it off the bone and making some real good broth for later meals.  A couple of bags with ham chunks made it to the freezer.  I finished another scarf, this time with no hurry in mind.  I need to do more scarves with that in mind.                                         ...

 It's the mid-week day again. That's it.  Nothing more except New Years Eve.  There are no special plans.  No sauerkraut and pork, no black-eyed peas.  But there is a new year coming real soon.  I'll take it.  Goodness me...living till 2026. Who would have thought this years ago.   Yesterday's scarf is off the needle, and a new one is on.  They just keep coming as long as the carpal tunnel behaves.  Reparative wrist motion is a killer. I should be sewing some burps in-between scarves. I heard from the Michigan kids.  The car is in the fixit shop and glazing pottery is on today's menu.  Kimmy reported that there are 99 pieces to glaze and then fire in two kiln loads.   Jared is mixing new glaze for a trial run.   Some chefs have recipes for food, some chemists for pottery glaze.  Pre-mixed glazes can be bought but they also can be refined if one mixes their own.  A few years ago, our minister o...

  First...there is no photo shop.  I'm not saying the angle was not part of the picture.  But the under the arm thing was real. I think that picture is a hoot. So now for today.  The first part of the morning was the same.  Quiet breakfast, a little snow going on, paper retrieved and a little knitting happening.   Then it was off to church for a work morning with some Rita food in the car to be delivered on the way home.  Sometimes it takes a little doing to make a work-day work. Heidi helped get me going with all the Christmas/New Years and then Baptism of our Lord thinking. We made some changes to the altar celebrating the coming of the kings.  The donkey found the 11-month stable again.  Tables were set up in the sanctuary for wrapping the nativities Sunday.  I will be pleasantly surprised if all 220 sets are wrapped in one session after church. If it isn't completed, we'll just use another Sunday. Poinsettia were moved to the we...

 The Michigan kids are back home after an almost 11 hour slow ride.  Jared did add that there was about a 1/4 tank of gas left in the tank.  Great gas milage I would say.  at 45 mph. The car went for an evaluation this morning and Wed. the transformation back to normal begins.                  Christmas came big with a new mug and a Stanley to hold my coffee hot until I want it.                                                 No cold coffee in my new mug. This girl needs nothing more. The house continues to be quiet.  No bringing out food, no loud card games so it seems things are back to where they were last week.             More card games.  I think a 2 yr. old might be able to count the games Jared and pardoner won....