I found everything on T's shopping list except for cranberries. The only available cranberries at the Safeway were dried cranberries. No canned, no frozen, no fresh. I even asked a staff person -- no cranberries ( Read more... )

I feel absolutely back to normal this morning! No COVID symptoms, no knee pain!! Full brain power ( Read more... )

It appears both T and I have caught mild head colds from our holiday socializing ( Read more... )

it ain't over until the last person leaves and I've put away all the food -- but it is over now -- people were here for a bit over 5 hours -- a total of 10 people (8 guests plus me & T ( Read more... )

T is starting to run out of energy (which is a good thing, it will limit his ambitions).  We did put up the tree, but haven't trimmed it yet.  He's cooking his second batch of holiday/party food.  I did my second trip for groceries and party snacks/beverages.  The Wheaton Safeway hasn't been crowded either yesterday or this morning, which is a ( Read more... )

I went grocery shopping, found everything on the list T gave me, but he's accumulated more things that he wants us to have since then, so I'll have to go shopping again in the morning. Then I helped T cook party food. I've offered to make a Blue Apron dinner but I'm not sure whether that will happen or whether we'll just snack. I need a snack ( Read more... )

My Friday "off" proceeds. I've cleared all the so-called "Bug Nest" materials from the main floor of the house (basically anything that can be taggged to me or my job), and I've brought up the Christmas ornaments from beneath the house. T has begun baking (and cursing LOL). I'm about to shower and then I'll head out to do the grocery/alcohol ( Read more... )

Day off! My goal is to not open my work laptop until Monday.

I slept in this morning, because I was up very late bingeing TV. I watched all of Hawkeye and then two episodes of Sense8. I wanted to watch Don't Look Up after midnight but it wasn't streaming on Netflix quite yet. It's up now, so I will probably watch it today or tonight ( Read more... )

Have I ever experienced such a quiet Christmas Eve?  Ah, yes, in 2002.  I deliberately spent Christmas Eve by myself, in my studio apartment in SW DC, because my father had died a month before, and for the first time in my life I was an orphan.  I deliberately chose not to travel for Christmas.  For all of my life I'd spent Christmas Eve with one ( Read more... )

I treat chocolate like the drug that it has always been.