Monthly Archives: December 2020

Thursday, December 31, 2020 Today I am grateful for New Years Eve.  Boy, 2020 challenged even the most stoic of us and nearly destroyed we sensitive types.  When I heard that the Wisconsin Badgers dropped their Lennox crystal trophy and … Continue reading →

Wednesday, December 30, 2020 Today I am grateful for getting the hell out.  No, not out of the house.  Except for a quick pop-in for a mammogram and a walk in a park, I haven’t been out.  One of those … Continue reading →

Monday, December 28, 2020 Today I am grateful for restaurants.  Remember those?  They are places where you go and sit at a table among other people, mostly strangers and someone waits on you, bringing you whatever food or drinks you … Continue reading →

Friday, December 25, 2020 Today I am grateful for a Merry Gnome Christmas.  Our big celebration historically happens on Christmas Eve, but this year it was just the two of us.  We got through it with the help of “good … Continue reading →

Wednesday, December 23, 2020 Today I am grateful for things that make sense.  None of our family is coming for Christmas.  I’m not hosting the dinner with the usual suspects this year.  There will not be a tea party with … Continue reading →

Tuesday, December 22, 2020 Today I am grateful for nosiness.  Himself is nosy.  Not in a creepy, peek in someone’s windows way.  That’s more me, because it’s a reason to take a walk at night when lights are on and … Continue reading →

Monday, December 21, 2020 Today I am grateful for amusing produce.  We made the decision a few days ago to really hunker down and stay safe home alone, which means we postponed our Christmas with family to January.  I’ve been … Continue reading →

Friday, December 18, 2020 Today I am grateful for a project.  I stopped by a friend’s house a month or so ago, before the leaves had fallen and snow covered everything.  Sitting at the root base of a tree in … Continue reading →

Thursday, December 17, 2020 Today I am grateful for mentors.  I’ve had a lot of mentors in my life and I hope I’ve been a sort of mentor for a few people, too.  Mentors encourage when you need it most. … Continue reading →

Tuesday, December 15, 2020 Today I am grateful for getting through it.  I looked at the date of the last time I wrote and it was a week ago.  Geeze.  What happened to that week?  We got a confirmed president … Continue reading →