I haven’t painted my nails myself in years….probably at least 10 years. But I thought they were looking good enough to do them today.
stuffing ourselves on Xmas Eve
Another successful Jewish Christmas Eve spent at a local Chinese restaurant. We were pretty sure we had ordered way too much food, but in the end, we’d managed to finish off most of it.
Christmas dino
I know I’m Jewish, and didn’t grow up doing all the Christmas decoration stuff. But, because I don’t live under a rock, I’m pretty aware of the type of things that are out there. But this one baffles me. Is the dinosaur eating the Christmas tree? Smoking it? What does any of this have to do with Christmas?
now we wait
The landscape crew planted a bunch of new shrubs in the corner of the yard as a “nursery” to hold them there over the winter. The crew will be back in spring to finish up the rest of the job.
where’s Ferrous?
He’s hiding, and he thinks we can’t see him.
Oh! Found him!
gone baby gone
Our grass is gone.
step one: empty
The landscape team was back today. They did some serious pruning on a bunch of our plants, took out a few (some of which will be moved and replanted elsewhere), and left themselves a nice blank slate to work with. It’s a little alarming, but I’m sure it will all look fantastic in the end…which doesn’t happen til spring…
and so it begins
We decided that we’re just not really capable of maintaining an attractive yard, and are both far too lazy to stay on top of such a thing. So we hired professionals. And today….the digging begins…..
kindness of strangers
The other day I had a prescription to pick up, but I was not in condition to drive safely. Doug had a 6:00 meeting immediately after he got home, and would not be able to pick it up. So I posted to the local FB group, asking for help. The woman who picked it up, also got me some goodies. A few other people responded with offers of grocery shopping, other errands, and general well wishes. Sometimes….I have hope for the human race. 
what was that?
I decided to have a tuna sandwich for lunch today. I got the can out of the pantry and the can opener out of the drawer. Turned and saw that the two previously sleeping felines were suddenly very interested in what I was doing. Note that I had not actually opened the can of tuna yet. Just got it out.
