Friday
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Cloudy. Agreed, it was cloudy with occasional rain.
- Ella and I took time to play a couple rounds of Fast Track before I left for work.
- Santa had some interesting visits today. I had a boy with hearing loss. I greeted him in ASL and introduced myself as Santa and asked his name and what he wanted for Christmas using both spoken and sign language. He didn’t respond, but Mom seemed happy that I had tried.
- I also had four college students that just stopped in to visit.
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Some interesting clouds this morning.
Lunch was a very hardy veritable stew with dumplings. Some leftovers, a can of mixed veggies, and a can of V8. Once it was a bubbling boil, I added the dumpling mixture. Dumplings were Bisquik and milk batter.
This is a crescent moon. But for some reason the camera filled in the dark area and made it look like a full moon. Or maybe it was the hazy fog that caused the distortion.
After taking the photo of the early morning noon, I went back to sleep until quartet past seven.
Another gray day start.Arriving at the mall at 11:31 and finding the outside doors were locked, I tried calling Melissa. I hoped she was already in the mall and could come and let me in. However, she was running late and she kept talking and not listening to what I was trying to say. I finally hung up. I called her back and told her to stop talking and listen. I was then able to let her know that the mall was locked and I was not able to get in. She said she was going to call Sergio, but she was also on her way. I don’t know what she expected the district managed to do about the doors.After a Google search I found the phone number for mall security. When I told him that the doors were locked, he replied that they were supposed to be locked until twelve noon. I explained that I needed to get in and ready for work at twelve. I was told were to find an unlocked service entrance.I made my way through the “Jefferies Tubes” (Star Trex fans will understand) to the storeroom-dressing room-break room. I had a key to unlock the gate but had no idea how to get the lights on. So, I dressed by the light of my cellphone. I was just getting my boots on when Melissa arrived. (Which means the mall doors were now unlocked) Needless to say we were a little late getting the Santa set up and running.
Mike got the equipment running while Sarah I straightened things on the set.
Here I am, masked and ready.
This little girl stood like this (but facing me) when we talked about her Christmas wish, her school, and so forth. When they first took Her picture, they had her sit, hands in lap, and ankles crossed – the typically photo. I said, “Wait a minute.” I then had her stand like this facing the camera. I then I copied the pose. Mom was delighted. I asked permission to have and use the photo.God bless and g’nite
Indeed the day began hazy and overcast. There was also a slight ghost of a fog crawling along the low spots, trying to hide in the shadows.
After leaving the dentists, we made a short side trip to the church. We wanted to see how construction was proceeding on rebuilding the preschool building. It still stands in it’s bare bone stage. We noticed that work was being done in the worship center servings floor area. All three buildings of the church campus are undergoing construction.
Do you recall yesterday’s post about my biting into what I thought was a pear, only to discover that it was a type of squash known as chayote. Today for lunch, I skinned them, cubed them, boiled them, and mashed them. Served with butter, salt and pepper, they were quite good. Possibly my new second favorite squash behind the spaghetti squash.
My new masks arrived today. Not only will they help slow the spread of viruses, they will help disguise my Santaness as I go in and out of the mall.
God bless and g’nite
It is the middle of November and the trees and bushes are still holding onto their leaves. Even though we have been eight Texas winters, I’m still in awe of how long autumn is here. The early morning sun shining through those leaves was interesting.We received our voter registration cards today, so that in the next election, it will be simpler. Yay! I’m ready. Can we have some new presidential candidates now? I didn’t care for the choices this last time.
I mistook this for a pear and took a big bite off the end. I told Ella that it tasted almost like a cucumber. Google Lens identified it as a “
Will you just look at that sky! How perfect is that? If it was any clearer the sky would be black, because we’d be looking straight into spaces. It was a wonderful day to sit outside – so we did.
After the pure blue of the day, came the burnt orange sunset.God bless and g’nite
We slept warm, burrowed into nests of blankets and comforter. Like deep sea divers, our cpap machines delivering air to the depths of blankets, quilt, and pillows.It was after six o’clock this morning that I turned on the heater and then scurried back to my den of coverings. And snuggled closer to my den mate.Later still I rose to heat the coffee and warm the oven in preparation for baking biscuits. Feeling too lazy to roll and cut biscuits, I made drop biscuits instead. When it came time to eat, I regretted not taking time to roll and cut. Drop biscuits are just so crumbly.
We had an all around busy day. Yesterday I said, “Tomorrow we may get some free produce at one of the churches in Leander.” Well today ours yesterday’s tomorrow and we did get some free produce from 2 churches. That’s good ’cause now I’ll have fruit to take for my lunchbreaks.I already mentioned going to the mall.We also stopped at the pharmacy and got Ella’s prescription. This is one she hasn’t had for a month.I’m tired. I will be back tomorrow
I was very glad that I had started the electric fireplace, before going to bed last night. 34° that feels like 28° might have been a shock to our little pink toes – all of our little piggies would have gone, “Wee, Wee, we’re freezing,” all the way home and under the covers..
As the sun sinks silently into the west, our days temperatures were above the average high and the day’s low was below the average.
Really? I walked two and a half miles today? Maybe I was sleepwalking.
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