THE LIGHTER SIDE CAFE SUNDAY NOVEMBER 29

Good Evening!

I know you have probably all gone to bed by now, but I figure you'll just read this in the morning. I had a quiet Sunday. The weather was awful all last night and rained all morning, too. I splashed out to Mass and sang in the choir with 4 others. I was happy to see everyone properly masked except while singing. Our director told us that there will be 4 Christmas Masses so that there won't be so many people in church at one time and she will ask for volunteers to sing at each one.

After breakfast of scrambled eggs with turkey crumbles and toast, I settled into the lazy boy with the intention of playing a little WWF, reading the Sunday paper and posting here. DH, however, decided it was a good time to take all the papers out of the safe and sort through them and everything in our "paper drawer" where we keep tax returns, bank statements and medical EOBs. I sighed, but got busy. When we finished, all was neat and tidy and we had a foot and a half stack of papers which DH burned in the fireplace. By then, it was lunchtime, so I make a turkey sandwich, warmed a little cornbread dressing and had a banana for dessert. Then I fell fast asleep in my chair and had a good nap, which I haven't done in a while. I woke when Debbie texted to see if I wanted to walk. I checked the weather app and it looked like all the rain had passed, so we headed out. It was cool and is supposed to get much cooler. By the time we split up and I headed home, it was misting rain again. I had on a light sweatshirt, so just pulled up the hood and was fine, if a little damp, when I got home.

DH made a fettuccine with leftover turkey meat, penne pasta, peas, carrots and cauliflower. It was delicious and we have enough for another meal.

I spent some time cleaning out my old email account. I keep it open and use it when stores want an email address, so it gets bombarded with all the advertising rather than my main email account. I was pleasantly surprised to find and email from DSIL in MI from May, which had several pics he had taken of the girls. I am sure DD got mixed up when she gave him the address, lol.

Tomorrow after our walk, HH will be here and then I will get laundry going and finally get that turkey sausage gumbo made. Our high tomorrow is supposed to be 50 with frost tomorrow night. DH and I will need to make a trip to the camp soon to winterize the water pump and change from AC to heat so we don't get frozen pipes. We are still waiting to hear from the insurance company.

Ann- I am with you on the hot flashes at night. I sleep year-round with a sheet and a light down alternative blanket. Even on the coldest nights, if I pull up the bedspread, I will soon kick it back off, lol. We usually set the thermostat at 65 at night, whether heating or cooling.

Sue - Your day sounded wonderful--Christmas movies, decorating and relaxing. My tree decorations are antiques from our childhoods, ones I have purchased on our vacations, ones the kids had as children and ones I have given the grandkids. They always look for their special ones. I have their names and the year one each one. When they are grown and have their own Christmas trees I will give them their ornaments to keep, just as my mom did for me.

Judy - Your mixup with the floor steamer vs rug shampooer sounds like something I would do. As you said, easy to remedy. I know you enjoyed the videos of the kiddos with the cookies! Glad things with the builder smoothed out. I am with you on reining in the eating. We have finished most of the high calorie Thanksgiving leftovers and will turn the remainder into more point-friendly dishes.

Simon and Schuster posted several lists of "best" books for 2020 and I noted several I want to read. Then I found a similar list from Thrift Books. I have pledged to myself to spend less time online and more time reading. I am finding that the less I read on fb and the news, the less stressed I am, so it will be a win-win. Sweet dreams!