Hello Monday

 

The weather:::

Rain on the way up to Sophia's last Friday and rain on the way home today, not my favorite driving condition but I'm home safely.  Looks to be relatively dry for the week ahead but temperatures are dropping, in the 50s all week and forecast for the 40s next week.  I'm definitely re-evaluating whether to continue walking down to the end of the street to get the bus to work or to hop in the car and drive to the nearest Park & Ride to pick up a bus there.  Will definitely be thinking about that.

On my reading pile:::

Finished up The Little Village School and Trouble at the Little Village School and The School Inspector Calls and moved on to A Lesson in Love, the fourth book in the Village School series by Gervase Phinn.

Also still working on The Long Weekend:  Life in the English Country House 1918-1939 by Adrian Tinniswood from the library.

On my TV:::

Reached the end of When Calls the Heart on Netflix so I'm on hold until they add some more seasons.  Loving the costumes of The Spanish Princess on STARZ but not so enthralled by the story, I knew that it was going to be glamourized for TV but it's a bit over the top.  Sophia and I watched the downloaded Ladies in Black on Amazon Prime and it was excellent.  My latest Netflix binge is The West Wing.

The fun continues in the new series of The Great British Baking Show (The Great British Bake Off in the UK) on Netflix.  Sophia and I watched last week's chocolate episode and then I re-watched the previous week's bread episode because she wanted to see the rainbow bagels.

Checked off the list:::

Not much!  Holiday last Monday, off work with my sciatica on Wednesday, leave day on Friday to see Sophia meant only two workdays last week.  Sophia and I had a wonderful weekend - lots of shopping, window-shopping, eating out, watching Christmas movies and others.

Crafts Roundup:::

Still working on #donebydecember on my 2018 album - I'm determined to get it done before the all-day December Daily Prep Party which is an all-day, online sharing of album ideas, techniques, and all things December Daily on November 7.  There are still a lot of packages arriving with Christmas scrapbooking supplies - enough for several years of albums, I'm sure!

And in other news:::

I'm on a total news ban because I am fed up to the teeth with the political negativity and the scare-mongering reports about COVID-19.  I'm retreating into my bubble to just take a breather on that front.  Not much else other than waiting for any news about military travel.  Sophia will be up for Thanksgiving and we will do some Christmas decorating (whatever is left because I don't think I am going to be able to restrain myself much past November 1 from dragging out all the holiday totes).  Target is taking FOREVER to get their Christmas stuff out - I need wrapping paper to get busy as the guest room has turned into grande olde hold all station for the packages that have been arriving for weeks.  I keep thinking "Why did I order three of those?" but since they are really cool items and we are in three different households, I need three of most things that have caught my eye this year.

Sophia has her first horse show in several years coming up.  A new twist for her, a show on her own horse after years of leasing or taking a horse from a draw at a high school or college team event.  Spectators are banned because of, you know, COVID-19, so I'll just have to wait for the photos.  I am so excited for her!

Throwback to her first class in her first show 2009 - 4-H Novice Fitting and Showmanship - and she took the blue ribbon.  No idea where her skill and showmanship came from as neither Vic nor I have any background with horses.