* At stopped by this morning and helped me address and stamp the remaining holiday cards and I got to hear more about their time in Seattle a couple of weeks back as we worked. I loved the story of how they were going to do a last-minute visit to the Kurt Cobain memorial bench before their 12 am flight back when they met someone interesting... it was such a meet-cute--Cinderella-esque midnight deadline and all!
* Nu, At, and I took our Flu and Covid shots! (Big A got his at work ages ago.) We got the Novavax, and so far, so good. I've not fallen apart or taken to my bed like a Victorian lady... yet.
* Hanukkah started last night! This is yet another year I'm using birthday candles for our menorah. I'm good at making them stick with a bit of melty wax, but it's not ideal. Big A's the one with Jewish heritage, so I'm going to put him in charge of getting the Nerot next year.
*I've jumped back into work via email, phone calls, and light editing again. Is it too early? It feels too early.
*Pic: The whatsit I got at the thrift store when I took Nu to shop on Monday... I love birds and found this lidded container irresistible especially because it cost all of 6.06 and was also "on sale" so I paid less than 4.00 $. It says "Made in Italy" on the bottom and is so intricate... and impractical. Like what would one put in it?! (Nu's tongue-in-cheek suggestion was soup.) A reverse Google image search suggests it's a "trinket dish." I might use the bottom as a cache pot for a plant and the top as a frame for mint, moss, or a succulent that could grow out of the openings? Ideas?
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I hope you continue to feel well after your shot and good luck figuring out what to do with your new acquisition. Sounds like it's going to be botanical.
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Ha ha, love the soup bowl, I mean trinket dish. That was a find for $6.06!!!
Yes, it's too early to be back at work. Grr.
Happy Hanukkah!
I got my flu and covid shots back in early November. No reaction to either one, thankfully.
I love birds, too, and while I'd have lingered and looked at your trinket dish, I'd have passed it by. It's definitely something that would need dusting, and I abhor that task. Your idea of using it as a planter of sorts sounds intriguing.
It sounds like you had lovely Christmas and are enjoying Hanukkah. I considered using birthday candles, but yeah, tricky. I got lucky when my MIL asked me to pick up Christmas Crackers on Christmas Eve, and we found candles then.
It's far too soon to be back at work. I object on your behalf.
Thanks, StephLove!
This reminded me of that famous Woolf quote: "I would venture to guess that Anon,; who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman." ;)
Jenny--Thanks! Reentry is tough!
I'm relieved I'm following in your footsteps re. reaction this year!
Whatever I do with this trinket, it has to be something that exempts me from dusting it.
Haha! Thanks Julie! Happy Hanukkah to you as well :). I was at the store today and could have picked up proper candles, but it's night three and I feel committed to what I started :D.
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That trinket is so cool and the price was right!! I was offf work the last 2 days but did not manage to completely stay off email. I am not great at boundaries - it’s something I need to work on in the new year.
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