A Little of This, A Little of That

 Oh how I envy people who can sleep in, although I do enjoy my quiet time with my coffee.

Yesterday my eldest sister phoned which w as quite a surprise. She has had to be 'adopted' by other families as she is not close with her only remaining son and hasn't seen or heard from her granddaughters in 20 years or more. Sad, but it is Karma. And lo and behold she phoned me again today on Messenger. I do not feel a closeness as a) she has never kept in touch or tried to despite my younger sister and my attempts and b) we are quite sure she was not entirely honest with my Mother's estate and a few dicey things were done.  I still make the attempt and maybe in her old age she'll try a little harder. We'll see.

Yesterday I went through my odds and ends of wool . They were sorted into piles and I've finished one pair of mitts and almost finished another. Now I have odds and ends from the initial odds and ends ! However at least 4 pairs will be knit up. The grandkids love homemade mitts.

No matter that our weather at this time is very cold -20*C, I much prefer that to living in an area with wildfires, floods or tornadoes. Horrendous weather in the States, Great Britain and Australia. We can chose to stay indoors where it is warm - or go out sledding as some of my family did yesterday. A good book, a good movie -- we have choices.

Trolls are horrible people. I've read where trolls have been so hurtful to a blogger whose son died just before Christmas. Obviously they have no life. hateful, horrible people.

No happy Christmas pictures or seasonal  from the armpit of the North.Were they without electricity or is it a sign of the kind of Christmas they had ? No matter, we had a lovely time.

It is so nice to be able to putter around the house. To clean out a drawer -- and wonder where the odd socks went ? I did  put them into the laundry. Today maybe I'll do a good shake out of my clothes incase they are caught up in the inside of a top or something.  Having the luxury of time to sort the jewelry or organize the hanging order of clothes to make it easier is just great.

To be grateful that Hubby's sugar levels are slowly but surely coming down. [ He didn't listen to me about portions and treats ! ] but he is following  doctor's orders !