My Advent Calendar

December 18th

A brand new ornament for me - a painted hummingbird.  A birthday gift from Emily & family.

Here's the reverse side.

 And here's our breakfast yesterday - eggs Benedict.  Dan had traditional and I had corned beef hash.  It was delicious.

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Thank you all for your kind birthday wishes and the good advice! Anyone younger than me should take a moment to read the advice in the comments on yesterday's post.

My Advent Calendar

 December 17th

Not an ornament or decoration around the house but a milestone.

How did this little girl go from this ....

... to this?

75 is a big birthday and I'm open to advice from those of you who have passed this mark on how you're coping with being more than 3/4 of a century old.

My Advent Calendar

 December 16th

My newest ornament.  I purchased this at the Telephone Museum in Warner, NH this fall.  We stopped there after picking up friends from the Manchester Airport.

Here are some photos of the museum.  A fascinating spot!

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Today is homeschooling day as will be Friday this week.  Granddaughter working on her writing assignment right now. She's so easily distracted.  It's a job to keep her on task.  

One of her assignments today will be storytime on FaceTime with granddaughter #4 in Buffalo.  

My Advent Calendar

December 15th 

A small ceramic Christmas tree, purchased in the 80s or 90s at a church holiday bazaar.  The granddaughters like to rearrange the lights.

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Just updated my Books Read 2025 listing.  I'm up to 84 books this year.  I still have three weeks of reading left so will beat last year's count of 85 for sure.

If you look at the list you'll see a lot by Archer Mayor.  He's a mystery writer based in Brattleboro Vermont.  I really enjoy he's writing and though I imagine you can start reading any of them I'm reading in order. The first one is Open Season if you want to look for them in your library.