Fresh when it gets here from
Julie Barrett
Monday, December 16, 2024
Hey, there's nothing like writing a long journal entry and having it vanish into the ether. Let's try again!
Well, it's a Monday, and that's the best I can say. I kind of did my back in over the weekend. It'll be okay if I can manage to take care of myself. I just overdid it. Friday and Saturday I did a lot of cleaning in the kitchen, including a much needed cleaning cycle on the oven. When I had it all done on Saturday I made a couple of batches of scones. Unfortunately, I made the mistake of wearing a pair of sneakers I'm trying to break in, and my back rebelled - spasms and all!
I did recover enough to go to a gathering at a friend's house on Saturday night. It was a lot of fun and something I kind of needed.
Yesterday we put up the new tree. In the "we're getting old" department, we decided to just get a fake tree this year. We've had real trees every year since we've been married (that's 44 for those counting), but they're getting terribly expensive, not to mention that fake tree are better on the allergies - for humans and cats. So there ya to. We got it all trimmed yesterday and it doesn't look half bad. Oh, no watering, no dropping of needles. But I kinda miss the forest-y smell. Oh, well.
I've also finished the Catmas card, but discovered that the printer head on my older Canon printer was terribly clogged to the point where not even deep cleaning cycles would do the trick. I pulled it out this morning and actually -gasp!- washed it out under hot running water. I figure if it doesn't work I can get a replacement fairly quickly - for a price. If it does work, I'll order a replacement with a longer delivery lead time to save a few bucks and have one on hand. I love that printer. Even with OEM ink it produces beautiful prints. But it ain't your everyday printer, which is why I'm running into problems. I need to set a reminder to run a few pages through it once in a while, just to keep the ink from drying out. I don't sell as many prints as I used to. Sigh.
Okay, time to get back to work. I have stuff to take care of so I can take some holiday time. Paul's vacation starts close of business on Thursday, so I'd like to not be so busy that we can't do some things together. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it!