My advent calendar idea just didn't. It worked the first night and then we were too busy, too tired, too apathetic. Covid Christmas is going to be nothing special and that is totally ok with me. I'm exhausted. Today is my last day of work for four days. All I have to do to prepare for Christmas is wrap. The house is a total mess but see above. I'm not cleaning it. I am going to go for long walks, read, and nourish myself with good food, good spirits and perhaps some long phone calls with friends and family, (unless they are too busy with the Christmas mayhem). Our new puppy, Toby, is a delight when he is not biting me. He is 10 weeks old and is pretty close to sleeping through the night. The biting is a total suck fest though. He bit me so hard yesterday that I not only have a puncture wound but it is all black and blue. I am too old for this. My old lady skin is taking too long to heal and all the wounds on my hands make me look like a heroin addict. It is abou
Stuck at home with your family during the COVID-19 Crisis?
Rule 1. Don't have any rules.
Rule 2. Balance between communicating the severity of the situation and not freaking out or freaking your kids out.
Rule 3. Get everyone to eat the perishables first.