A Quiet Friday

You guys....

I'm really enjoying NOT teaching this week!

It's been a good break.

I'm off again next week and I plan to

enjoy every minute of my time off.

My phone beeped this morning at 5:00.

Grrrrrrrrrrr.

(I fixed the notification, but it was too

late for today...)

It woke us both up and Rod got up and

moved to his chair in the living room,

where he watches some YouTube and 

generally goes back to sleep.

But even though we were up til midnight

last night, I could NOT get back to sleep.

Sometimes if I get on my phone and read

for a little, I go back to sleep.

So I opened my Kindle app and started a

new book.

And next thing I knew it was 10:00 and I

had only about an hour left in the book.

Hahahahaha.

It was a really light novel by Rhys Bowen

called Above the Bay of Angels.

I've read several of her novels, they are all

historical fiction. This one is set in

Queen Victoria's court, about a young woman

who ends up being a cook in the royal kitchen.

It was light and fun.

This is a prolific author, she enjoys writing

series, but doesn't put them all on Kindle Unlimited

so I'm having a hard time finding more of her

books to read, but everything I've read of her

stuff so far I have really enjoyed.

Lots of it is from WWII in England or France

and I think one was in Ireland.

Anyhow.

After the guys left for the farm, I curled up

in my chair with a blanket and finished the book,

while munching on some crackers, summer sausage

and cheese with an apple cut up.

I've been skipping breakfast most mornings lately.

I don't seem to get hungry until around noon.

Today the guys are testing the pipes they have 

installed so far to make sure the water runs and

there are no leaks before they move forward with

the plumbing.

The Electrician called and couldn't come, he has

another big job that has to be finished so moved us

back until next week.

I just put out a pan of Rhodes rolls to start

rising and I think I'll make a pot of broccoli cheese 

soup for dinner. It's in the low 50's today so not

super cold, but a big bowl of soup and a hot

roll sounds like a yummy dinner.

Now that Christmas has passed, I'm debating

how long to leave everything up.

I love to decorate (minimally) for Christmas,

but then I'm done and ready for it to go away.

The tree was kind of dry already when we got it,

so it has been dropping needles,

but it's still really pretty and smells nice.

I think I'll probably keep it up through New Years

and then take it down on New Year's Day.

At least that's what I'm thinking now...

I hate to see it go, but on the other hand,

it's right next to the doorway into the kitchen

and is kind of in the way.

So I'm in the "definitely MAYBE taking it down" camp.

Hahahaha.

But in the meantime, I'm enjoying it.

(mostly)