... and out the door i went!

Today promised a high in the mid-60's by 2 PM, and I took it at its word!

 

I started off with inside work, dismantling the Island of Misfit Toys under the Element.

Back into the plastic storage bin with all of them!

The other decorations in the living room joined them, there to await December again.

 

Did I take down the Christmas tree, too?

That 12th Day of Christmas was yesterday, and the Epiphany does mark the end of the Christmastide time.

But, just look at it... isn't it gorgeous?

Even with the lights off, it's just so pretty and makes a cheery focal point in the room.

So, it stays for now.

Maybe I'll take it down when the Tulip Tree lets me know spring is soon coming!

 

What else did I do while waiting for the day to come up to temperature?

I set up my new calendar from AARP with the special dates of my loved ones, that's what!

Some of the little Post-It slips were transferred, some were replaced from the package I still have from my days at Armstrong.

I finished off all of those, but still have yet another package from back then.

Pretty amazing, as I'll finish my seventh year of retirement this May!

By the time I'd completed this task, it was time to go to my first A*List movie of 2025.

I'd chosen "A Complete Unknown", at 1:15 PM.

By the time it was done, I was ready to be gone from it.

It wasn't that the film was bad, per se, it's just I've never been a Bob Dylan fan.

The best parts for me were the scenes with Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger.

The years covered were 1961, when Dylan was just 20 years old, up to the 1964 Newport Folk Festival, when he showed all what an ass he could be.

Nice to know he's been consistent with that ever since.

At least I've crossed that off my list!

And what was on my list?

Feeding my car with gasoline, then shopping for groceries!!!

Cheeses and apples and cinnamon and squash and other stuff at Aldi's!

Then, back toward home and Food Lion for soups on sale!

 

Not only did I find plenty of heartwarming soups at BOGO prices, but also Cinnamon Cheerios, beans of all kinds, ziti and rotini and corkscrew pastas, even ham slices!

I spent $60.95 and saved $34.98 - wow!!!

Right place, right time!

But I already knew that.

As I'd walked into Food Lion, I spotted a coppery gleam in the parking lot -

a 2021 penny for me!

I was even home before sundown, before the warmth was gone from the day.

i thank You, God.