January 16, 2014
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Lincoln, Pilate, Applesauce, Aliens and Boo
It's been a full morning, of which all those disparate people and things listed in the title have had a part. After struggling with aches and pains yesterday, I am feeling better today. I've about decided to blame the weather for my achy days. It seems whenever the wind chill gets down in the zero to sub-zero range, my joints mount a major protest, regardless of whether or not I stick my nose out the door. Which I didn't yesterday and probably won't today because Thursday is my big cooking day.
I did get some stuff done yesterday, including the next-to-last module of online Red Cross training I've been working on. That is what I blame for my painful hand. I take notes while going through the training, and my right hand just won't hold a pen anymore without pain. I am going to get serious about trying to have something done about that this year. I usually try to avoid surgery, but this is getting ridiculous. Although, forks and spoons are also getting difficult to hold and that might not be such a bad thing for awhile.
I also finished up the third alien in the scarf I'm knitting. Thankfully, the knitting needles don't seem to cause my hands too much pain. Here's the half-done scarf:
I'm hoping to make good progress on alien #4 today when I'm not in the kitchen.
I tried to take a selfie with Boo this morning. He was uncooperative. I know, big surprise. We did a lot of this:
"She's on the floor! Playtime!"
A bit of this:
"I want to lick your face! Pleeeeeeeze let me lick your face! Your face is my second favorite thing to lick!"
A little of this:
"You're choking me!"
And finally, after I'd given up:
"Hey, look! A camera!"
In other news, there have been tears of both joy and sorrow shed today. I got word that a sweet, gentle, kindhearted man I knew from my time acting in The Great Passion Play in the late 70s and early 80s passed away this morning. I knew him as Pontius Pilate, but after I left he went on to play the Christ role.
That was a very fun time in my life and David's death hit me harder than I expected. I didn't know him well, but he is one of those people who is strongly associated with my memories of the Play.
In happier news, I am a great-godmother! My nephew/godson and his beautiful wife welcomed their firstborn into the world this morning, a son named Lincoln. I've kind of lost count of all my great nieces and nephews; somewhere around 20, I think.
And now I should have whiled away enough time for the butter to soften. Time to throw together an Applesauce Spice Bundt Cake with my last jar of homemade cinnamon applesauce.
Comments (4)
I'm so sorry to hear that your friend has died. And it is wonderful that there is a new life - Lincoln is a good name! Anything you make with homemade apple sauce is going to be exceptional!
Glad you're feeling a little better -- I hope the winter continues to get easier on your joints! We definitely are beginning to pay for our lovely weather, though, with a bad brushfire that began this morning.
Aw, Boo is adorable. It's very hard to take photos of my mom's corgi - he sits perfectly still until you point a camera at him, and then he moves just as you hit the button. Same with my cat. Blech.
I'm afraid I'll get to your point with my hands one day. I don't type the way I'm supposed to, all ergonomically correct, and when you add in cross-stitching or crocheting or writing by hand or any of the billion other things I like to do that involve my fingers, some days the muscles really ache.
You are coming along well with the scarf, and the applesauce cake sounds yummy. I am glad they are things you can do that don't bother your hands. I am sorry they are hurting so.
Pets aren't always the most cooperative with pictures, but your smile shows you had fun nonetheless, and you did end up with a couple shots.
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