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I attended a virtual author event on Sunday evening. I’m really enjoying these new virtual events — since the pandemic shut everything down, I have been able to attend so many different author events from the comfort of my own home. There’s no travel involved and all the events are recorded, so I can watchContinue reading “Day 221 — Friday, October 23, 2020 or I might be running out of space for books…”

Since the pandemic closed most businesses back in March, our local library has pivoted by offering a bunch of virtual events and a curbside pick up option, which might be my favorite thing to come out of COVID-19. Who doesn’t want to just drive up to the library’s front door and grab a paper bagContinue reading “Day 220 — Thursday, October 22, 2020 or I actually went inside the library!!”

Now while I do actually love my husband, this pandemic has forced us to spend way too much time together. And there’s just way too much time that we spend in the same house, just the two of us, with no one else around to talk to or see. So tonight I did something completelyContinue reading “Day 219 — Wednesday, October 21, 2020 or dinner out with friends!!”

I’ve been really excited about my virtual painting classes after I painted a pretty cool pumpkin over the weekend. Sure it was just a tutorial and I did it on a pad of mixed media paper, but I’m pretty proud of the finished product. I even hung it from my bulletin board that hangs overContinue reading “Day 218 — Tuesday, October 20, 2020 or I spent way too much at the craft store…again”

I’m so not a fan of this time of year. I know that so many folks enjoy their hayrides and their pumpkin spiced everything, but frankly it’s just too cold for me. It was 40 degrees here this morning when I go up, and fine, as the day went on, it definitely warmed up. MyContinue reading “Day 217 — Monday, October 19, 2020 or I do not like fall in New England”

It seems like every holiday I’m always the last-minute-Larry that’s running around seconds before the celebration starts putting up holiday decorations. There was that one Christmas that my collection of stuffed snowmen sat in a pile in the middle of my living room floor for two weeks — I might have finally gotten all ofContinue reading “Day 216 — Sunday, October 18, 2020 or I actually put up my decorations before the holiday!”

I signed up for virtual painting classes back in August. The instructor hosts live painting sessions via Facebook several times a month. There’s full-length classes where she takes you through the steps to paint a specific topic — a fall sunset, a bouquet of asters, blue hydrangeas on the beach — you get the idea.Continue reading “Day 215 — Saturday, October 17, 2020 or look, I actually did something creative!”

It’s another Friday night and that means my husband and I go out for dinner at one of our local establishments. It’s been raining off and on all day, so I made a reservation at one of our local restaurants that has a big outdoor tent with side flaps and heat lamps. When we showedContinue reading “Day 214 — Friday, October 16, 2020 or here we are — it’s Friday night!”

Here’s an actual conversation with my husband from earlier today: Husband: I think I’m going to clean the lines on the kegerator this afternoon. (He means the hoses that pump beer from the actual keg in the little fridge into the spout where you pour the beer. You’ll need this information for later.) Me: PleaseContinue reading “Day 213 — Thursday, October 15, 2020 or an actual conversation with my husband”

Is that even still a thing?? I received a Fed Ex package this afternoon — and I wasn’t expecting anything. My husband ran to front door to check it out. He wasn’t expecting anything either, but he’s always accusing me of obsessive online shopping and he was hoping to find proof of my bad habit.Continue reading “Day 212 — Wednesday, October 14, 2020 or was I just punked??”