Thursday, Dec. 5

Up around 7:30. Skipped my exercises, as I've done the past week, because of this illness. But I'm getting antsy to start back again. Got showered and dressed, then had breakfast.

Stayed glued to the TV all morning watching reports of an impending ice storm headed our way. It's expected to hit tomorrow, so we spent a good part of today getting ready for it.

Hubbie accompanied Mother to our house around 9:30, and then he ran errands to get gas for the generator, kerosene for the large heater, and propane for the camper. He also picked up a few grocery items, and kitty litter for melting ice in the walking paths from Mother's house.

We made sure there are batteries in the boom box radio, and enough water drawn for a few days. We made pump pots of coffee, and potato soup (Mother helped with this). We also charged all the electronic devices in case the power goes out tomorrow.

With the potato soup, and the leftovers from the past couple of days, we won't have to cook for several meals. And if we do have a power outage beyond the pre-prepared foods, we can cook in the camper, where there is a gas stove. We can also stay out there, if we need to.

I think we are ready, though I pray we don't have an outage.

We were supposed to go to a tree lighting event at noon, sponsored by Caring Hands Hospice, but since we were busy getting ready for tomorrow, we skipped it. This event includes an opportunity to purchase an ornament in honor of a loved one who has passed away. I will want to get one of the ornaments in remembrance of my brother, who died a few months ago.

Got a call from the art gallery director this morning saying that the Christmas House workshop, scheduled for Saturday, has been cancelled. We worked it out to re-schedule it for Dec. 14. I agreed to do the morning session of the workshop, and the the young women helpers can do the afternoon session, because there is a basketball game scheduled that afternoon, and I know Hubbie will want to go.

Two of my granddaughters and several of my great-grandchildren were scheduled to come to the workshop this Saturday, but when I advised them of the cancellation, they decided that instead of coming up on Dec. 14, a better time would be Sunday, Dec. 15.

Once Mother had finished dicing veggies for the soup, she started another puzzle...a Christmas themed one, and I did this and that around the house, including clearing spaces to put up more Christmas decorations.

Later, for supper, we had leftover beans and ham, fried potatoes, and cabbage. Hubbie accompanied Mother to her house afterward, and then he and I went to the college for a basketball game.

I really would have rather not gotten out on this cold, rainy night, but I could tell Hubbie wanted to go, so I bundled up really well and went with him.

Niece was there, with the toddler baby, so we sat with her and visited. Fortunately, our team pulled out a much needed win, since they are six and two right now. During halftime, an announcement was made that tomorrow night's game has been postponed until the end of January. Yay, because there is no way I would consider going over there tomorrow night.

Back home, we enjoyed hot drinks, watched TV for a while, and headed to bed.