Thursday, December 26, 2024
I don’t know why my brain failed to salute Hanukkah yesterday. Its first day this year was on Christmas Day. I was aware of and tuned into that, but only now offering, “Happy Hanukkah!” I’m letting Sandra Boynton’s art speak more for me.
Sandra speaks through multi-talent channels. Here’s a link to her boogie-woogie style video, with Zooey Deschanel, backed by terrific instrumentalists, singing Boynton’s retro toe-tapper, “I Just Want to Dance With Santa Claus.” https://www.facebook.com/sandraboynton/videos/1327490604947470
As I should have yesterday, today I salute two important holidays. (Thanks to my friend Rachelle for catching my oversight.)
A welcome thing happened yesterday. The ex-manager of the department store where I work part-time, and whom I appreciate and admire, sent me greetings from Colorado, where she manages another of the chain’s stores. She’s talented, kind, and fun, and ahead has a great career. Her message is a Christmas gift that puts us in touch again.
Yesterday was a quiet one at my house. I boinged-out on homemade whole wheat bread while watching sewing videos, to learn how to shorten a jacket’s lined sleeves. That’s a new reach for me–one I had never imagined tackling. This is happening because I fell in love with a corduroy jacket–in the Men’s Department! The jacket is a youth cut but too big, especially the sleeves. I’m gonna fix them!
That evening, I lit a candle for Hanukkah and reflected on my loved ones, distant or deceased.
Dear Friends: However you celebrated, I hope your yesterday was lovely. Diana
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Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and Happy New Year, Diana.
I enjoy your blog with all of your adventures in the world of retail, home and animal management! I’m glad your life is so full at this stage! We are both in an interesting time… So much is changing around us and finding ways to stay positive and relevant and have meaningful work is so important to our sense of self.
I’m working full time with AltaMed PACE which is a team based model for supporting seniors with serious chronic problems as they and their families negotiate all of the challenges of remaining in the community with the physical and mental changes that accompany aging.
It’s very challenging and, as an NP, I am constantly looking up drug interactions and updates on symptoms and diseases but i have great support and am so happy to have a new stable work home.
Dennis is the opposite, he is perfectly happy to be at home all the time, busy in his garden and music studio, puttering around the house, napping at will. We’re happy with this balance and look forward to Wednesdays when both Sean and Cory join us for a family dinner. They are both fully launched and busy with their lives but we all enjoy this standing get together that keeps us well connected.
Wishing you all the best in 2025, I hope it is a good year for you and Pimmy and Chase and the gang… I look forward to the daily updates!
With love,
Cathy
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Oh, Cathy! I love and miss you! And Dennis and the boys. Thank you for this wonderful update of adventures and learning, impressive successes, much deserved. Wow!–you read my blogs!, Pièce de résistance!
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