Such a Mix.....

So many emotions in one day.

I slept better last night, partly due to taking the new meds (all in my head, I know). Partly it was due to not having to awaken with the alarm.  Part of it was knowing that the cause of the swollen feet and legs was due to the meds, not due to something horribly wrong with me.

On the Saturday to-do list - finishing the baby quilt.  Making crockpot peanuts.  Wrapping Angel Tree gifts and others. Finish the decorating for Christmas. Using the InstantPot to make chicken thighs.  Baking banana bread to use some of the soft bananas.

Most of those things were crossed off.  

The decorating was easy.  A new white place mat under the snowmen and adding the snowy tinsel around them.  Looks good.  The box of all of the little things for the shadow box and to set around in different places - another easy thing.  Clearing the coffee table (that didn't happen) but using the winter table runner on the blanket chest worked well.

Crockpot peanuts - easy peasy to do also.  Layer everything in the pot, snap down the lid, set it to low, and wait for three hours.  Then mix it up, drop the clusters on  waxed paper, and set the cookie sheets in the sunroom to cool.  Put them into the tins when they are set.  Another easy task.

Finishing the baby quilt.  That one took a little longer and there was a glitch with the bobbin, but it is done and looks good.

The Instant Pot.  I don't like chicken thighs.  I  am not a fan of teriyaki.  But all I had for ingredients worked for Chicken Thighs in Teriyaki sauce.  I made them. I ate one.  It was ok.  There will be plenty for Gary for leftovers.

Angel Tree gifts are wrapped, but not much else was today.  I feel so sad about those gifts for a couple of reasons.  One is that the children who are receiving them are on the list because one of their parents is incarcerated for some reason.  So sad.  The other is that I really wanted the kids to help with selecting gifts for these children and that didn't happen last week.  I wish they could have had some input and also realize how fortunate they are.

No other gifts were wrapped except for one thing for Matt and one for Cooper and Lynnlee.  I just didn't want to do it, and considering it was 8:30 p.m. when I started, I was done after the Angel Tree gifts were wrapped.

There was snow on the ground.  Birds were flocking around the feeders.  Winter has arrived.  It is cold.

And the kids stopped by today.  I loved it that Hilary, Tessa, and Owen walked in the front door and we didn't know they were coming.  I loved it that Landon wanted to spend the night, even though he couldn't.  But I am sad that it can't happen more often, and the only way it COULD happen more often is if we move.  We are talking about it, and it would be beneficial for us and for them for our residence to be closer than a 45 minutes drive.  But this is home and we like it here. I am not sure I want to leave this house yet.

Such a mix of emotions today.  Lots of ups but a few downs also.  

On to tomorrow....