Our tea-and-coffee station is now also a hot chocolate bar. Mostly courtesy Target, I think, for the decor — the little cocoa bar sign, wintry bird, and white tree. The hot chocolate is gathered from all over — we have peppermint, Penzey’s straight hot chocolate, Mayan spice, this frozen thing that I’m honestly not sure […]
I’m listening to Annalee Newitz‘s _Deep Futures_ podcast while I clean and decorate for today’s house party; it’s great company, if you’re looking for something historical and interesting and futuristic and weird. Second table all set up now for Alix Mikesell and her beautiful jewelry. Kev and the kids and I waffled for a while
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The recipient has been INFINITELY patient waiting for this order, but in my defense, it was a large and complex order, with four matching scarf-mask combos, and I honestly kept getting confused as we changed fabrics a few times (due to some of the ones she’d initially selected being no longer available). I’m just glad
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Ellie and Arya checking out the newly rearranged living room, and each other.
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Party prep is very low-key, since this is kind of an abbreviated version of our normal holiday shindig. Hopefully next year, we’ll be back to the full spread and the hundreds of people? That would be nice! But in the meantime, a bowl full of different kind of Hershey kisses is festive, and my children
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Kevin, after he’s finished vacuuming: So, why did you space all the furniture out so much? Me: Well, I need room for a 6′ table in the middle, so Noelle Allen (or her staff person) can set up the SLOWFIRE ceramics there. Kevin: Oh, makes sense. I think what I love about this exchange is
Boosted yesterday! No side effects aside from a sore arm (still sore today when I press on it, wouldn’t notice it otherwise). IMPORTANT NOTE for Americans: Boosters were approved on Thursday for 16+ age group. Please take your 16+ high school student for their booster! Was easy to schedule booster — jumped on Walgreens site,
Happy birthday to my dad, Navaratnasingam Mohanraj, from your daughter, son-in-law, and grandkids in Chicago. Hope it’s a lovely day filled with calls from old friends, a good book or two, and a little gardening. love, Amirthi, Kavi, Anand, and Kevin.
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My quest to switch to a 5 a.m. wake-up is progressing reasonably well, I think — I woke up at 5:40 today without an alarm, and though I lay in bed and read for a while (Laurie J. Marks‘s Fire Logic), and my eyes were kind of sleepy, so I took until 7-ish to actually
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