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11:20... Cloudy and cold. Out to lunch.  Leofwyna not feeling well tonight so didn't go to Gerald's.  I left Bonnie home with her.  I took Leofwna's bread and dressing for the Venison Reubens.  Nate, Liz, Aurik, Anne and Cera were there.  Aurik brought fireworks for midnight.  Except for losing my thimble it was an excellent evening.  Got home to a traumatized dog; apparently a real boomer went off up the street just as she was settling for a deposit.  Leofwyna said Bonnie pulled her so fast and hard to the stoop that she lost her footing and fell on the step.  Fortunately Bonnie was so glad to see me she forgot her angst and did well for me when I took her out.

Happy New Year 2024, may it prove an improvement over 2023's politics !!!

Noon and Bonnie was getting restless.  Can't blame her but I was sleeping well and dreaming.  Its a cloudy grey day and they're predicting rain and snow today and tomorrow  What awful timing for everyone wanting to get their families together.  We had our Lobster Rolls this evening and they were great.  Leofwyna thinks this should be a new Christmas eve tradition; we'll see how the prices go next year.

10:40... frigid and grey today.  Out for lunch then a quiet afternoon.  Household Thanksgiving at the Doerrs tonight with Arne, Chiara, Lois, Heidi, Lyle and Anita with a great variety of good food. 

Up briefly at eight to take Bonnie out then slept until after ten.  Leofwyna and I went to the O Street Asian buffet for lunch then went to switch vehicles for tonight.  We had to drive the RAV around for awhile to charge up the battery.  Tonight Leofwyna dressed as a witch and I went as Gretel; we took Bonnie along to Unadilla for Gerald's party.  We managed to lose Highway two at the new interchange so didn't arrive until after eight.  We managed to introduce Bonnie and Koba without any barking but one of the other white shepherds snapped at her before Nate put them up for the night.  We welcomed in the New Year with treats, games and fireworks with Morgana, Aurik and the girls; Asa, Heather, Cera and Oswin were there too.  Gerald's youngest daughter and Nate were there with him too which was wonderful for him.

Up and out for lunch, then over to the Doerr's for Household thanksgiving through the afternoon with Ciera, Lois and Bristol too.  We Zoomed Od to say hello while we were at it.  Home for the evening on the laptop with tv.

Up and made lunch then spent the afternoon on the laptop.  Evening at the Doerr's for New Year's Eve.  

Up and ready for Arne to cut mulberry and lilacs out back for us at 10am.  Breakfast. and laptop.  Supper tonight was Thanksgiving at the Doerr's and it was a wonderful spread of a feast there.  We contributed our special Jello salad, Leofwyna's pickled eggs and my cinnamon pickles.

9am...  I have some catching up to do.  We pulled in at home from Colorado last Tuesday night... early Wednesday morning really.  As Leofwyna says, it was a perfectly satisfying trip and now we're glad to be home.  As she let me have the twin bed in the camper this time I have to agree with her, I slept great.  The experiment to use the laptop for Sunday gaming was a fail but getting the right charging cord can change that.  I found lots of clothes to add to my new wardrobe and Leofwyna had good luck with her dishes... well, she wanted more bowls and fewer plates but all the same she brought lots of stuff home.  We spent two days, three nights in camp at Poudre River where I got to have campfires every night.  

I had appointments Thursday with Dr Owen who decreased my insulin and with Emily who reports my thyroid nodules are stable thanks to the records from many years ago for comparison.  I seem to have much better energy and breath control which I credit somewhat to dealing with the altitude in Colorado and having pushed to keep up with Leofwyna in the thrift stores.

This last week here at home I continued to find additional clothes.  I'm enjoying my new size... XL and 20W.  I've cleared every large garment from my closet and have it nearly full again.  Cera benefited and took away all my tops; Leofwyna is keeping some of my jeans.  Sunday's Magmor get together out at Gerald's got postponed due to threat of rain (which didn't occur).  It's been rather chilly too and I've been wearing some of my 'new' sweaters. 

Enjoyed gaming Sunday evening with Agnes as DM.  After next week she's taking a break and sounds like Volkmar will pick up the baton.  Theron is in the midst of job problems and won't be able to deal with DMing while that's going on.   Neither Arne nor Owain spoke up at this time.

Tuesday on a pretty sunny day up and out to rearrange the RAV so another seat can be set up, then lunch. Back in good time to get ready to go to Gerald's New Years party...

Vivian rode with us out to Gerald's. Other's that attended were Isadora, Volkmar, Bristol (who will soon be living in Lincoln), Will, Kate and Kate's mother, and finally Marilda, Bartholomew and Romeo. Happy New Year!

BTW, I got the binding hand-stitched down on the pretty pinwheel quilt I bought last Friday while at Gerald's party as we played Train Dominoes.

Sunday once Leofwyna was up I headed out to lunch and some library time before going to gaming at Theron's. Gnancy earned 900 exp points tonight dealing with a necromancer, Oreo, and his zombies and sometimes invisible dog-faced monstrosities. At the sewing table I assembled a Disney Basketball top for the Aurora pile and then started a teddy bear vertical strippie top. Leofwyna got her Della Robia tree into the window today, the day after the solstice.