monday

After last week of full-on Go Go Go, I was grateful for this little quieter day. I slept in a little later than planned, but didn’t stress over it. Ran some errands, including going into TJ Maxx on Christmas Eve Eve (which my friend’s family calls Christmas Adam, ha ha), which would normally be like going into the belly of the beast, but…All the People are NOT in NY this week. They weren’t in TJM and they weren’t in the city on Saturday, not even the two shopping malls we went into. I mean, come on, a SHOPPING MALL in NEW YORK CITY the SATURDAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS?! Virtually EMPTY?? Streets, empty. Traffic, none. Not in or out. Is 2019 The Final Year of Life on Earth as We Know It????

Anyway, by the time I got home it was around 1:30 and lovely reading light was pouring onto the sofa from the front window…how could I NOT take advantage! So Janey and I (and a tin of homemade Christmas cookies from a friend at work) lay on the sofa for several hours, reading and napping. It was a delight.

TUESDAY – CHRISTMAS EVE

Spent the day …looking back now I have no idea what I spent the day doing. I didn’t leave for Christmas Eve at the ex’es til 4ish, so what DID I do all day? Puttered, probably.

As I was leaving, The Christmas Squirrel stopped by to wish me a Merry Happy.

Ex-Mas Eve. My blog photographer would have told me my shirt was gaping.

Ex-photo bomb.

Christmas Cat.

Christmas Dog.

Christmas Plum Wine.

WEDNESDAY – CHRISTMAS DAY

Wrapping, Christmas dinnering with Katie and the ex’es family, then back here with Katie to do presents and watch movies and have a sleepover.

How many pictures must you take to get One Good One??

Katie gave my bedroom a little makeover. She’s the sweetest.

Before…

After.

THURSDAY

We were supposed to go into the city early to a bakery I’ve really wanted to go to and for her to see the tree at Rockefeller Center…but she wasn’t feeling well in the morning and we just stayed home til we had to leave for the airport.

And then she was gone 🙁

FRIDAY

Spent most of the day, literally, filming and photographing the Trunk Club haul, then editing and creating the video. I am SO SLOW at video stuff and don’t even end up with a really good product. Ugh.

SATURDAY

FINALLY. The one day out of my entire vacation that I got to do NOTHING. I went from the bed to the sofa and read and napped. It was magical.

By late afternoon I did get up and cleaned up some of the Christmas mess.

Before…

After.

One of my final resolutions of 2019 is to get that ^%R$$#! box in front of the white bookcase OUTTA THERE.

Hey. I didn’t say I did a really good job.

Janey watched.

Sunday

Went into the city with friends on this rainy night…had dinner (I have leftovers for like two days).

Saw an art installation by the Flatiron Building: Ziggy.

Lotte Palace tree.

St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

Tree at Rockefeller Plaza.

Then we turned right across five lanes of traffic and came home.

What I’m Reading

The Sea by John Banville. Beautifully written but BOOORING. Oofah. It was all…narrative. Very little action, practically no dialogue. Very “writery.” “I am a WRITER! I will write FANCY!” Lots of big words. HEY SIRI, WHAT DOES PRELAPSARIAN MEAN? Got high praise from many. But it was not for me. On a bright note, the cover was pretty. 2.9/5. Sorry, John.

AND, my other final resolution of 2019 is to finish the %&*%$! Anna Karenina! I’m so close! I can do it!

And there you have it, the final Week in Review of 2019…the final Week in Review of the DECADE.

Happy New Year!