A BUSY WEEK

I feel like my family is busy with activities and it's exactly what I was wishing for last year during the Covid restrictions. 

Brian spent last week working in Switzerland. Finally, he was able to do the parts of his job that he loves. He had lots of meetings and presentations and he got to hang out in Switzerland. And... cheese.

And of course he brought back some of my favorite chocolates.

I have started taking a knitting class. I might be the butt of my family's jokes because it's at a local senior center.

I made some tomato sauce - the last bits of summer from my garden.

Claire had a piano recital. Her teacher made a big effort - he had musicians to accompany each kid. It was a perfect day for an outdoor recital and she did a good job! There she is with her teacher, George, below.

Bea's buddy Mabel played the violin - she is so so good! She's standing next to Claire below.

My biggest challenge last week was giving two girls' bedrooms a deep clean. Oh goodness - messy, messy, messy!

I recently realized that Bea is only going to be living with us for a few more years - so I better get going removing wallpaper and painting her room. She wants a dark color - I don't want it to be more of a cave - let's see if we can agree on a color. 

I let my beans get too big but they were still good - I cooked them up and put them in some Tikka Masala.

And look what else I found in my garden. He was on my sad, brown dill plant. I just hope he can find enough to eat and doesn't get too cold.

Comments

[Donna]

George has a lot of students! Looks like a good way to do a recital and I bet the kiddos liked it too. Paul and I both like dark colors for our rooms. When he was at home we compromised: 2 walls dark and 2 walls a lighter or complementary shade. And if there are windows, that's where the dark goes. That made us both happy and took away the cave like feeling.