A Foggy Week

As I write this post, the Ravens are losing to the Chiefs. I'm sure Baltimore is disappointed. However, the Purdue Boilermakers had an excellent afternoon, defeating Rutgers on their home court, something they haven't been able to do in many years. I'll be cheering for the Lions in the second game.

We've had lots of foggy mornings last week with school delays. We even encountered foggy conditions one early afternoon as we were driving home.

4:30 p.m. Thursday

On Friday, I attended a certification class at the Greenwood Public Library. They have a "Maker Space" and various machines available to library patrons, including a scanner, Cricut maker, Glowforge, 3-D printer, and a recording room for videos and podcasts. Even though I'm certified, there is still much that I would need to learn before using any of these machines.

This week, I'm breaking down "My Everyday Life" into daily posts.

You might be wondering why I posted some of these photos. Mostly, I'm following prompts that are sent weekly. I could include the prompt. Would that be helpful?

January 14-20, 2024

     Have you been watching football? There have been some close and exciting finishes to the playoffs. We're getting close to Super Bowl LVIII. Who is going to play this year?

    We spent most of yesterday at home, except for a trip to the Post Office. This is a strange story but funny, too. I noticed a red coat in our closet sometime after the New Year (I can't pinpoint the date). It was between several coats, and I wondered how long it had been there and knew it wasn't ours. At the time, I thought this was mysterious and weird. How did it get in our closet, and who did it belong to. Since I had time yesterday morning, I contacted Joe, Dustin, and Kylie since they had been at our house on Christmas Day. It wasn't theirs. Then I messaged Christy, and she answered that it was Persephone's coat. They had been perplexed and were at a loss about the whereabouts of her favorite coat. We finished our lunch and headed to the Post Office before it closed at 2 p.m. We're glad the mystery is solved. The coat is scheduled to arrive in New Orleans on Tuesday.

        Here's the third week of My Everyday Life:

    We are at the end of this cold spell and may have some rain later this week. Our two-inch snowfall will melt away. The driveways and sidewalks in our neighborhood were cleared with leaf blowers because the snow was light and powdery.

Note: The big red dumpster next door is gone.

Winter Weather Has Arrived

Yesterday and this morning, the temperature was -3˚, with the high today at 11 degrees. We had a light snowfall yesterday. This is the view when I opened the garage door yesterday morning. The other half of our duplex is being repaired from last June's tornado. The entire roof was replaced, and new shingles are in place. The interior was gutted and is waiting for the next stage of repair. The Redbox is an extra-large dumpster.

So far, I've been successful in keeping up with the "My Everyday Life" project. I get a weekly prompt followed by a daily one. There are three options every day. The first option is the same every day and reads like this: "Capture a photo and tiny story from this day. It can be ordinary or extraordinary." Options 2 and 3 are different and never repeated, and sometimes I choose one of them.

Keep warm and enjoy whatever you are doing during this long winter month.

First Week of January 2024

I started a new project, "My Everyday Life," and this page documents my first week of the year. Do many of you read this on your phone? Is it readable? I need to understand if I need to change something or if it is not feasible to share by using Blogger.

Thanks for looking. I hope you can read it.

 

Happy New Year 2024

    It's been at least six months since I posted something on Blogger. There are many experiences I would have loved to share with you, including our trip north and then east to Pittsburgh and Gettysburg. Last October, I had a lot of fun watching the ever-changing scene of skeleton activities in a nearby neighborhood, and I should have shared them with you. A week ago, I vowed to resurrect "Ruth's Reminiscences," I'm trying to make good on my plan.

    Ray and I hosted on Christmas Day, Joe, Kylie, Dustin, Jayden, and Dustin's friend Josh. I decided ham would be an option everyone would enjoy. We had ham leftovers that we've finally consumed, so if there is a next time, I'll buy a smaller ham. I thought the menu sounded good, but this cook made a few mistakes. When it was time to eat, we had to wait for the potatoes to finish cooking; I forgot to add the dried cranberries and sliced almonds to the green beans, and because the glazed carrots cooked too long, they had a burnt flavor!              

Kylie, Dustin, Jayden, and Josh

Joe

    We had company again on December 27 when Christy & Persephone spent the day with us. We tentatively planned to visit Jingle Rails in Indianapolis, but that changed when Persephone wasn't feeling well and came down with a cold. The weather was mild and sunny, and we realized we could play cornhole. The competition began, and Ray was the champion. (Bart stayed in New Orleans for the planned tenting of their house to exterminate termites. Unfortunately, at the last minute, those plans fell through.)

Christmas Day Cornhole

Learning how to play Uzzle

Thank you for reading this far, and I hope your New Year is going well with good health.