I'm Such a Chicken - a day inside

It snowed a bit overnight and was still snowing this morning. Not a lot, but enough to just make me anxious about driving - so I didn't. I stayed inside. I felt a little off as I didn't get out for my walk BUT I did manage to get moving in the end and get some things done. 

* I actually started wrapping! Leaving it a bit late, but I got a lot done

* I made a list of what I have left to get! Yes, I still do have a few odds and ends left to get

* I made a food list. 

*We put up the tree! 

* I finished putting some stuff away that has been sitting around too long!

I also had a lovely video chat with Baby A and daughter. I must admit that I've been feeling a little down as we aren't going for daughter's annual Christmas get-together this year. Today, after work, daughter was doing a bit of cooking ready for the party and put me on the counter on video chat while she was cooking. Baby A was in her highchair, and we played peek-a-boo, and she blew me kisses. It certainly cheered me up and made my day! We are video chatting tomorrow during the party, but it's not the same as being there. I am going to try to be cheerful and keep in mind that it will only be a couple of weeks before we do visit for Baby A's first birthday! Can you believe it's been a year? I've got to focus on the good things and not think about the things we'll miss. I suppose that's the same for all people who live far away from family members. 

I am really thankful that daughter - and son-in-law - make such a great effort to include us in those little moments and do video calls. 

Tomorrow - I am going for a walk. It's going to be cold - a morning temp of 19F/-8C but it MIGHT be a little bit sunny. Hubby is going to drop me off and later on pick me up. We're going to get a bit of the shopping off my list done afterwards, before we video chat with daughter. Later in the afternoon, son and husband are going out so I'm going to get some more wrapping done. 

Photo for today - it's another of those lovely ornaments my MIL made. This is one of my favourites on our tree. 

Getting Packed and Ready

 We are off for an early start tomorrow. We want to leave the house by 5am (yikes!) so we don't interrupt oldest son's morning work routine. It's a long old drive so if we get an early start we might make good time. Sometimes when we go we avoid Chicago as it is horrible driving there but it adds an extra hour onto our time. Hubby says we are going through Chicago tomorrow. Yikes. People drive so fast and there are lots of lanes. It makes me quite nervous even though I'm just in the passenger seat! 

I was busy most of the day running last minute errands and getting stuff together for our visit to daughter's. I must admit that I am feeling a little (lot) frazzled. I know things will go okay, but it's more the anticipation that is worse than anything. I am even clenching my jaw at night. I can feel myself doing it when I wake up and my jaw hurts. Perhaps being anxious is another reason for not sleeping. Sigh. 

Everything is packed (I think) and ready to go (I hope). I'm glad I made a list for things I needed to buy and stayed on track. I was almost tempted to go to the lakeshore for the waves as it was another windy day but I knew it would put me behind. I had gone at the weekend and got lots of photos so I decided (wisely) to keep on track. 

I did have a few minutes later in the afternoon to pop up into the craft room, make one card and take photos of a couple of others.