Good morning, villagers ~
I haven't been able to stop by here for well over a week, which makes me sad. I miss you all.
In between work days at the library, I've been trying to get through year-end tasks for both of my volunteer groups -- and regretfully but firmly saying NO to everyone who asked me to add more volunteer projects before the end of January! Plus, of course, getting things lined up for the family holiday gatherings.
As I told DH the other day, usually I don't mind when it's my turn to work Saturdays at the library. However, yesterday was my 2nd Saturday in a row and it was really difficult to gather the energy to get ready in the morning and then be on my feet for 5 hours without a break. (My coworker was there but her assigned tasks took her away from the service counter so I was stuck.) I'm definitely looking forward to the Thanksgiving vacation. I'll work a normal 8 hours tomorrow and then since I'm not scheduled for Tuesday nor Wednesday, I'll be off from Tuesday, November 26th, until Monday, December 2nd. Family and home time, what luxury!
Bad news: Household chores = 1 step forward, 2 steps back.
Good news: Making good progress on stocking up on food for the winter so we won't have to worry if we get snowed in.
Last night I started on the handmade Christmas gifts.
Yikes, I just realized that I don't have a hostess gift yet to give DSis for Thanksgiving.
Need to think on that.
I foresee next year as being even busier than 2019 was, and I need a multi-purpose planner that will be big enough to be useful but still small enough to carry in my purse every day. I haven't seen one locally that is anything like what I think I want, so I splurged on an online order. The pages I viewed on the screen looked good. It is supposed to be shipped by December 15th. We'll see if I guessed right on the size and format.
Hoping this afternoon will be nice enough that I can go outside and rake leaves. Otherwise, today must be desk day.