Happy New Year!!!!

Hello, and welcome to the New Year.  Let's hope that things get off to a great start, and this country can climb out from under.

The day has been a long, busy one.  We got up early, and it was freezing out.  It never got above 30* all day!  Brrr!

It seems like this was not my day to start out in a good mood.  I was in the middle of sewing things for my Etsy shop www.peonylane.etsy.com, when my sewing machine beeped, and said "safety device activated"!  This means it doesn't work.  Of course the repair shop was closed today, so I am way behind!

  

My brother Tom, in Nashville e-mailed me that my mother had fallen sometime during the night at her assisted living facility.  He didn't know details yet, so I called her.  She fell in the middle of the night and landed on her "bad leg" (of course), and on her arm , which she said is very bruised.  Nothing broken though, fortunately. Not easy for an 88 year old.  She has someone staying with her tonight and tomorrow until she can walk on her own again safely. Not a good way to start out the year for her either.

My eldest son is coming with his wife tomorrow, so I have been cleaning up things.  The dogs seem to be able to make a total mess of things right after I clean though.  Why do I bother?

 Lots of football on today, but Ben decided to do his New Years Day thing, and he took off on his bike in the 30*weather!  I don't know how he does it.

I am off to fix dinner, and to figure out the menus for the weekend, since my son and his wife are vegetarians. Ben and I are basically all fruit and veggie eaters, but we love seafood, and the occasional meat has been known to pass our lips.

Hope the week gets better as it progresses, and I wish you all  Happy New Year!!!!

Mary