to December AND to 2014!
Because Ron and I planned our Hawai'i trip for this month, Christmas was compressed into the first weekend of December.
It so happened that neither Ron nor I had ever seen any version of "Miracle on 34th Street", so the Theatrikos version we went to Friday evening was our first. WE LOVED IT! The story is so nice, and once again, the cast of this community theater did an outstanding job.
The next evening, we enjoyed a Christmas potluck with members of my Tai Chi club.
The group tends to be my age and older, so with lifetimes of experience it's easy to find conversational topics in common.
The next day, under pressure from my violin teacher Emily, I joined a small group of her students and music friends for String Caroling at one of the local assisted living facilities.
It was my first public playing, and my major fear was that I would play grossly out of tune. With the support of the other instruments, I surprised myself by doing a decent enough job.
2:30 a.m. on December 11 arrived before we knew it. We were picked up by the shuttle van driver for our trip to Phoenix Sky Harbor airport and Hawai'i.
This is one of the ways Hawai'i looked. I'll post more on the whole trip in the near future.
Five days after we left for Hawai'i, our 20-year-old cat Cinnamon decided she'd had enough. Several conversations with our pet sitter Kelly and our neighbor Deb, who were both watching over her, made it clear she was ready. Though we would rather have been with her ourselves, we were grateful for the care Kelly took in our stead.
Goodbye, Cinnamon
July 13, 1994 - December 15, 2014
A catless home is a home in need of a cat. It so happened that our neighbors Peter and Deb had a cat who had made her home with various members of Deb's family. Peter and Deb were her current family, but because of Peter's allergies, she was an outdoor cat. She'd spent last winter outdoors, with a heated bed in the garage, and done well. This winter she made it clear she wasn't happy with her outdoor quarters, and Peter and Deb were having conversations about alternatives. Though Ron had made some noises about not wanting another cat, after a short discussion consisting of my pointing out all the good qualities of this particular cat and her urgent need of an indoor home, I took Ron's grunts of reply to be agreement.
Welcome, Kitty Pop
December 25, 2014
One of the family members has agreed to send me Kitty Pop's complete history. I'll share that when I receive it.
Otherwise, we had a quiet Christmas, still being sated with Hawai'i.
Our only movie this month was the next installment of The Hunger Games tetralogy, Mockingjay Part I.
We enjoyed it a lot. Well, I did. A few furtive glances at Ron looked like this:
though he denied it.
New Year's Eve was also quiet. A significant snow storm was in our area, so we were happy to stay cozy at home.
I read only three books this month, two of which I left with the small library at our B&B in Maui. However, Ron did get me this book for Christmas:
It's the 8th in the Outlander Series, my Most Favorite Series ever. It's very, very dangerous. Here's why: at 814 pages, a person could disappear from their daily life for quite a long time. Things like sleeping and eating and taking a shower might get neglected. Dogs? Kitty Pop? Swimming? Pilates? Tai Chi? All forgotten. Fortunately, the author has arranged the book so it can be doled out in reasonable portions. Hopefully, I can maintain the self discipline be reasonable.
---Ivy Baker Priest
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