And a Happy New Year!

Tomorrow is New Year's Day and our son's birthday was the 28th, so off I went to Temecula.   It was gorgeous weather:   warm, dry, and clear!   I went to my favorite sandwich shop/bakery and ordered 3 different slices of cake:   chocolate, red velvet, and tres leches for his birthday.  And, I ordered a ham & cheese sandwich for me to go!   I was STARVING by the time I got there about 1:30.   I'm finding that with retirement, our meals aren't set at a specific time...we eat whenever we are hungry.   And, sometimes that is late in the afternoon.

Had a nice visit with the son and his family.   The baby is now 16 months old and ready to talk.   Both of her parents are very verbal, so I imagine she will be too!   The 4 year old LOVES to draw and color with Grandma, so we did that.   She misses me.   I need to get over the hill to see them more often.

Then I watched Jurassic World:  Lost Kingdom with the 9 year old...slept in until 6:30 the next morning and went to see the beavers.   NONE.   Not a sound.   Nada...Their creek is FULL of water and I saw some old beaver dams, but nothing new.   I'm not even sure they are around...

I headed home and returned about 11 a.m. and fed the birds.  A Cooper's hawk was on the telephone pole across the street cackling to his mother or sibling.   I believe there are 3 of them now in the neighborhood.   They do catch a dove every now and then.

I've picked up some books and am reading mysteries.  I'm not crafting right now.  I'm kind of in a slump.  I need to rethink this crafting thing.   It just isn't working out as well as I hoped it would and it IS an expensive hobby...I spent about 6 months changing my hobbies focus, from canvas to wood, and then finally making journals.   While I LOVE working with paper and creating, I need to really revamp my style.   We'll see...sigh...AND it is a very competitive endeavor. 

So, we're just staying in tonight.   Too old to go anywhere and hubby already has a couple bottles of bubbly...

Two of the little munchkins...