I Killed It!

 I so dislike killing living things.  Mostly.  Spiders, etc. are a no-brainer:  gone as soon as I can eliminate them.  But plants are a different story.  

Our neighbor brought us the loveliest poinsettia.  Full, healthy, pretty.  Put it on the table and ignored it for a few days, the soil was pretty wet.  I know I watered it at one point and it seemed fine.  

Then, one day I looked at it and actually gasped out loud.  It was worse than droopy.  It was wilted.  Quick with the water.  Nope, too late. It's well and truly dead.  And in the trash. (This picture was taken before it looked its worst.  Sigh...

I've often mentioned how I don't want to be held responsible in the afterlife (which I hope is at least a small corner of heaven) for all the plants that I've killed.  Guilt isn't fun.

 

Went for a walk this morning - it was 58 degrees (yes, in December) at 6:30 a.m. It's raining now and predicted to be stormy the entire week and beyond.  I somehow always do better when I've managed my morning walk.  So I didn't want to miss.  (I'm already missing yoga and how much better my knees - and whole body - feel when I've been to class.)  It was the most gorgeous sunrise.  These pictures don't even remotely do justice to the beauty we witnessed.  So glad we were out there. (And my phone camera doesn't really do well in the low light, but it was just almost breathtaking.)

Had intended to see a movie today(discount - cheap - Tuesday).  The place we usually go was $9 per ticket - for an animated movie.  The other theater ($5.95, so w-a-y better) is basically full for most every showing.  Yup, school is out and it's basically a kids' movie, but The Husband has seen enough previews that intrigued him that we thought we'd go.  But no, maybe we'll wait.  I'm sure we'd be the very oldest viewers in the audience and that doesn't really bother me.  But, no, not today.

Had people over for dessert a week ago, they are away for Christmas. Gave them their small (everything we are giving this year is small) gifts.  Actually had two of them send texts to say thank you.  Even had another granddaughter say thanks for the card we sent. I'm always so impressed and heart warmed when people say thank you.  We have one grandson (and son and both of our daughters) who nearly always does so, those are social skills that help smooth the rough edges of our human-ness. So glad for their being considerate.

Spent a bit of time last night with our out-of-town-passing-through-kind-of-out-of-their-way daughter and her husband.  So, so, so glad that they are closer.  One of these days we're just going to get in the car and drive out there. And I love that my two daughters care for each other.  Families have prickles for sure.  But the ability to love each other including any prickles (and I should know, I'm quite a prickly person) warms a Momma's heart.  Love to you both, my dearest daughters.

So grateful we haven't been traveling this Christmas - the weather has basically brought everything to a standstill across the country.  I'm pretty sure that SouthWest Airlines (cancelled more than 70% of it's scheduled routes yesterday) will have difficulty recovering from this.  Bad all around.  Also grateful to be inside today, we only have a couple small errands, so grateful for warmth and comfy surroundings.