It felt like -8 degrees F. this morning, so we settled in at home until time for church at 5. We didn't sleep late, but decided to work and drink coffee and then have brunch - bacon, eggs and light rye toast. Even after having it twice, I'm not sure how to describe the taste of the bacon. It isn't as salty or peppery as old fashioned bacon at home, and there is a flavor that seems familiar, maybe allspice - something I associate with German food, maybe, not that I have eaten much of that in the past.
I began reading, or rereading, Anne of Green Gables. It was a free book and I remember loving it as a girl. It made for a cozy morning.
This afternoon we bundled up and walked to church where we discovered that there is quite a bit of cluelessness going around. You know the experiment that may or may not have really taken place where one person was assigned to stand on the sidewalk and look up to see how many people would join him/her? Well, as we walked up, there were about 10 people standing around waiting and wondering why the person with the key was late. We stood around in the cold chatting and waiting patiently for 5-10 minutes before the woman who is interim president of LCC walked up and asked if anyone had called whoever was set-up person of the day. Then she just pulled on the door and it opened. That's probably why she is the interim president. I assume the first person in the group pushed instead of pulled or something. When we got upstairs, there were quite a few people wondering where the rest of the crowd had gotten to.
After church, we went out to eat with a couple from Ohio and Betsy from Virginia. Her husband is working on his second week of having flu. Apparently it's really going around. People here don't seem to get flu shots, but I am trying to think positively. We got ours this fall as usual. People here put a lot of faith in thyme tea as a preventative. I haven't tried it, but smelling it sure makes me hungry for turkey dressing.
Stopped at Iki to replenish essential beverages and fruit. They had one beautiful little basket of mandarin oranges, and I snapped them up-tiny little things, but they tasted wonderful and smelled better. The leaves were attached, and I was amazed that they even smelled good.
We Skyped with the kids today. Sunday's seem to work best. Rosa modeled the pajama pants she made at sewing class. I'm so glad she has enjoyed the sewing machine while we are away. I bought it to sew for her when she ws born, but haven't really done much since she was a toddler, now she is using to sew for herself. How did that happen so fast? Her first 2 lessons were at Jo-Ann's, but she is going to start taking lessons from a lady who has a child at her school. She is a seamstress and will be teaching her daughter and Rosa together. Sounds like fun.
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