Upbeat things today:
- Donated platelets at blood center. Platelets (a triple batch, the nurse called it) take a while--I arrived at 10:15 and finished by about 12:45. The young man next to me was donating Covid antibodies, which sounded promising.
- Stopped at nearby Nordstrom in Paramus to get a gift I ordered for Sis, choose something for Punch and drop off empty beauty jars, tubes and bottles for the Beautycycle program.
- Instacarted for healthful groceries. For dinner, made baked potatoes, salmon (with a drizzle of toasted sesame oil on top before it went in the oven), baby spinach salad with sliced English cucumber and my friend Jessi's lemon tahini dressing, so good.
- Six women on our block, including me, are doing a cookie swap tomorrow on Sally's driveway. Since I'm trying my best to sidestep sugar and not bake, P did the baking for our contribution. I tied pretty vintage (1970s) floral paper ribbon around each container. I'm hoping I will keep the cookies we bring home off-limits for me. I just couldn't resist this sweet holiday tradition. I don't think I have been a cookie swap since my friend Candy had one in her apartment on the Upper West Side years before she was married and had children. Because of Covid, we are all packing up the cookies ahead of time tomorrow, no touching.
- Ordered some things to arrive by Christmas. I hope I'm finished now. Well, actually, I'm not....but probably yes for shipped items.
Good night.
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Wow, what a great thing, donating, shopping, recycling, packing for the community swap, eating sesame salmon for dinner! Sounds like a series of lovely moments.
ReplyDeleteHi Nan. Thanks for the note. Bursts of color and joy help keep the darkness and fear at bay. Hope you are doing well Love Alice
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