“Remoted – Hybrid” – Day 605 (Thursday)

Sorting the supplies inventory.

The plain and naked wreaths picked up on Wednesday were today transformed to adorned wreaths. It was the first of the annual “let’s destroy the tidiness of the house with holiday activities” day.

A box of ornaments segregated last year for future wreath use, plus a bag of random ornamental bits were laid out on the dining room table. The glue gun was dug out of the crafts cabinet. The scissors and craft wire gathered. The sales tag was removed and the many sprigs of the plain wreaths were straightened, fluffed, and arranged. Then the fun began.

The white poinsettias and silver sprig things were divided between the two wreaths. Wiring began on the first wreath. Soon, all the white poinsettias were arranged on one wreath. That left silver and silvery blue poinsettias and more silver springs and some random silver leaves for the second wreath.  Like with wreath number one, items were arranged for general placement then wired in place. Hallmark Christmas movies played on the TV in the next room mostly for the noise. Winston slept on the couch.

Done!

Three hours later, the two wreaths were decorated, just in time to figure out something for lunch. Finally. It seemed like a stunning example of Parkinson’s Law which states, “Work expands to fill the time available.” Then the activity flowed into soup making, but I was too hungry to wait for it to be done, so a grilled cheese sandwich was made while the soup simmered. The soup was a delicious supper, but the side of veggie crisps was a bit stale and boring. 

After wreaths and soup, it was time to round up photos for a family thing coming up. Then, photos were reviewed for use on this year’s Christmas Card. This took forever, but less due to expansion of work and more due to 10,000 stupid little things going sideways. It was a productive but frustrating chunk of time. While the morning activity was calm and peaceful, the afternoon project involved muttering about hating technology which startled Winston several times, and maybe some swearing. Ok, there was definitely swearing.

Original Recipe!

Usually, my inertia is the living embodiment the body at rest staying at rest. But today, all the crafty activity was a demonstration of the part of Newton’s law about bodies in motion staying in motion.

In exciting news, there was a post on Facebook from Tri-Sum Potato Chips that the original 1908 recipe is back in production and on the shelves in bags with the old-time design as of today. This is huge. It’s the best potato chip news in years since they changed the oil and the chips began to taste like every other chip on earth. I was so excited I called Mom to tell her. She wasn’t home, but my next call to share the news was to my sister, where Mom was visiting, and now we are all caught up on important news and excited that order is restored with the original flavor.