2022 Happy To Be Here

The family and a friend all went to the local Farmer's Market this morning. Aesop, our dog, went too. There is also a new restaurant that they have wanted to try so we took two cars and traveled in teams. Keziah, our friend, and I were one team, Gideon and Zed the other. The first part of the time Gideon and Zed walked the market with Aesop and the rest of us went to the new restaurant. The second part they went to the restaurant and we had Aesop. There tend to be a lot of dogs at the Farmer's Market.  We divided and conquered!  Here are some happy things from today: The new restaurant has some gluten free options and so I got some avocado toast that had vegan cream cheese, some greens and was tasty. Everyone enjoyed what they ordered.  Instead of getting the customer name or using numbers for ordering, customers were given a celebrity such as Elizabeth Taylor or Lupita Nyong'o that was called out when the order was ready.  It was a fun atmosphere. The bathro...

 There was a snow storm this morning.  I had an appointment that I couldn't cancel and Zed was gracious enough to drive me to.  We got up early, shoveled, took our time, and made it to the appointment on time.  The drive home was fine for us too.  Zed is a very good driver.  Actually, it makes me nervous to drive with him when the weather is good, but I am comforted when he is driving in the snow.  I don't claim to be rational.  Getting back into the driveway was harder than getting out.  My hands were full with breakfast things when I got home so we didn't shovel right away upon return.  About 20 minutes later I went out and started to shovel again.  At that point the rain had started.  It was so very heavy compared to the early morning shoveling.  I did the walkway and left the rest to the plow person and Zed to finish up.  The happy thing here is that we were careful and had no incidents in this morning's storm....