@Pea-n-Me, I'm sorry to hear of your FIL's passing.
to all here. I lost track of when I last posted.
So glad Josh is on vacation now. No assignments or meetings until January 4th now! I'm going to try to get him to continue his I-Ready math path and Lexia (reading) apps. He's doing really well with both, and Lexia sends him a certificate every time he levels up. I'm proud of him, he's on level 6 and I think he's ahead of the rest of his class.
After his meetings on Monday, we braved Aldi for "a few things." It wasn't too bad shopping in there...just a few people moseying up the very center of the aisle and leaving their cart right there when they wanted to look at something, then another one or two people who would subtly "push" you ahead when you were trying to look. But just a few like that, otherwise it was okay. I took 3 or 4 things off my shopping list, but still managed to spend $78 (???!!!!)
We did get to see the Christmas star. It was a bit cloudy here but we managed. We couldn't see it last night at all, but we're going to go back outside as soon as I post this. I took a few photos using Night Sight with my phone and I think they came out pretty good, for cell phone photos!
On Tuesday, my mom made some deliveries of goodies and found out that a former coworker/friend's entire family had COVID just after Thanksgiving. A multi-generational household like us, with the 2 kids (ages 10 and 15), the parents, and the grandparents. They all reported nothing more than fever and fatigue, even the 89-year-old grandfather. Very grateful that they all came through it "easily."
Josh finally got his hair cut by our hairdresser on Tuesday evening as well. She uses the exact same clippers that I do, but he didn't scream at her that it hurt
She gelled the top, too, and he was VERY excited to show it to Ava this morning at their online meeting...
This morning they only had their morning meeting and a few easy assignments. He told his teacher about Festivus and she knew what it was! She even explained it to the class while I helped Josh display our Festivus pole
We will be watching that episode later this evening, as I recorded it last year.
Surprisingly, all of my orders have finally arrived (well, except my Duran Duran mask on its way from the UK). I got my Kohl's frame yesterday, and today I received the Shutterfly ornament that wasn't expected until the first full week of January, and also the QVC gift card that we ordered for my mother. We took a ride out to deliver some goodies to my mom's friends, and then Josh and I finished making cookies. We did sugar cookies (with red and green decorations on them - sugar, sprinkles, little round candies, etc), Rice Krispie treats (using the holiday Krispies where some are red and green, and I also mixed in some of the cookie decorations that we didn't use up on the sugar cookies), and "buttery potato chip cookies" that are actually quite good! I wasn't sure about them but they worked! Tomorrow I'm just making appetizer-y type food so we can graze all day. Bacon cheddar pinwheels, smoked salmon pinwheels, cranberry brie bites, toasted ravioli (frozen; we bought a box each of beef and cheese at Aldi), and we also picked up a shrimp cocktail ring. That plus all our cookies should be plenty for us - although I'm beating myself up at not thinking of pigs in blankets until now. Those would have been good as well.
Oh well, maybe next year. Let's go see if we can see the star again...
Happy Festivus (for the rest of us)! 
Pea, I'm glad.
and we aren't even 50 yet! 
Went to 
DazedX3 for you, DH, and your sister and her family. Remember we're here and care!
Oh well, since we will never see it again in our lifetime..it was still a bit of a thrill to see it at all!
I have one roll and its not even full. 
