Creativity

Tonight Micole, Cassandra, Austin, Gil and I played Skull King. Tyler was also here but he watched and coached Nicole during the game.

Austin is very good at explaining games. He is able to explain complex rules in a way that I can pick up the game pretty quickly. I actually came in 2nd place tonight.

On New Year’s Eve, Gil, Hannah, Tracy, Steve, and Grandma Parkin and I played Settlers of Cataan. We love playing that game and used to play it weekly with Gil’s siblings. We have created many enjoyable memories and lost some sleep playing Settlers. We would all have our kids with us and they played and had fun until they fell asleep at midnight or later.

I truly enjoy playing board and card games. I have also developed a habit of playing Wordle. I have played Wordle for 136 days straight. Today’s word was ‘aging.’

New Year’s Day 2024

I took some time to be outside today. I added to my compost piles. I filled 2 wheelbarrows of leaves from the road gutter and put the leaves in my garden. I planted onions that had sprouted and also buried 4 different zucchini and yellow squash to see if they will grow come spring. Amazingly, the spinach and other greens I planted in October have grown this much despite freezing temperatures and not much moisture.

We have had very little snow this year. Reason for concern certainly. I plan to fast this upcoming Fast Sunday for snow.

Gil and I worked on various projects around the house today. Samantha and Dan returned to Durango today. Miss them already.

I found this quote to be very meaningful to me.