It's snowing here today and will be snowing all day.  And it's cold here too, with the wind, it feels like -28C.  I'm so thankful we have central heating.

Just the backyard, with the snow falling.

I bought my Christmas turkey (breast) this morning, so that's all done.  Much easier than cooking a whole bird for two people.

A very disappointed dog, even though it's too cold to spend more than a few minutes outside, he still wants to go for a walk.  I imagine they'll both sleep for most of the day.

And me?  One more batch of Christmas cookies to be made.  My brother arrives tonight and I'm having brunch with my brother and sister in law tomorrow morning.  My middle daugther is sick in Vancouver and Katie had a good day yesterday, post CBD gummy.  I even managed to get her to a lab and she got her blood work done without much fuss.  

I'm just finishing up a quilt for Jack.  This past summer I found a piece of fabric at the Salvation Army that was a mercator map of the world, and it was accurate.  So I've been working on it, ever so slowly, and hopefully it will be done in a few days.  Jack is obssessed with Africa but doesn't seem to understand that it is a continent of fifty-two countries, not just one big country.  I'm hoping the map helps him with that.  I also made a french knot in the fabric approximately where Edmonton is, so he knows where we are. 

My knees are finally feeling back to normal after six months.  Not sure what I did to them in June but they don't hurt anymore.  I have only mild osteoarthritis in my knees, so I couldn't figure out what was so painful.  My quads were very weak and I have been working on strengthing them.  I started thinking and wondered if stronger quads help keep the knee joint healthier, help to protect the cartilage, by better supporting the knee joint.  Did a little research and found out, that is the case, so will make sure my quads stay strong as I age.  

Now if I could just stay up a little later:)