Well, we did manage to stay up past midnight New Year's Eve. And celebrated by dancing a waltz together.
We also enjoyed a neighbour's impressive fireworks display.
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Kind of a letdown after New Years. Mardi and I did a couple of two kilometre walks (for my non-metric brother, that's about a mile and a half each time) but otherwise it's pretty boring.
I intend to make a pine dining room table as a start to replacing Mardi's somewhat dated dining room set. So we headed for Lowe's to check out lumber. Surprise! Only online curbside pickup. The table is just a picture in my mind right now so I need to see and touch the wood before I start. I guess that will have to wait for at least a month.
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Watched Canada dominate Finland on Thursday in the World Junior Hockey Championship. Saturday, in the quarter finals, they beat the Czech Republic in a hard fought game.
Next up will be Russia in the semi finals on Monday at 5:30 p.m. Exciting hockey!
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Rada sent me a separate email that mentioned Hogmanay, the Scottish term for New Year's. That triggered memories that I documented for my siblings and kids.
The Scots believe that the first person over the threshold in the New Year should have dark hair. Dad used to visit a few of the neighbours to be their "first footer" (he could also have been encouraged by the tradition of giving the first footer a drink or goodies😃).
Another memory has since come back. My paternal grandfather played the violin, although in the half dozen times that I met him I didn't witness it. He also wrote music, and I remember seeing, in Mom's trove of keepsakes, a professionally printed copy of sheet music called "March of the Double Eagle". Wish I still had it.
I seem to have inherited Mom's keepsake bent. Among the cards I've saved, I still have all the cards that were sent to me while I spent six weeks in hospital with my broken back. And the letters that David sent home the summer he worked in Germany. Just a sentimental old fool I guess.
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Stay well. Keep smiling.
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