Day 32 and 33 in LA

LA has been a "resting time"

Day 32 LA

AGGHHH. My sleep was broken by Churro barking at 4 am. So I took him outside, but he didn’t need to pee! Dragged him back in and went back to bed. He began barking soon after and this time Susan got up. Meanwhile I shoved my ear plugs in and went back to sleep.

Woke at 7 to find bright blue sky, but a very “cool” wind. Breakfast, then caught up with my diary and posting. Kids went off to school. Susan was on one side of the table working and I was on the other. Suddenly she remembered she had a hair appointment- in 10 minutes and still needed to get ready. Rush!

I eventually finished my posts, did the washing and walked the dog. Wow the wind was freezing cold and very blustery. (There was a fire on the nearby hills being blown by the strong wind.) Slight issue being that I had just washed my only thick jumper. Luckily it was dry by the early afternoon, because it just got cooler. Teagan had a half day at school. When she came home she wanted to make something in felt for Amelia, so I found a simple pattern online and created others. She began to stitch but we needed pins. Susan cleaned out her craft cupboard searching for the missing pins. Eventually we went down to the shops to get supplies for our craft and food for the empty pantry and fridge. (Two growing children take care of the emptying process)

When we returned I made pasta for dinner, after which we sat and watched TV. I pent some time snoozing with Churro. It was an early night for all. Both Susan and I getting over flights.

During the day I was colder than I had been at Quebec. Tricked by the blue sky I did not have enough warm clothes on.

Day 33 LA

Fabulous sleep. Woke at 5:15 LA am time. Spent time on my computer, until Susan woke up. Breakfast, then I walked Churro, before helping Teagan with her sewing. Another sunny day with a cold wind.

The rest of the day was very quiet. Basically me sewing on the couch and the others relaxing, except when Oscar took Churro to get washed. A bonus was being able to use the quilting mat of Susan’s, which made keeping all the clams in rows MUCH easier. While I was sewing, the kids were playing internet games. We “watched” several programmes. The TV was on, but everyone was doing something on their computer /phone/ sewing. We began to watch the series “How to make a murderer”. But it was incredibly long and drawn out. After three hours, I just asked for the ending (another five to go!) and we moved onto another series about Robert Durst, which was much more interesting, despite being six episodes long. 

We had a break after four series, so that I could prepare dinner, do the dishes, they could find all the Christmas decorations and then we continued. During the last two episodes, the tree was set up and the kids decorated it. Troy spent ages on the tree but in his pj's so missed his photo opportunity. Lucky me to have been at both house during “tree time”.