I am feeling better this morning, at least happier. I was in bed at 9 and woke up at 5, thanks to Robitussin DM. Ray has been having scotch at bedtime and that seems to work well for him. I think it is raining out, but it is too dark to be sure.

I did not leave the house at all yesterday--not even onto the porch! But it was a beautiful sunny day and warm in our house. We had a fire in the woodstove in the morning, but by the time we had the oven on for an hour, it was too hot!

I honestly don't know what I did all day--sudoku, knitting, cutting out the pieces for the shade in my parents' room...I did work on dinner. And I had a long chat with Amelia in Zurich, via Skype--yay! Ray and I talked about what to buy for whom for Christmas. And Bonney and Polly called me and we had a conference call. You can do that for free on your cell phone. I even put it on speaker phone and knitted while we chatted. It was cozy. By the time Ray and I started watching TV, I fell asleep during the first show.

If you haven't yet, you might enjoy the pictures of baby Ray on Casey's blog (link below). He seems like an especially beautiful baby to me and I would stare at him all day if I were there.