Slight plan change

 Didn't go out to CWF tonight; and I rescheduled my dental appointment (it's just a checkup) for next month.

Lots of times when I have had a stressful event, it's like it hits my immune system, and I catch some little virus. I woke up this morning with a very sore throat, and I sneezed a lot today. I'm not sure if it's a cold, or if I have a very mild case of the flu (Influenza A is making the rounds and while I was vaccinated about a month ago against this fall's flu strains, they can give mild breakthrough infections)

SO I decided to stay home as much (and the dentist is as much "I don't want to infect the hygienist") as I can and rest.

My mom is still fine. If anything, she seems happier now she's decided to quit driving. I called her today and she said that her neighbor is planning to take her to the Jewel on Thursday (10% off for senior citizens day) and will take her to Farm and Fleet on Friday so she can get more bird seed. So she's getting out about as much as when she drove herself, but it's with someone, and she needs not drive. SO I'm glad.

 Over the weekend I cleaned the house up some (I was hoping this morning maybe the sore throat was a delayed reaction to dust, but I had a low fever this evening, so I suspect it is at least a cold - I tend to get low fevers even with colds).

I also put up my tree. Yes, it's early, but it was a convenient time and I'm glad I did it.

A lot of the ornaments are the funny child like or fandom ones I have:

Moondancer in the "vintage MLP" style, and Luna (you can just see her there). The mouse was a gift from a friend in the UK

Fluttershy (Also a gift from a friend) and Bluey and Bingo (and that was a gift from a friend as well!)

 Miss Piggy in her Pigs in Space Costume, which I ordered a couple years ago from Hallmark, and Bob Ross, which I think I found at Five Below.

A couple overall shots of the tree:

 This an ornament from an artist on Etsy, who lives in the town (Hudson, OH) that I grew up in, she makes ornaments of the famous clocktower, which at Christmas (at least used to) have a mouse in a plaid coat hung up on it like Hickory Dickory Dock:

I mentioned several of my ornaments are from friends. I also have a few that give me pause because they are from people who are no longer with us.

Like the cardinal that family-friend Jo gave me a number of years ago

 

And the rabbit that my aunt who died of Alzheimer's last year gave me at least 15 years ago:

 And then, a loss from this year - Mary Ann, a member of my AAUW group (a very long-term member; she was in when I joined more than 25 years ago.) She had a habit of giving the members a small, not-very-expensive ornament (I think she got a lot of them from Oriental Trading Company) every year; this one (a cross surrounded by holly) was one of the last ones she gave: