As I look outside my window: It’s pretty gray and dreary today. And I think the temps are going to hover in the 30s. It’s definitely an inside day.

Right now I am: Getting ready to dive into a new book. I love it when I finish a book at bedtime. It’s lovely to start the morning with a new book.

On my bedside table: All those holiday romances… I’ve got a physical stack and a Kindle stack.

On my tv this week: We wrapped up our first Nic Cage Quarterly with 18 movies watched! With the start of December, we started with the new Doctor Who specials and S3 of Slow Horses.

Listening to: All the usual podcasts. Nothing too new or exciting.

On the menu for this week:

• Monday - Me out

• Tuesday - BBQ Cheddar Meatloaf

• Wednesday - Our

• Thursday - Firecracker Chicken

• Friday - Black Bean Soup and Ranch Chicken Tacos

• Saturday - Me Out

• Sunday - Chicken n Dumplings

On my to do list: A lot of prep work for spring semester of coop; Christmas prep; random cleaning projects…

Happening this week:

• Monday - Coffee with potential coop families; Chemistry Class; Book Club

• Tuesday - State Capitol Tour; Lost in Fun

• Wednesday - Medieval Putt; Santa Rock n Lights

• Thursday - Coop; Lit Society

• Friday - Rudolph Performance; Fontenelle Forest Hike

• Saturday - Book and Bottle Exchange for book club

• Sunday - Home Day

What I am creating: Working on November’s Memory Planner pages. I also want to gather materials for this year’s December Daily album.

My simple pleasures: Hot chocolate (without cow’s milk!); breezy and fun books

Looking around the house: We need to do a quick pick-up before coop book club this afternoon. And I would really like to do a deep clean of the kitchen, but that’s probably not going to happen today.

From the camera: Q insisted on doing art and music with his pandas.