December 21

It's midnight and I just finished making 65 large perogies. The recipe is one that my Baba Kolach brought from Poland in 1928. Labor intensive, man! Six hours of work. It reminds me of two art activities I used to teach in school...water colors and papier mache. They seem like a good idea, then you remember why you resolved to never repeat the task again. Oh, by the way, Judy had a good day. The new pic line was inserted in the morning; therefore, tomorrow the Queen will be picked up in the Royal Carriage, then she will proceed to Silverwood Palace to check on her Northern Estate. I have most of the perogy dough scraped off the back splash, but I fear I may have missed some dough that the mix master flicked at the ceiling. I want to mention a pleasant experience that I had today when I was at McNally Robinson today. I noticed there were ukuleles for sale in various colors. I picked up one ukulele, tuned it, and strummed a few chords. Two little Chinese girls named Kayley and Sarah came up to me and asked if I could strum the same chords again. They said I was very good on the ukulele. Six and seven year-olds know ukulele talent when they hear it. I proceeded to tune another ukulele and taught them how to play a D chord. Another joy I had today was learning from my nephew's girlfriend who is a nurse on the surgery ward at RUH that many of the nurses are following my blog. They do love Judy. Of course, this makes sneaking Judy out of the hospital very difficult because they know my every move.