animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

the 3rd day of xmas

We spent Christmas Eve at my in-law’s. It was fairly laid back–just us, the in-laws and our niece and her boyfriend. We had a nice dinner and then went to church, which was less than an hour in length (gasp!). After church, we went back to the house and did …

the 2nd day of xmas

We had our annual Christmas visit and exchange of gifts with Judy last night. We met up at our house in the evening. It was a fun time, as always. We’ve gotten to see a lot more of Judy this year and that is just fine with me. We’ll be …

the 1st day of xmas

Brian and I went to a Christmas party last night. Jake stayed home to rest up because he has a cold and has his first formal dance at school is this evening. The party was held at the same place as the Halloween Party we went to in October. A …

christmastime

We’ve been prepping for the holiday ever since Black Friday. I managed to do 99% of my shopping over the Thanksgiving weekend and figured out the rest. We usually don’t decorate and put the tree up until mid-December, but Jake wanted to do that earlier this year, so we did …

yesterday

Brian and I finished installing the railing for the office porch yesterday. Whew! It turned out really nice, if I do say so myself. We ran out of time because we had a Halloween party to go to, so we were not able to install the hardware cloth around the …