The house is quiet. DH is at work and Son is at a friends house. I think I’ll go visit one of my favorite nooks today. It’s located in an antiques co-op store and is about a six foot by four foot section of space loaded with books piled all willy-nilly in every available inch. [...]
Filed under: General on December 27th, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Happiness is a big bone.
This bone is so big it whacks our legs, the doorways, the furniture and the hapless cats who are trying to get a sniff. Shadow begged to go outside with it, then immediately buried it in my flower garden. Wish I could do that with my treats!
A happy Christmas was enjoyed [...]
Filed under: General on December 25th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Guess that’s more of a song for the 26th, huh?
UPS man came at 6:30 last night with the package that had to be signed for. Sigh. At least I have a really clean house and empty wash baskets from a day at home waiting for him. Those guys are hard workers. I never see them [...]
Filed under: General on December 24th, 2008 | No Comments »
He wanted to get a weigh.
I was moving the scale out of the bedroom into the bathroom so the whole family could enjoy seeing what they weigh. Decided ~against my better judgement~ to climb on. 168. No big surprise, as my pants have been leaving angry red welts around my waist for the better part [...]
Filed under: General on December 23rd, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Dared to leave a house full of boys alone for a half an hour so I could try to capture the beauty of the ice on the landscape. House was still intact when I returned, but the pictures I took just don’t justify the awe of what the human eye can see.
Shadow trailed along with [...]
Filed under: General on December 21st, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I read “Round’s” blog, where she writes about visiting her U.S. home after living in Paris. She commented on how much larger the portions are here. This reminded me of the set of china I have from my Grandmom. This set is about 60-70 years old and the dinner plates are tiny compared to the [...]
Filed under: General on December 21st, 2008 | No Comments »
I’ve reached the Christmas Tipping Point.
That’s the point when you realize most every thing is done and you start to look forward to the big day, and can’t wait to give people their gifts.
This is unusually early for me. I have a sister-n-law who has to dust her gifts before she gives them because she [...]
Filed under: General on December 18th, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I’m a big fan of Amazon. Did most of my Christmas shopping through them, with no stress. Well, there was a little stress when Amazon said an order had been delivered and I didn’t have it. Turns out our mailman had thoughtfully tucked the boxes in our barn, bless him.
Off to the mall today to [...]
Filed under: General on December 17th, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I think my skin is starting to take on an orange cast, from all the clementines I’ve been eating.
I haven’t ventured on the scale, but I think the “no junk” policy is working. Last night we were all watching TV together (Jon & Kate Plus Eight) and DH got up to walk to the kitchen [...]
Filed under: General on December 11th, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Son is starting to grumble about food choices. He helped me carry in grocery bags yesterday, and as usual, did a scouting mission through them. “Nothing to eat” was his verdict. $100.00 of nothing to eat!
I take our cat, Dinah, to the vet this morning to find out how her thyroid medicine is working. The [...]
Filed under: General on December 10th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
