Christmas 2011

This post is a little after the fact but with everyone home it’s been a little crazy.

The stockings were hung with care, no fireplace here.The packages were wrapped, remember as they get older its more about quality versus quantity and the coffee caked had been baked, a delicious batch indeed.

Emily is always up first followed by Mark and eventually Derek. No one is too enthused about pictures as they get older, me especially. Even though we couldn’t be with family in person, Skype allowed us to share some Christmas festivities with Greg’s family. It was almost like being there…  We wish for you all a happy, safe and productive New Year and all your dreams come true…

Christmas Cookies

One of our annual traditions is making Christmas cookies. Mark and Emily really enjoy helping. Derek cruises in and out primarily sampling the cookies to make sure they are up to our standards. He’s our quality control guy.

Everyone is getting older and will eventually go off on their own (I think) so I really treasure these times. Hopefully if our kids have kids of their own they will carry on this tradition.

The cookies look fairly descent, taste great and are usually gone in a few days.

The Bird Whisperer

A few weeks ago while we were relaxing in the family room we heard a thud on the front window. I didn’t think my windows were that clean but apparently this little guy did. He lay stunned on the front porch. I picked him up and gave him some comfort until he felt ready to venture out on his own.

He took a short flight and landed on the kissing ball on the end of the porch. He stabilized for a few more minutes and was off.

Now if I could figure out a way to discourage the squirrels…

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

 

The holiday season seems to roll around faster every year. Hmmmm, is that a telltale sign that I’m getting older…

I love putting out our New England Village every year. It takes over the dining room table but the glow from the little house windows in the evening is very relaxing as well as the various tree lights.

We’ve been very lucky in terms of weather. I’m not sure how that will fair for a white Christmas but no snow makes everything else so much easier.

December is traditionally a busy time for my home design/printing business. This year was no different except for at the height of orders one of my printers broke. I have a great guy that services them but he was unable to fix it. (All part of the holiday stress/fun).  I have another color laser printer but it uses a different technology and wasn’t the one of choice for the jobs I needed to get done. Long story short I have a new printer and got done what I needed to do. This printer is similar to what I had but the expense is upfront as the toner is suppose to last much longer and is cheaper so time will tell.