Weird....

 

Saw this car in the parking lot of "Michaels" today. It was covered with every kind of plastic figurine, gnome, pez dispenser that you could imagine. Everyone who passed had a camera out to take photos. I wonder if it was really legal to drive? Seriously???

Dec 19th

Well, here I am at the crossroads of another birthday that ends in a "0". Not really the same feeling of anticipation as when I was able to add the number 1 or 2 to that "0" . The 3,4,and 5 seemed to go buy without much thought. There is definitely more of a pause today in adding the number 6 to front of that "0". But, I'm feeling healthy and happy... so bring on the "6" and we'll see where it takes me from here :)

Dec 14, 2011

After silence,

that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

Aldous Huxley

Happy Birthday and thank you for being the music in my heart!!

Something "Old"... Something "New"

We purchased this tractor in April of 1981 just before Jeff was two years old. It was truly a workhorse and we have made lots of family memories because of it and heated houses with the cords of wood that it pulled out of the woods. The kids are grown now, we're older and there's a little less manpower to be had. He's been excited about this day for weeks now and today is the day the bigger tractor arrived. I'm sure it will be just as valuable for the rest of the days of our lives. Now we just need a bigger shed... but I'm told that's coming this summer :)

Thanksgiving 2011

This year I am thankful for:
Not having to travel
Kids and grandkids
Parents
Trombone lessons
Big waffle breakfasts
Our table centerpieces made by grandkids
Walks in the woods with 8 dogs (yikes)
First lost tooth
Baking yummy desserts
Cooking Turkey dinner with 4 generations of family
Knitting lessons
"Christmas Vacation"
"Veggie Tales"
Football
Playing cards
Purely enjoying everything :)

Weekends

 

You:
Cooked delicious waffles for breakfast
Went to the dump and mailed some letters
Installed a new ceiling fan in the family room
Played a three hour gig
Entertained guys from France, China and Japan
Installed three new lighting fixtures in our bathroom
Cut broken trees and branches and piled brush until dark
... A well deserved nap....

Nor'easter 2011

Snow before Halloween??? We've had it before but nothing like this in my memory!! The heavy wet snow clung to every leaf and caused tons of devastation.... broken trees, and downed wired everywhere. Our power, cable, phone and internet went out on Saturday around 6PM and didn't return until Thursday around 1PM. We had ordered a new and bigger generator in September that had been back ordered because of Irene. It finally was able to be picked up on Wednesday, but we never got a chance to use it. We limped along with our smaller one that we had to retrieve in Scarborough.

The snow is almost gone now and we are trying to return to some semblance of normalcy. The clean up of our yard and the road will take a while, so we're praying for a stretch of good weather and... NO MORE SNOW!!!