Christmas Notebook

Today our older son came over to help around the house. He polished cabinets and furniture for me in preparation for the Open House. Such a huge help! After DH came home from his morning meeting, they worked outside, putting up Christmas lights. The porches are festooned, the carport is outlined in lights, and the big redbud tree by the front porch is full of white lights. Very pretty!

I baked Macadamia Nut – White Chocolate Chip Shortbread cookies. They were rolled in white sanding sugar before baking. Gives them a pretty sparkle.

And Chocolate Peppermint Shortbread / These will be frosted with mint frosting and drizzled with chocolate the day before our open house. For now, they go into the freezer.

After a few weeks of mostly cloudy skies and lots of rain and wind yesterday, today was bright and sunny. A little windy, but such a nice change from the dark days we’ve had. I took these pictures of some of the plants on the kitchen counter. I wanted to capture the bright sun and the beautiful colors…save them for the dark winter days ahead.

Aloe

Basil

Hydrangea blossoms from the garden.

DD bought a little battery operated toy for the kitties and we spent quite a bit of time watching their fascination with it. Made us laugh! Ski (short haired tuxedo cat), Clark, and Winston (ginger).

By the end of the day I was feeling pretty tired and my leg ached, so off to the recliner for Netflix and blog posting. And tomorrow is another day. Maybe I’ll bake Brownie Biscotti and make Mocha Truffles.

~~Rhonda