I had a good time this past weekend at my Dad’s house, for a Sisters’ Weekend gathering. I, my four sisters and two sisters-in-law try to get together for a weekend once a year. For Christmas, everyone pitched in to give my Dad a Civil War wallpaper border for his collection room, with the promise […]
We hosted our last holiday party this past weekend. I made the Creamy Chocolate Cheesecake that has been a hit in the past. Now it’s time to think about putting Christmas away. It’s a big job, but one that we need to do. I just hate to see it come down. Here’s the menu for […]
Last week, we celebrated DH’s birthday. I baked peach pie, his favorite, and the twins helped him blow out his candle. We also hosted a dinner for eight and a Christmas house tour last week. That will be another post. This week we have one more party, then will draw this Christmas season to a […]
I’m late getting the menu up this week, but it’s been one thing or another, seems like. We had a great time with my family here on Saturday for our annual Christmas party, with 42 attending. We missed those who couldn’t attend. The evening before and morning of the party, we had a beautiful snowfall. […]
Only one more sleep till Christmas! It makes me excited and sad at the same time. I hate for this time of year to come to an end. We do have three more parties to host, though, so we’ll be celebrating for a while longer. My family is coming Saturday for our Christmas, we’re hosting […]
We were happy to have our younger son and his wife home for a few days. They live in Seattle and that’s a long way away! While they were here, we had our family Christmas with them, including a big dinner and opening presents. My Dad and my sister Margaret came down for the afternoon, […]
I’ve been working on some mid century modern Putz houses for my daughter-in-law. I used three patterns from RetroRenovation.com, and drew two patterns myself. They’ve been fun to work on. I need to finish what I can on the putz this morning, then get busy in the kitchen. Our son and his wife are coming […]
It has taken me a few days to regroup after the open house. I have spent the time in my crafting room making ornaments and watching movies. Love me some Netflix! I also enjoyed the beautiful sunset on Tuesday evening. Did anyone else see it? In the meantime, it’s been “all hands fend for themselves.” […]
Now that the living room tree is done, we can move on to other projects. The girls decorated the scrapbook room tree for me. I have a few smaller trees to finish and two trees that need some finishing touches. Other than that, the trees are done. Now on to other things. Like baking the […]
We are grateful for the holiday set aside for thanking God for His many good gifts and blessings. We hope your Thanksgiving Day is one of joyful thanks and gratitude. Christmas decorating continues at our house. This week and next will be very busy. The household cats don’t seem to mind. Buttercup does not bother […]