Gobble, gobble, ho, ho!Well, the holidays are once again upon us. Loads of food, tempting treats, festive lights, halls to deck, carols to sing, stockings to hang, friends and family to love, presents to wrap, and cats to wrangle. Don't be surprised if you find a cat in your stocking this year.
I suppose the first thing to recount (besides the number of calories) would be Thanksgiving. Kellie and I, along with her parents, and our dear dear friends Taco and Tanya, went to my parents for Thanksgiving Day lunch and festivities. So much delicious food was eaten, including a yummy pumpkin cheesecake. We had some great times playing ladderball, shootin', hootin', and kasplootin' on the couch in a turkey daze. That night, we went to the Grove Park Inn to check out the gingerbread houses and decor.
Sometime before Thanksgiving, Kellie decided to get in touch with her non-existent Italian roots and make some PIZZA! Thankfully, this did not end in disaster, and instead ended in my stomach.
Let's see, what else? Oh yes, winter cleaning update. We had a little trouble with the vacuum cleaner a couple weeks ago. It just wasn't getting enough suction and the yellow warning light came on. So, we bought a new bag, and I cleaned up a few things. Still didn't work. Next, I broke down the tube thingie and low and behold, I found a rat!
It wasn't really a rat. It was a BIG clump of cat hair! What in the world?!
Yesterday and today were snowdays, so no school for these two teachers. I've been enjoying my day by reading, going to the gym, and of course, watching the best TV show ever, The Young Riders, about some riders for the Pony Express.
Well, as you may remember, I made a batch of wine some time ago. Turns out, I dropped a kabob stick in it and can't get it out. I was pretty upset. I don't want to say any more about it. Other than that and workin' out at the gym getting ripped, I'm still in the process of genealogical work. Unfortunately, records from Indian Territory, [aka Oklahoma], are pretty hard to come by. I'm getting a few tidbits here and there about ancestors from the Choctaw tribe. Oh, and I put a train around the Christmas tree, but Delilah keeps derailing it. She's the abominable snowcat.
Kellie has been busy sewing some convertible aprons for her nieces. They are craft/cooking aprons that convert into bags to carry things. She might end up making one for herself because the fabric has owls on it, and she is really into owls right now. Along with sewing, she has been going to yoga classes and fretting over what goodies she is going to make for the holidays. Our house looks festive with lights on the outside, a fun tree with a train around it, an almost complete nativity, and the stockings are hung.
On the downside, her computer got a pretty nasty virus that we have been unable to repair/locate, so we had to buy an external hard drive to back up important documents and shut her computer down for a couple of weeks until her bro from Idaho can come to the rescue. Every cloud has a silver lining, though. This one has 2: we are fortunate enough to have two computers and family that can repair these problems free of charge...maybe a Christmas goody or two thrown in there.
We also made some gingerbread houses with Kellie's nieces. More holiday funtimes coming soon!
