Be Careful What You Wish For

....you just might get it. Last year, when I retired, I'm sure I said that I hoped it snowed and snowed next winter since I wouldn't have to go out in it. Well, unfortunately, I got my wish. And, I'm really sorry for saying that!! Now I'm worried that our Christmas will be somewhat modified if my daughter and her husband can't get here on Christmas Day. We'll still celebrate but just not on Christmas Day with the full family. But, right now, I'm determined that somehow, someway we're going to be able to get them here that day.

Today, however, I'm excited that two of our grandchildren are coming over to help us make our Christmas cookies. This is a tradition that we love. Lena loves to bake and she helps with the whole process while Aaron likes to play video games but loves to help when we put the sprinkles on the cookies. Well, some go on the cookies and many go directly in his mouth. He loves to eat sprinkles. I can hardly wait to see them.

Brrrrrrr......

I don't know what it is about the Christmas season that cause my household not to function properly but here we go again this year. It is 19 degrees outside and our furnace is not working today. Luckily, we had already scheduled the furnace people to come today because of some prior issues. However, they aren't suppose to be here until 2:30. We called to see if they could move us up on the schedule and they told us that half of Bellingham is without heat. Hopefully, they keep their appointment. I guess I'll need to go turn the oven on just to get some heat in here. Last year, our sewer backed up into our house three days before Christmas and we had to cancel the festivies that were suppose to be helf at our house. I hope the furnace people can get our furnace fixed today and not be a problem that we'll have to, again, move out of our house for a few days. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Snowy Day

Last night it snowed so today I'm homebound. I retired in January and told my family one of the things I might do is create a blog. Little did I know how busy I would be in retirement with little time to do all of the things I would like to do. Between knitting, babysitting grandchildren, community involvement, travel, it seems like the days just fly by. My daughter, Jennifer, kept telling me about blogspot and how easy I could create a blog. So, since I'm homebound today, I thought I would at least give it a try. But, I can't spend too much time doing this. I have Christmas cards to get addressed ( I made my own this year, a first) and presents to wrap. Hopefully, I'll add more information later but this little bit is really for you Jen and your persistance in getting me to do a blog.