preparations
Not gonna lie. Shopping is not my favorite. But we’re working on it. Onward. love, Val
November 2014
decorating for christmas
That’s a picture of Kirsten and Little Jay. A couple years ago we gave up going to the tree farm and just buy a tree at the nursery instead. It helps simplify and streamline. They have nice trees, five minutes from home. Thanksgiving had to go away: Then we got to work on the
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thanksgiving pictures
Not very many, but that’s okay. We were thankful, and it was a great day. Onward, December is ready. love you all, Val, aka Grandma, aka Mom
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eleven hour miracle
We made the miracle happen, and we’re ready for tomorrow. See the picture of the upstairs bathroom? Well, there’s more to the story. Years ago one of those things that cover a plug in fell into the toilet tank and was swept into the porcelain of the bowl. It never worked quite right after that,
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making a miracle happen
Well, we used to have a neighbor who was a very casual housekeeper. She had other priorities and they are a great family. Anyway, one of the kids was over at their house when they were having company coming in a few hours. The place was fairly trashed, and the kid knew how very nervous
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the latest
So since I started doing Thanksgiving about ten years ago, my mother has given me Thanksgiving gifts. A couple are pretty Thanksgiving plates, but some are these sort of bizarre hilarious ones, like my Thanksgiving couch pillow. It’s only used for one month a year, so it’s lasted a long time, and it’s strangely popular
a blast from the past
This is a picture of Dannell’s that I’ve never seen before and I love it. You girls are so darn cute. Love forever, Grandma and Grandpa and Everybody
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cold, cold, cold, but we don’t care
They wanted to go out there anyway, even in the sharp wind. The men went out to supervise. It’s such a very good thing to be little with cousins and have dads and uncles who will brave the cold, and it’s also good to have a nice big hill that isn’t too steep. You crazy little
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