November 2015

There were these faces at the door! At the end of the day, the amazing 12 foot Santa was brought from the basement.   And this girl laughs as loudly as she shrieks.   She’s hilarious.   Onward. Today was a great day, due to all the patient and lovely people who made it so.

Pssshht. We’re vacuuming and dusting and I scrubbed all the million bathrooms by hand, myself. The vacuuming and dusting are a serious endeavor Some rooms must be verified in the morning. Jay picked up the tables from our parents shop. Onward. Morning is only a few hours away, when we have to get up and

I hauled Tim and Julia out of bed early  for the preschool Thanksgiving service. That’s our p.j. right to the left of the guy in the red striped shirt. Onward. love always, Val

We spent the day with Jay’s parents, had a very peaceful, pleasant day, ate too much, played cards, hung out with the kids.  Thanks Mom and Dad for a great day.   love, Val, Jay and all

 We found this thing at Menards this fall, and only resisted for about two minutes and seven seconds. It’s as awesome kitschy weird as anything ever was.  Going out the door upstairs–onto the flat roof:  Ta-da!    He fastened it to boards to help keep it from blowing away in a gust of wind.  Then

 We’re starting to get the house in order for next week’s celebration. These are two plants that are getting seriously huge. The hibiscus is a bramble.  That other palm-tree-looking-thing started out here as a little dish garden my dad gave me.  I don’t remember why he did but it was a long time ago and

 I saw this bird high in the maple tree, but I didn’t have on my glasses.  It didn’t look like an owl, which we have around here often. I used to zoom on the camera to try to see better.  He turned away and in a minute, flew away. It was a small eagle, not

 It was rainy today and dark, so dark.  I was up before sunrise and after the sun was up it wasn’t much brighter. The rain continued all day long. Jay replaced the rubber roof on the flat roof during the last couple weekends and I checked several times for leaks. Dry as toast. These guys