Her special harness came in the mail with padded straps and handles at the shoulders and the hips so we can help her up and take weight off her knees. She doesn’t mind the harness at all, though sometimes she does not want help and makes a grouchy noise at us. Okay, fine. Friday […]
My beautiful dog is broken. She ruptured a key ligament in her left knee running in the snow at the cabin in October. Surgery was scheduled for January 6th. Then on Thanksgiving night she wrecked the right knee. Now both knees will be done on December 22. It’s a difficult situation. As newfs go, she’s
It was a lovely weekend. Onward. Love, Val
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We got the tree up. Jay loves this tree more THAN EVER. Aaron carried this heavy thing upstairs. Julia and I set it up. I put the lights on. James and Julia both worked on that top of the tree decoration. There was zero drama, no concern about the height of the tree, no pine
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Pictures, not in order, of our very tiny Thanksgiving. The meal was delicious, and Thanksgiving is a challenge, so many individual food items, all hoping to get on the table at the right temperature, but we did it. People were patient and kind, ate their food, didn’t complain. The pie on the left is one
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Corn looking good. First batch, okay the story is: Maria sent him the grocery list by text, but also the recipe by email. He never read the recipe. I have never made scalloped corn, but am aware of how it is done, that the butter has to be melted, the roux, the milk stirred in.
Alicia purchased this gift for Heidi and Joe’s youngest baby off etsty. It’s incredibly sweet and cute. Entirely crocheted, perfectly perfect. And this is the funny representative of questionable ideas. Yes, I love her most dearly. She filled the ice cube trays with soapy water. Let that sink in for a second. Her mother found
She was making concoctions in the kitchen, not my favorite activity, but seemed harmless enough at the moment. Well she made this, ice water, straw, banana slice garnish, said it was, “Sundae water.” Well, then the little sister had to have Sundae Water, so more concocting. Later in the afternoon we had this: She told
They stopped by to drop off the wreath we bought from the fundraiser, and we were so happy to see them. We all stayed outside, and they ate Taco Bell in lawn chairs in winter coats. Elin heard the car doors and perked up, and when she saw the kids she was giddy delighted. In
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