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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thanksgiving
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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family picture, 2013
This isn’t easy to do, so we’ll take what we can get. Happy Thanksgiving. love you all, Mom
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thanksgiving, 2013
We found this on the front step in the morning. It’s a plastic ball Jay and the neighbor goof around with, put it in odd places in each others yard. This morning it turned up attached to a turkey cut out and a bag of Hershey’s Kisses. That’s pretty nice. Here we’re working on the
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a team effort
Not these two. They were pretty much no help, just sat there and smirked. I have some truly goofy Thanksgiving decorations, but I like them. Here’s Maria arranging the flowers. After she got done, she announced they looked like shit. What? Do not tell me $40 worth of fresh cut flowers look like shit.
a trip to the parents
Dan and b.g. came with us, which was nice. Dan’s good company all the time, and b.g. was funny and happy and sweet. Jay’s mom has always been an amazing good cook. The meal was so delicious, and we had a great time. Here are some kids taking it easy in the living room. She’s
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the day after thanksgiving
Thanksgiving morning it was close to 60 degrees out. By evening, it was sleeting and snowing. At this point Friday morning it was about 20 degrees with a stiff wind. Twenty degrees will feel fine to us in a month, but we are not used to it yet. We drove to the town where Dannell
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thanksgiving, 2012
Lydia is working on the table above. Below is the little girl who was running wild yesterday while we got ready for the party. Here she is, missing half her clothes, with food on the shirt, and snot dried on her face. Dog hair was stuck to the snot. Her grandpa intervened and said, “Come
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getting ready
Working and cleaning, it’s going to be a great day. The flowers are bought, the tablecloths are ready, tables are in the trailer. The dog is bathed. We’ve dusted the furniture and run the vacuum. I think we’re on our way. See you all tomorrow. love, Val