Christmas season

I’m sitting here having fed our dog Annabelle, our cat October and our new kitten visitor Pirate for the holidays. Pirate is Tabitha’s cat who needed some peace around the apartment to get her finals done. She will be back next weekend for Christmas. Alicia was also up and wanted breakfast. She is getting good at starting to get her own breakfast. Soon she will be doing it all. We set up the Christmas tree and...

Late to do

I finished up a little around the house job I had to do since December. I hung a curtain rod and curtains my daughter Tabitha bought us for Christmas. And she was there (home from school) to witness it. What a coincidence! I also started preparing for a video taping job for the Transition Town Media initial meeting tonight. And I redesigned a web site I’m building for a singer-songwriter friend Michelle. It took a...

What I got for Christmas

I thought I would jot down some of the things I got from my family for Christmas. California Guitar Trio “The First Decade” CD Robert Plant & Alison Krauss “Raising Sand” CD a Johns Hopkins University sweatshirt sweat sox underwear candy canes and other candy Dunkin Donuts coffee (regular and hazelnut) David Dye’s “The World Cafe” book (and accompanying DVD) a Dunkin Donuts...

Today is Christmas

I’ve been up for a little while now. I took the last bunch of presents upstairs and put them under the tree, after Santa Claus dropped them off. I made myself a pot of peppermint coffee that Maria got us. Makes the house smell like a candy cane. After all the preparation and stress and worrying and getting irritated and whatever, the event will all be over soon after everyone gets up and opens their presents. Will you...

Christmas Eve

Yesterday, we had a great time at my Mom’s house visiting with my brothers and their families (at least all who could make it). We had a delicious dinner, turkey and stuffing and cranberry casserole from Butch and Joyce, ham from Ed and Sheryl, mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes, creamed corn, gravy and salad. Then we had brownies, muffins, cookies, pumpkin and apple pie for dessert, along with coffee. Needless to say...