My Day-To-Day Photos

Ok, now to catch up with what is actually going on at the moment. Christmas has officially taken over our home and we welcome it. There are even several gifts under the tree and most of the stocking stuffers are wrapped thanks to Daddy.  Yesterday, he even got up the rest of the lights and decided to throw them all over the cherry trees. It looks okay, but in comparison to the decorated spruce, it looks sloppy and lazy, though better than nothing. Four school days left to finish up this week, then another 4 next week, and we'll be chewing up the holidays. I know they are going to go by too quickly, but I'll try not to think of that and just relax and enjoy. Hopefully all is peaceful this year. On Sunday, we took in the Pipestone Men's Choir.  They sang mostly carols and it was nice to hear male voices.      

All the house cleaning and purging finally lead me to recover the cushions on the couches downstairs. Well, actually we got rid of the hideous ones that came with the trio and I redecorated with some much better quality ones.  Todd helped picked out the fabrics, actually he mostly did it himself, and they work very nicely. Mostly though, Todd has been working to get his shop organized. We were also given a very old plaid wool blanket that belonged to Great Grandma Ostapovitch.  Todd was reminded of Uncle's house, so although it was very worn, I was able to find a decent section large enough to create a man-sized pillow for him. Somehow, I'm the one leaning on it this evening though. Jared used the scraps to make matching scarves for himself and Georgia.       While Kaitlynn had a very busy day of homework and volunteer hours to fill, Jared had a very relaxing day. Playing "Geometry Dash", w...

Feeling loads better today even though I had a terrible sleep due to last night's wicked windstorm.  It sounded like a freight train was going by, or at times, maybe even coming through the house.  This attack went for several hours from shortly after 11pm and dying down sometime after 2:30am.  I didn't sleep a wink in those hours, but could only imagine the damage that it could possibly be causing outside.  I was especially worried about the greenhouse.  It's been incredibly cold today and so I haven't done a proper walk about the yard, but it seems everything is fine. I had to reset some things by the front door, but nothing was damaged.  Poor Bear though!  He sure got his tail in a knot when that wind came up.  Todd braved the winds and took him to the shop where he spent the rest of the night.  He wasn't all that eager to come out this morning either.  But it is sunny, and so he has spent most of his day lying on the deck out o...