Christmas Day

It was a very low key Christmas, so there's no story to tell, just some random stuff that comes to mind.

I baked a braided bread. It looks kind of scary, but I assure you, it was so delicious we devoured half that loaf in under 60 seconds when it was still hot. Then we had to sleep another 2 hours.



I made Brock Sampson sit still and wait for a bite of hot dog while I took this picture. It made me laugh til I rolled on the floor.



This year's tree is my favorite so far. I am so reluctant to take it down, I am not going to do so until the tree has died. With diligence, I could probably keep it going another month.



The deer ornament is my favorite.



Phillip was super busy and made extreme progress on renovating the bottom floor. He is a man of great industry. And hotness.



That's about all except I'll get to see my nieces in a couple of days and give them their presents. I hate it when the holidays are over. The next few months are just a long of stretch of grey skies, ice storms and tax deadlines. I can't remember the last time we had a real snow in these parts, but I don't blame that global warming hoax. I blame THIS GUY!



Heat Miser has been cleverly diverting the attention of the scientific community toward fossil fuel burning and pollution since the 70's, leaving him free and undetected to turn up the heat all over the globe. Well played, sir.

Pup Fiction

The dreaded day came and went. The last of those damn cute puppies from the most virally popular webcam possibly ever went to their new homes yesterday. Personally, I don't see any further pupose in the internet, so whoever's in charge of the internet, I guess that's you, Al Gore, just pull the plug and make sure you turn off the lights and lock the door before you go. I'm going to calmly push back from my keyboard now, drink some eggnog, have a good cry and consider what to do with the rest of my spare time. I guess I'll have to start reading books or something. Sigh.

Befores and Afters

The year was 2007 and the kitchen looked like this:

Now it looks like this!

Oh, it's all shiny! And everything moved forward five feet!
If it weren't for the exposed beams, it would be hard to tell it's the same house. See that small window by itself in the back in the before picture...where did it go?

It was here:


Now it's in here!

We added more walls and made a laundry room. Laundry was formerly in the bathroom. It was inconvenient. It made me a sad panda.

The strange corner that had faux cupboards and doors that wouldn't open is now a functional pantry and not really strange at all anymore.

It's a trap. Open the right door and you end up in a snowy forest where a lady will offer you turkish delight. It's good, eat it!



I do kind of miss the old contact paper. It was a rare artifact.


Goodbye yellow salt grinder. I'll miss you most of all.