Two Nuts Model Hats on Christmas

I think you will agree there is a definite family similarity in these two...Matthew modeling his new John Deere hat and Gary trying out Jenna's new pink fluffy hat.

What a pair of characters!

Awesome Snowy Panorama looking at distant neighbor's houses

John Deere Tractor = Snow Plow of course

Gary had a great deal of fun plowing snow with the new tractor but still found the need for the good old snow shovel as well.

We were as usual "Wishing For A White Christmas" and We got it!

On Christmas as we opened packages we were in awe to see huge flakes of snow start to fall outside. It was beautiful and really set the tone and mood for our day. Well the snow just kept falling and these are some of the scenes from today as we began to try to clear walks and get around a bit.

A special Christmas gift for Gary

As a special gift to Gary this Christmas, I gathered together his medals and memorabilia from his service in Vietnam and had a professional display made of them.

Cindy did a great job of helping me keep the secret as we had it shipped to her office and she took charge of wrapping and delivering it on Christmas day.

I was so emotional myself when he first opened it up that I did not capture the moment on the camera. This is a few minutes later when he was sharing details with daughter Cindy.

Our Girl Misty Resting Up After Christmas

Misty is a lot like us...she loves the holidays and company but she really knows how to rest up after the company goes home.

She spent most of the day today sleeping.

Family Pictures on the yard swing

About a week ago when I went to visit at daughter Cindy's house, I remembered her mentioning wanting a very informal picture taken on their yard swing. Without even warning her I took my camera to her house and invited them out into the yard to pose. This picture is the one that turned out to be my favorite of the many shots I took.

Just wanted to share it here and it is so typical of them.

Makin a list and checking it twice...

No that is not a Christmas list I am making...I am trying to be more organized in my busy retirement and decided to go back to making lists of things I want to get done.



You say...wait, she is retired what is the rush? Well it is no rush but for someone who previously led a very structured work life...in this new life style sometimes the little things start to pile up and you just feel you need to get caught up with the details.



Now that my dear husband is able to finally "play" in his new workshop, it finally gives me more time to try to concentrate on things I want to accomplish and feel more productive...



So tonight I look at my yellow tablet list...It had about 20 things listed on it and I feel so good that I was able to cross off 10 of those items (some of them pretty major accomplishments) and know better where to focus tomorrow.



We had heavy snow yesterday and it was so beautiful. Every day at this new house in a climate that we are not yet used to is an adventure. I love how beautiful it is and anticipate the mornings when we find elk grazing in the back yard when we get up.



Today is another chapter in the weather forecast with heavy rains all day melting the snow and lots of heavy wind. We are ready with fresh batteries, lights, coleman stove and even a generator if we need to power the house for any extended period of time. Pretty fancy "roughing it"!



Earlier my daughter posted to her blog and noted that she had 1600 blog posts...WOW...made me feel guilty that I had not kept mine more current. Since we settled into a less mobile life there seems to be less to share but I am pledging to try to keep up a bit more.



Linda