Christmas at Grandma's

Wanted to show you a few photos of our xmas with decorations done by M&J who always do such a gorgeous job. The carved bears have always been on the fireplace since my grandfather built it and came from Yellowstone in the 1930's.

MH

Almost the New Year

Since the house has been built and we've lived in it a year now and this blog has set inactive for awhile, I thought it time to reactivate it and use it as a diary and also a way of showing what we're up to, to friends and family.

I got a camera for xmas and the house is actually pretty neat, and maybe it will stay that way for awhile. So maybe I can find time to do more things. I have this week off from work and have a list of things to accomplish. I did make it to the Y this a.m. and have a load of laundry in progress. I've had a few cups of tea and it's a typical morning. Half the family still asleep at 11:30 - L&S!

Rock Band has been running continually since xmas eve. Ipod touches and Nintendo DS are the best inventions ever. I am really impressed by the ipods. They are not just music anymore - mini computers. Capt. Kirk would be so jealous. Now if I could just get my hands on a transporter . . .

MFH

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Fireplace

Here's the fireplace. I love it. The tiles are metallic/rusty ceramic and incredibly cheap. $5 apiece. I really like the mantel too. Very simple. I showed them my grandparents/parents mantle and they duplicated it. Gee, which way do you spell mantle?

M.F.H.

House with snow

Here's the house in the snow. I know I need to show lots of interior photos, but they just don't look like much when the room is empty. I'll try to take some shots with our furniture in now - before things start to get messy. Right now boxes are stacked all over.

M.F.H.

Ice and snow

Here's a few photos from the ice day. These photos just don't do it justice. Maybe if they were larger. It was gorgeous.

M.F.H.

Moving Day

Finally, the day has arrived. We were to move on Tues, but there was an ice storm. No school. No work - which we've never been closed for a day since I've been here for 24 years. Actually, in town streets were ok, but we stayed in and spent the day packing and baking and relaxing. School was delayed the next morning too.

Today, the movers arrived at 8:45 and had the house loaded in the truck by 10:30. I had everything organized and ready for them - 3 extra days gained me a lot of organizing and more boxes packed. They had to take apart the bunk bed and the day bed. Then they only had to drive 2 miles up the street to our new house. They had everything unloaded there by 12:15.

It's kind of giddy to think we'll be living there now. Exciting to rearrange the furniture and get everything in it's new place. I'm looking forward to deciding where everything will go in the kitchen.

Right now the cat is playing with little bits of trash left on the floor. Nibbles stayed shut in the bathroom and when I let him out he was not too happy to see everything gone. He really hates the new house - because it's new and because it was empty. So I hope he'll also be excited to explore our old furniture in a new location. Right now he is having fun hopping around. And I'm doing load after load of bed linens. Kids each have a laundry basket full of clean clothes to move over and a lot of their clothes went over in their dresser drawers.

After the movers left, I drove over to the Y and walked around on their trails. The ice still remains on the trees, though today it is melting more. I've never seen ice remain 4 days. Every tree and bush is gorgeous and the town has been like a fairyland this week. First thing in the morning, everything is frosty white. When the sun comes out, everything glistens and at night, the
street lights turn all the trees white. I've taken lots of photos and I'll post some.

M.F.H.