December 15, 2009

• December....

  Here we are halfway through the month of December already!  Unbelievable!

  
  I do believe that yesterday was my final frantic day of getting things finished for the holidays though. I did a bit more baking & made up some goody bags & gathered a few gifts for hubby's office people and I think that I am now completely finished.  Now I can relax & enjoy the hoidays!

  Besides shopping, baking, wrapping, decorating, etc...here is what else has been going on up here in the northwoods thus far in December....
  Friday, the 4th we had a Christmas party to go to...I managed to get a picture taken of hubby & I before we headed out...
  

  

  We have another party to go to this Friday.

  Last Tuesday & Wednesday, we were under blizzard warnings...we ended up with about 13 1/2" of snow. Here's a few shots of that...

  
  You can tell how hard the snow had blown by how it is on the windows & the ledges

  

  this is snow on the rooftop!

  

  and here is a shot out of the back door.

  So our first big dump was a good one for sure!

  While trapped inside that day, I finished boxing up all of my packages to be mailed. I had already gotten 3 in the mail prior to this mess....

  

  Whew! that was quite the job! Then came the shock of the expense of postage...whoa! It was something like $140 total for all.

  I posted some pictures of my tree in my last post, here's a few other decorations around the house....

  

  last year we bought a box of 2 "potted" trees on year end clearance.
  I put one of them in the basement.

  

  and the other on the ledge between the loft & the main floor.

  

  This is also something new that I had gotten.

  It is a card holder. It is a swirly metal stand in the shape of a tree.

  

  Just a cozy shot...I did hang my wreath up higher this year over the fireplace as I wanted to keep my eagle hanging as well. I don't think it looks too bad.

  We have been enjoying the deer meat that hubby put in the freezer for us. So far I have made stew, chili & tacos from it. He needs to get out there and get us another one!

  I am so frustrated about something & have spent endless hours trying to figure it out. About a week ago, I upgraded to windows 7 from window vista on my computer. I thought all was just fine...but since then I can't get my backup to work. I have been so good & faithful since getting this new computer by backing it up on a weekly basis...but now something is screwed up with it. Has anyone else changed over & if so have you had any problems?

  Well, I best get...I need to get some grocery shopping in today, but first I need to plan some menus...
  
  I hope you all have a good week & stay warm!  yikes speaking of staying warm...the temp here actually dropped a couple of degrees just in the last 2 hours. It is now at -7 with a wind chill of  -20.  brrr..  It is suppose to get up to 5 degrees though...so I hope that still happens!

  Zany warm hugs to you...

   

  

   

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