And under the tree were glass presents:
Home Sweet Home! by The Pioneer Woman
6 years ago
Friday, December 5, 2008
Advent Calendar day 4
This was my favorite tree at the Festival of the Trees. It is a tree of blown glass. Each limb is an individually blown "plate".
And under the tree were glass presents:
And under the tree were glass presents:
Advent Calendar day 3
I spent the day at the Festival of the Trees. H's school choir, Bobcat Beats, performed and then we walked around, enjoying the atmosphere. Here's H singing:
And here she is, singing her "solo"
Happy Birthday to Me!
I had the best birthday! The kids made me breakfast in bed and sang to me bright and early. I spent the morning doing NOTHING--nothing except laundry, dishes and general tidying up around the house. My 1st councilor took me to lunch at Mimi's Cafe; I had delicious Asian Chopped Salad AND a mousse cake. She spoiled me. Then I came home and took Scout to horseback riding lessons. While she rode, I had electrolysis done by my delightful SIL FordeverFamily
. Yeah, that's how I celebrate my special day. I have someone poke my face with needles and then electrocute me. Fun.
When we got home, Dilbert took me and the kids out to dinner. We had a restaurant.com coupon for $50 off a $100 purchase so we ate and ate and ate until we couldn' t eat any more. Then we came home and the kids gave me my gifts. BNLFan and N had sneaked up to my cake-lady's house and baked me a chocolate ganoche cake and decorated it. Yummy. We were so full we didn't eat it until the next day, but I can tell you--it was delicious. They had also bought me some flowers and some rasberry caramel Dove chocolates. Oh wow. Dilbert bought me a new lens for my camera, which I have been enjoying emensely.
It was such a nice day--I think it was the best birthday ever--with the one exception that Frank isn't here. But I wouldn't have him home, considering what he's doing. So here's to the next 41!!!
. Yeah, that's how I celebrate my special day. I have someone poke my face with needles and then electrocute me. Fun.When we got home, Dilbert took me and the kids out to dinner. We had a restaurant.com coupon for $50 off a $100 purchase so we ate and ate and ate until we couldn' t eat any more. Then we came home and the kids gave me my gifts. BNLFan and N had sneaked up to my cake-lady's house
and baked me a chocolate ganoche cake and decorated it. Yummy. We were so full we didn't eat it until the next day, but I can tell you--it was delicious. They had also bought me some flowers and some rasberry caramel Dove chocolates. Oh wow. Dilbert bought me a new lens for my camera, which I have been enjoying emensely. It was such a nice day--I think it was the best birthday ever--with the one exception that Frank isn't here. But I wouldn't have him home, considering what he's doing. So here's to the next 41!!!
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Frank's letter December 3, 2008
Click here for Frank's latest letter
And for the record, I am NOT keeping that close of count on his days left in his mission. I have it as a countdown clock on my blog or I wouldn't know or care. So THERE! I AM a good mom!
And for the record, I am NOT keeping that close of count on his days left in his mission. I have it as a countdown clock on my blog or I wouldn't know or care. So THERE! I AM a good mom!
Advent Calendar day 2 (also late)
This is a poor picture of my Living Room Christmas tree.
The square thing at the top is a paper angel, made by a darling lady from Sweden who was in my craft guild in Florida. She did them from hand carved wooden molds. They made the terracotta toilet paper temples look like crap. Anyway, it is a treasured ornament.
The square thing at the top is a paper angel, made by a darling lady from Sweden who was in my craft guild in Florida. She did them from hand carved wooden molds. They made the terracotta toilet paper temples look like crap. Anyway, it is a treasured ornament.
Advent Calendar day 1 (late)
I am going to post Christmas pictures--taken by me, I hope.
My darling niece from my other blog does a daily advent calendar every year and I was invited to join a few years ago... Please feel free to join in, too! I would love to see your advents!
Bear with me and my sad sad new obsession.
My darling niece from my other blog does a daily advent calendar every year and I was invited to join a few years ago... Please feel free to join in, too! I would love to see your advents!
Bear with me and my sad sad new obsession.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Frank's Letter November 26, 2008
It is a shorter letter this week so I will post it here, rather than a link. Just an update... the memory card DID make it, we just couldn't find it and BNLFan answered her Cotillion date with a pizza that said yes in pepperonis and Scout and N DID make the mock trial team (just can't remember if I have posted all this stuff) Anyway, here it is...
Dear Family,
That SO ticks me off!! The memory card didn't even make it back after all the trouble it gave me, and then all the trouble the post office gave me. it was taped up at the seams when I sent it is all I can say in my defense. I'd be happy to send my card, as soon as I get a new one to use. And I'll make sure it is more secure and all. I'm glad to hear that Marissa enjoyed her present too. Let me know how Holly likes hers, when the time comes.
Another thing, I had a few questions that never got answered from a few weeks ago; the one you replied to while you were on a subbing job.
I have this list of other stuff that I was going to ask for for Christmas, but I keep forgetting it at home when I come to email. I'd actually prefer just normal thermals to thermal garments, that way I can make them last longer. I actually had to go out and buy a pair last week because it was getting pretty bad. Lo and behold, this week it's back up in the 40's. Not that I'm complaining, and I'm sure it will get back down to below freezing soon... I usually write my emails at about 10-11 in the morning here, I don't know when you get them. Today is the exception because we had a zone activity.
Oh boy, Hillary and Cory. I hope she has fun, but I'm dissapointed that she took the pizza route. It's a little cliche. I didn't realize dresses were so expensive. But I still say we have it harder as guys. And I want to know, did Nikki make the Mock Trial team? I've heard all this talk of her trying out but no results.
Elder Call and I are still getting along very well. We actually have a Visa waiter with us as of last night, Elder Cabrera. He's from Oregon, and he's going to Belgium, French/Spanish. He knew Craig in the MTC. He'll probably be with us for about 2 weeks, and those will be nice because he can talk with all the hispanics. I actually taught a lesson in it last week though. It was very awkward and I'm sure a bit ambiguous, but I feel accomplished. Now Elder Cabrera can tie up the loose ends with him.
We've made good progress here, at least on the new investigator front. We alone were 1/3 of the BoMs placed in the Columbia Zone (9 areas) last week. That was 20, my new record. We found some pretty promising looking ones, we'll just see how they turn out in the end though.
Our investigators we've been teaching haven't been making a whole lot of significant progress unfortunately. This is a busy week, and we've had a hard time making appointments with people. Only Bill and Betty were able to see us. Well, all the others cancelled. But the work goes on. Whenever one thing seems down, others come up. So long as we work hard and do everything else we need to it'll all turn out.
Until next week.
Love,
Elder Rob Christensen
Dear Family,
That SO ticks me off!! The memory card didn't even make it back after all the trouble it gave me, and then all the trouble the post office gave me. it was taped up at the seams when I sent it is all I can say in my defense. I'd be happy to send my card, as soon as I get a new one to use. And I'll make sure it is more secure and all. I'm glad to hear that Marissa enjoyed her present too. Let me know how Holly likes hers, when the time comes.
Another thing, I had a few questions that never got answered from a few weeks ago; the one you replied to while you were on a subbing job.
I have this list of other stuff that I was going to ask for for Christmas, but I keep forgetting it at home when I come to email. I'd actually prefer just normal thermals to thermal garments, that way I can make them last longer. I actually had to go out and buy a pair last week because it was getting pretty bad. Lo and behold, this week it's back up in the 40's. Not that I'm complaining, and I'm sure it will get back down to below freezing soon... I usually write my emails at about 10-11 in the morning here, I don't know when you get them. Today is the exception because we had a zone activity.
Oh boy, Hillary and Cory. I hope she has fun, but I'm dissapointed that she took the pizza route. It's a little cliche. I didn't realize dresses were so expensive. But I still say we have it harder as guys. And I want to know, did Nikki make the Mock Trial team? I've heard all this talk of her trying out but no results.
Elder Call and I are still getting along very well. We actually have a Visa waiter with us as of last night, Elder Cabrera. He's from Oregon, and he's going to Belgium, French/Spanish. He knew Craig in the MTC. He'll probably be with us for about 2 weeks, and those will be nice because he can talk with all the hispanics. I actually taught a lesson in it last week though. It was very awkward and I'm sure a bit ambiguous, but I feel accomplished. Now Elder Cabrera can tie up the loose ends with him.
We've made good progress here, at least on the new investigator front. We alone were 1/3 of the BoMs placed in the Columbia Zone (9 areas) last week. That was 20, my new record. We found some pretty promising looking ones, we'll just see how they turn out in the end though.
Our investigators we've been teaching haven't been making a whole lot of significant progress unfortunately. This is a busy week, and we've had a hard time making appointments with people. Only Bill and Betty were able to see us. Well, all the others cancelled. But the work goes on. Whenever one thing seems down, others come up. So long as we work hard and do everything else we need to it'll all turn out.
Until next week.
Love,
Elder Rob Christensen
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