Monday, December 24th, 2018…... Today was Lydia’s day to get up and feed Rylee.
But I did get up and let her out earlier so I guess we’re even! After showering
and getting ready for the day, I took monster mutt out for her walk. No rain at
this point in the morning. Our neighbor was packing their car for their trip up
north to be with family for Christmas. Another neighbor left yesterday for
Christmas in the Bahamas. We’re looking at a quiet block for the holidays this
year. I had vacuumed the house the other day so I didn’t have anything on my
to-do-list today so I just kicked back. Lydia had bathroom cleanings on her
to-do-list so she was busy for the morning. My sister is coming over today with
Quincy. They will both spend the night. We’re also keeping the Q on Christmas
night and Penny will sleep at home and take off early on the 26th to
hit some of the stores after-Christmas sales.
Lydia got her enchiladas
in the prep stage and then got them going later in the day. Sis brought over
the rice and beans and we had a nice dinner. We relaxed and watched tv until it was time to call it a night. In the local newspaper a couple of days ago, we had seen a list of the houses in Albany that had won
prizes in their Christmas light contest, so we decided to drive there and check
them out. The weather was nice and dry. We
left Quincy in the house to have some quiet time and loaded Rylee in the car with
us. She loves her car rides and enjoyed the trip and we had a nice drive. It
was still early when we got back and so we watched tv until time to call it a
night
Tuesday, December 25th, 2018…… MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!!!!!!
We want to take this time to wish all of our family and friends a very merry
Christmas!
We got up and moving around 6:30am.
I decided to get Rylee out for her regular walk before we did any gift
unwrapping. Our goal was for the three of us to open our gifts for each other
then wait until we got the kids on facetime or marco polo. Lydia made scrambled
eggs for breakfast and Penny made coffee. Lydia had her tea and we were ready!
We opened up the gifts and then started making calls. We did Jeff and family
first, since they are already three hours ahead of us. Their Christmas was
broken up into batches because Krista had to work today. Then we called Randy
and Maryanne and talked with them and we all had a nice time sharing holiday
wishes. The gift exchange idea that Randy came up with seemed to work out well.
Each of us was to go out and buy something they really wanted for themselves.
Then, on Christmas, we shared via facetime what we had bought. Like I said, it
worked out well and everyone was happy. Something to think about if/when we are
away from each other again. Lydia and Penny got dinner ready pretty early and
we enjoyed ham, au gratin potatoes, brussel sprouts, and biscuits, and peach
and/or chocolate pie for dessert. Everything
was good and we all ate our fill. Eating
early gave us time to rest and relax for the rest of the day before having a
light snack at dinner time. My sister
left and went home for the night, leaving Q with us for her sleepover. We ended
up watching tv until bedtime, but we managed to clean up some of the boxes and
get that stuff ready for the trash and/or packing back away in the next couple
of days.
Wednesday, December 26th, 2018…... Today was rainy again, at least for most of the
morning and into the afternoon. We did have bits of clear skies and the sun
actually came out for a while! Kirk came by but only did a bit of cleaning up
and not any real gardening. He’s done for the year. I went out to the workshop
and set up my new Buddy Propane heater that my sister got for me. It uses two small
propane containers and really heats up the workshop! For those times when I’m only
out there for a short time, it will save me from having to use the wood stove. Perfect! I also test fired my new Gamo Air Rifle (it
was part of the kids’ gift to me) that I had picked out and ordered for myself.
It fires .177 pellets and also has a 3 x
9 scope which I will have to zero in when I get around to setting up a bullseye
target of some kind. The rifle will be used primarily for coyotes when they
show up around here but I’m hoping it will be enough to scare off any cougars
that have been known to hunt these rural neighborhoods. Later, sis came back
and got her dog and took some leftovers home with her. Meanwhile, our lunch and
dinner were mostly leftovers from Christmas eve and Christmas day. Lydia has
been dealing with a stuffy nose and a cough for the past few days but she still
has her appetite so that’s good. She
barely got dressed but, hey, we had nowhere to go so why worry! Since we didn’t
have any company this year, we just left all of the Christmas storage boxes in
the dining room. I spent some time taking down some of the inside decorations
(garland, etc.) but neither of us had much desire to do any more. That’s for
another day. We watched tv until bedtime.
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