It’s time to change to the Up North Christmas theme. I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Our went very well. My mom made a wonderful turkey with stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce, and rolls. I contributed the strawberry jello salad, which I have to say was excellent. I have never been a big [...]
Archive | November, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you. I hope you have a wonderful day with your friends and family. Today we are going to my parents’ house where we’ll have Thanksgiving dinner with them. Although we are experiencing an economic upheaval there is still much to be thankful for. I am thankful for the unconditional love [...]
Happy Birthday, Little Man
Today is Little Man’s seventh birthday. I still can’t believe how old he is now. He’s in the first grade and is really enjoying himself. We celebrated tonight with our family, my parents and my father in law (my mother in law is in Florida taking care of her step mother who is dying). Here [...]
Small town shopping
Friday night our town kicked off the Christmas season with the lighting of the trees that line the street downtown. Most of the shops that lined the street were open to show off their hot products for Christmas. People milled up and down the street enjoying the evening. Wood burning fires in metal garbage cans [...]
On teaching a 6 year old how to ride a bike
My parents came up today for Sunday dinner. We played outside where my parents helped my son on his bike. He’s seven years old on the 16th and I’ve got a bug up my butt about the fact that he still hasn’t gone through the rite of passage of learning how to ride a two-wheeler. [...]
