And Christmas 2017 is a wrap. We had a lovely time at Craig’s house yesterday. Craig made chili and I took tons of cookies and candies. Kathy made a cherry jello salad and a cheesecake. We all ate way too much! Got rid of most of the cookies and candies. May try to give some more away later today. I need them out of the house so I quit eating sugar! My stomach is starting to tell me to clean up my eating habits.
Kathy took down the Christmas trees this morning and I have been cleaning upstairs while Kathy has been cleaning downstairs. I broke the hose on my vacuum off. I tried duck taping it but it didn’t hold. Ordered a new hose from Amazon. May have to wait to clean the rest of my house until the part comes in – darn!
The main door to the chicken coop is frozen shut. When the water container leaked it dripped water down in front of the door and it froze shut during the cold wind yesterday. Luckily they have lots of food and water and should be OK until I can figure out how to get it open. It is to warm up later this week. I can always slip food and water through the egg door if needed.
Finally got Gene’s Christmas box mailed to him this morning. He should have it before New Year’s. Better late than never I guess.
I want to try to make another batch of New Year’s cookies as the first batch wasn’t very good. May do those this afternoon since I can’t finish my cleaning. My other two brothers really like them and I try to get them some every year as my Christmas gift to them along with some fudge. Both are made using my mother’s recipes.
We are getting some snow flurries this morning on the prairie. Not much accumulation so far. Radar showed most of the snow went north of me. It can stay there as far as I am concerned. Single digit temperatures are forecasted for today. Way too cold for my liking. Going some place warm in January or February is sounding better and better. Only problem is traveling just doesn’t sound inviting right now. Maybe in a couple of weeks I will feel the urge to go again. Right now all I want to do is sit in my favorite chair with the fireplace on and stay inside all nice and cozy warm.
So glad Christmas is over. I need to find a new normal for myself to settle into. Things have been way too chaotic around here for my liking. I’m ready for a string of so-called normal days where nothing is going on and I get to stay home. I need some quiet days to process all that has happened over the last year.
Waiting on my repairman to come fix my floor drain and for the furniture store to make a delivery. Need to go get some groceries but they may wait for a day or two as I really don’t want to leave the house again today.
Cleaning. Nesting. Settling in at home for a bit. It is a bitter cold and snowy day on the prairie. All is well!
Sandra has lots of your mother’s recipes but don’t have the new year cookies recipe is there any you could text I t to her as all the kids will be Saturday and she would like to try it.