Week 51

Happy Tuesday and Happy Christmas Eve!  I hope everyone has a blessed holiday.  We are looking forward to all the goodness these next couple days bring and will most certainly enjoy our time together.  Last week was a great week leading into our winter break ending school and work for a good bit.  It's wonderful to have everyone home again and for a much longer stay this time.

Here's a look at last week's pictures:

Day 350- Monday, 12/16/19

Don't let the blue winter sky fool you--it's cold out with near freezing temps.  The nice thing about the bare winter trees is that you can see where the birds have built their nests around the neighborhood.  We also have our lights up and got some new snowflake ones to replace the ones we had for years that finally died.  Thanks to John for getting this done.

Day 351- Tuesday, 12/17/19

You'll see me more and more with my reading glasses at work because of all the tiny labels I have to read on samples and all the computer work I do when I'm not at the bench.  Numbers are especially hard for me to make out these days.  Later at home I made a batch of Christmas Chex mix to take in for my lab crew this week.

Day 352- Wednesday, 12/18/19

This was the only basketball game all week which was much appreciated.  It was another away game which made for a long day with travel but at least it was one and done.  Once we got home I was able to put my feet up and relax by the fire with me new cat slipper-socks given to me earlier by my boss.  They are so cozy and cute.  She put them and a few other comfort items in a hand-woven grass tote she got on her travels to Africa.  Thank you Pat!

Day 353- Thursday, 12/19/19

All the days of bringing the boys into the kitchen to help are paying off.  Tyler made us his go-to-dish for dinner tonight.  It was a yummy and hearty mac and cheese that we all enjoyed with chicken strips.

Day 354- Friday, 12/20/19

The holidays can be exhausting and Rusty deals with it by napping a lot. Today was a short day at work so I finally was able to get around to wrapping some presents to put under the tree.  It bugs me to have a tree with no presents so now I feel better about heading into Christmas week.

Day 355- Saturday, 12/21/19

Tonight we were finally able to pick up Justin from the train station in Davis so he can start his winter break.  It's such a long 10 hr journey with little opportunity to eat that we really have no choice but to grab some food for him right away.  Of course no one minds and it's great to see the brothers three back together again.

Day 356- Sunday, 12/22/19

I have my baking elf back so all day we baked and baked and baked and tomorrow we will bake some more.

That's it for now.  See you next week just before the New Year and have a Merry Christmas all!