Waiting for Papa

That time of day rolls around and the beasts in the house realize that their master will soon be driving up the driveway. They get antsy. They paw at the door. They become generally restless. So I let them out and tell them to stay there.

I'm talking about the dogs, not the kids!

Sometimes that works and sometimes it doesn't.

Sometimes they sit and wait in the snow until they start to collect it on their backs.

Sometimes they decide after a minute or two that I have in fact fooled them and HE is not coming up the driveway. So they bark and paw until I let them back inside.

Then, after about a minute, they decide they want to go back out.

Most nights this happens a lot. They go in and out, in and out. They have me well-trained.

Then, when HE is in fact coming up the drive they tear down the driveway and follow him up to our neighbors house while he delivers her mail. They're excited and they're fast and it is so fun to watch them run full-out like that.

They love their papa.

And we love them.

Christmas Tree Burning

Last night we hosted several friends for our second annual Christmas Tree burning. The weather obliged by being exceptionally cold. Fortunately we had lots of trees to burn, hence making "big fire", hence creating lots of heat.

Fun was had by all.

Join us next year! It was a good time!

Rustic Pear Tart

Just made this for dessert tonite.

It was either that or go and shake my rump off at zumba for an hour.

I mean, seriously, which would you choose?

Those pears were really close to rotting.

I had to do it tonite or never.

Speaking of zumba--you can find out more here: http://ksabrosa.com/

You can also vote for your favorite quilt for the first project of Season 2 of Project Quilting here: http://kimscraftyapple.blogspot.com/
Do it soon! You can even win a prize!!  Kim's family owns the apple orchard where we like to shop during the season for all kinds of things, and their apples are quite yummy and are featured in our homemade/canned applesauce (see earlier blog posts). Wonderful, amazing family!

I had hoped to enter Project Quilting, but realized I have way too many unfinished projects in my closet to even think about it. I even had my idea sketched out, fabric pulled out of my stash and was ready to go.

Then my daughter got sick.

Then I got sick.

Then I looked in my closet again and thought I'd better wait for season 3 and get working on finishing some of those unfinished things! I guess I do have a New Year's Resolution!!

Oh, and here's a link to the recipe I mentioned earlier: Rustic Pear Tart -Aidan declared it "yummy"!

Adventures

Wow, it's been a wild month! We ate.

and ate.

and ate.

 

and ate.

and ate.

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