holiday recap

Happy New Year! I hope everyone enjoyed (or at least survived) the holidays. If you didn't get a card or package from me yet, it is because I haven't sent them yet. I stink this year. There will be something headed your way so be patient.

We didn't have much snow here this holiday season so it never truly felt like Christmas. I did catch my dwarf papyrus one afternoon with little snow balls on them although the snow melted away about an hour later. Lottie found many cozy spots in sunny windows for naps. Mark made his annual holiday hot sauce from his summer pepper crop and I've heard it's quite tasty...you know I have NO heat tollerance so I have to believe what I hear. This year's Christmas decor had a plaid theme. Mark would like to point out that every time I walked past the tree, I had to make minor adjustments to the ornaments and ribbon and I think I got them all to be perfect... eventually. The tree topper was also new this year - a nice rustic wooden star that wasn't meant to be a tree topper but worked well none the less. Mark dressed up like Santa for a cancer fundraiser and won first place with his "Santa on vacation" costume. Way to go Mark! Thanks to the Hungry Hound, Lottie had so many cute Christmas cookies and cakes to eat - yes dogs DO need cute cookies and cakes too!! The 'merry woof-mas' cake was especially devine. Mark whipped up a batch of his famous italian meatballs for New Year's Eve. AND we were so lucky to have my sister and her family in town to ring in the new year. Speaking of my sister, she always finds the best bird ornaments for me. I love my new ornaments - thanks P! To keep my New Year's Eve tradition rolling, many drinks are consumed and at around 1:30 AM I think it's a good idea to take a photo of myself in front of the tree. This year it's a holiday miracle that I even ended up in the shot!

Cheers!