january via the camera

 

Continuing the wading game through the hundreds of pictures…

{for this post I downloaded Windows Live Writer again, Jodi!  Happy day!}

 

WEEK FOUR

• Along about New Year’s Day, the older girls finished their To Do Lists.  Monday morning they opened their Christmas gifts.

The Popper gave Miss Music Box (Kate) a pretty necklace.  And she got several more from G&G  : )

               

Kate gave Miss Artist a Sugar Shack mocha java candle and a music CD (Kaffeemusik) in this pretty package.  

          

 

Miss A is also enjoying a new digital camera…

 

• the Breakfast Feast

          

 

• Books ~ the Computer Geek read Tim’s new book

                                   

 

• More game time ~ Note: Do not set up the game like this again!

       

• Tuesday brought Back to School and work (and the old computer went to visit Mr. Fix-It… and has yet to come home)

 

WEEK FIVE

• Organizing in the garage ~ building shelves (begun Dec 30)

                      

Luci likes to supervise… sometimes with her eyes closed.

                    

 

• The boys helped to remove the lights and haul the tree outside (and mop the spilled water and sweep the dropped needles)

                         

 

WEEK SIX

• We picked up the order of laminate and Tim began to prepare the floor…

         

Sanding the high spots, cutting out the rotted wood (Remember the house had no roof for much of our first winter’s snow.)

    

• Friday afternoon  (Jan 20) Tim began to lay the laminate! It was a loooong weekend of late nights.

                     

                                

 

• Saturday they took a break to play in the snow.

   

   

Luci preferred to not ride the sled.

 

 

WEEK SEVEN

• Rearranging… and new rugs!

             

   

 

• Sewing projects ~ my first attempt at a tag blanket.

     

 

• When kiwi is on sale, Miss A makes pavlova – yum.

                

 

• Pressing on… (or trim and snap and lock)

                     

 

• Ciabatta & Panini

            

  

(Nice panini press, eh?  It also works well enough just to press it with the flat spatula or your hand ~ just be sure to wait to butter that side.)

The batch of ciabatta only made two little loaves, so I made some Italian herb bread too. 

It was all good ~ except for the sun-dried tomatoes. Next time I’ll use fresh tomatoes for this smoked turkey club panini. Yum. 

Y’all come!