Thursday, December 19, 2013

Christmas Cookies

It's been on my mind, the desire to bake since before Thanksgiving. Today, I finally cooked up the strength to whip up a batch of Candy Cane cookie dough. 






































Tomorrow the girls will turn them into Candy Canes and the house will smell like a bakery.

Monday, December 16, 2013

December Skies

I might have missed the skies tonight, if not for a series of misfortunate events.






































It made everything worth it all.

Friday, December 13, 2013

At Last


The Christmas Tree is in the house!






































Loving the smell of pine in the house.

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Much Relieved and Very Exhausted

The visit started ominously necessitating a visit to the ER, my heart pounding all the way there. Somewhere during the three hour visit, his rambunctiousness returned, the first sign that there would be a happy ending. 






































We arrived back at their house, much relieved and very exhausted. Naps were in order.

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

The Drive Home

My first day back in the office after a month of working from home as I convalescence. I expected that I might have to leave early, but I didn't.






































Thus began my long commute home. It was the best commute of my life in so many ways.

Sunday, December 1, 2013

The Poem Corner

I asked for a poem about joy. She pulled a piece of 3 x 5 kraft card stock out, loaded into her typewriter and after a momentary pause began typing away. When she read to me her finished prose, I smiled at its perspection. I walked away, poem in hand, joy in heart.