country village

On our way to gospel meeting every Sunday, we pass this shopping area with a big rooster out front and we always wish we had time to stop by....so on Friday we dragged Jim, Kathy and Dan with us to check out the different shops. There are art galleries, toy shops, cafes, antique shops, clothing...all in these older looking buildings connected with boardwalks and there are several converted train cars as shops. Scattered about there are ponds (with lots of ducks) and fountains. It was fun wandering about!

turkey day

we had our first host job for turkey day - Jeff made most of the food while Teresa supervised (and stressed out). :) Mama K. made several pies: blueberry, acorn squash, sweet potato and apple; and her famous rolls. Dan brought the canned goods. And papa J. brought cinnamon rolls for the next morning.

Here is the spread: we got to use a lot of dishes we'd never used yet...

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jeff's flowers

scrabble...

on Sunday we stopped at Joe and Jasmine's and played rook. then Jeff and I played scrabble. it seems that when we think, we must hold our heads on.

gingerbread cookies

Jeff and I made gingerbread cookies this past Sunday and yesterday we frosted them. It is something that I grew up doing this time of year. My mom and I would get out the millions of cookie-cutters that she had accumulated over the years and make cookies to send to all the family. We weren't so ambitious this year, we will eat them all ourselves (which I guess is actually pretty ambitious)....unless people come visit... :)

last night's dinner

I thought this dinner deserved recognition it was so beautiful (and good to eat). Jeff made tuna cooked in white wine and garlic, butternut squash and asparagus. Yum :)

for sale: new blue guitar (yamaha)

I am sure there is more to it, but I don't know a thing about it. Here is a pic:Yamaha

a memior of the celica

Today we sold the celica.
I never thought that I would be sad to see this car go, but there it is. The car that Jeff would pick me up in when we were dating. The car that I told Jeff all of the reasons that I thought I shouldn't be dating him...but I was anyway. The car that I just started learning to drive last month. The car that I so hated to ride in because it was uncomfortable, loud and smelled funny.
Jeff will probably miss it, since now we own two trucks, neither of which even come close to a sports car (unless we go off-roading, that is a sport yeh?).