Thanksgiving & Chocolate

First, we had a lovely Thanksgiving dinner.

Our afternoon project was dipping chocolates. Each family brought a batch of fondant. We had almond-coconut, strawberry, peppermint, chocolate, and of course peanut butter balls. We dipped nuts and Chinese noodles and marshmallows and anything that tastes good covered in chocolate. Peggy was our teacher but we all had a turn. It was really fun and when we were finished we had homemade chocolates to show for all our effort.

That's a lot of candy!

Then it was time for games.

Thanksgiving

Happy turkey day!

I am thankful for many, many things because I have much and am very blessed.

I am thankful for Thanksgiving Day because I can be around family all day!

Have a happy one.

Our floor is done!

Our amazing team of floor installers did it all in one day!

Living Room Painted--now for flooring!

7 Weird and Random Facts (Eva)

I've been tagged by my favorite sister-in-law, Tammy.

So here goes:
▪ I played the accordian when I was a child. Now I work with a man who is an accomplished accordian player. He has his own band. I wish I could join him, but I've forgotten most of what I learned and I don't have an accordian.
▪ I love artichokes dipped in melted butter but I hate all legumes.
▪ I have had the same job for 31 years and still love it (most days).
▪ When I was 9 years old I fell 25' out of a tree and broke my back--the lower 6 vertebraes. I was rushing down to catch up to my brother. The doctor said I was lucky to be able to walk. It never stunted my growth at all. I am 5'9".
▪ Speaking of broken bones, I fell off the top of our swingset slide and broke my arm.
▪ No more broken bones until age 24. I went skydiving with Rob and Lisa. It was wonderful, so we took a second jump. This time I was off target and was not prepared for the landing. I broke my right ankle and was in a cast up past my knee.
▪ I love quilting. My first quilt was my senior project in high school. I have made over 30 quilts since then.

Millie, I tag you. And Cherrie, I tag you; are you there?

Ready to Paint

First Snow 11-6-08

Remodeling the Living Room

First, the fireplace has to go!

The floor is next.

Fixing Up the House

We have had a slow leak in our dining room window for quite a while. We decided to find the problem area and fix it. Not an easy job, but we found the leak. Turns out that the tar around the sky lights was down to bear bones. Now it’s fixed! The next rain storm will tell us for sure.