Busy Days

I can hardly believe its been a week since I was able to post a blog. That just shows how busy life has become for everyone. We had a lovely, but quiet, Thanksgiving. My daughter and her family were in Vermont so it was just the three of us. When Chandra, Justin and the kids returned, we got together on Sunday night for turkey leftovers. We missed the Leo Coffeehouse but wouldn't have missed having a house full of kids and grandkids.

When we weren't cooking, we were working on the kitchen and the upstairs closet. We discovered a hole in our roof last winter and had a new roof put on. However, the hole became much bigger when the roofers were walking above it. Luckily no one fell through when a four foot section collapsed into my bedroom closet. It was repaired and covered on the outside but the inside needed to be complete. With cold weather approaching, Jim chiseled out the ancient drywall and made room for insulation. It's now quite toasty and we won't lose heat through the roof.

The kitchen continues to improve. I have all of the wall cabinets on the sink/stove wall and next we will install the base cabinets. We still have to add door handles but we'll wait until all of the cabinets are in and finish them together. After the base cabinets are in I can finally add my new countertop!

We did a tiny bit of shopping but not Black Friday craziness. I am making gifts and we will just include a gift card for the grandkids. With eight of our own plus a few bonus grandkids, shopping for them all would be overwhelming. Instead they will get a homemade gift from Mimi & Poppi and money they can spend however they please. I made the gifts for two reasons: first so they would actually have something to open on Christmas and not just have money stuck in their hands and secondly, so they will have something tangible to remind them how much they are loved.

Last night Chandra and I attended the first of three holiday concerts. Megan sang with the Junior High Chorus. She looked, and sounded, lovely.