For Christmas Day we went to a party at our awesome neighbors house! Here I am with Joni and Gary and Tyler and Linda. We had some great food with great company and the women were so beautiful and the men so handsome! Everyone loved our roasted brussels sprouts and potato dish! Although in my humble opinion we could have left out the brussels sprouts.Near our house up higher on the ridge a developer has cleared the land and is putting up big retaining walls. Then they will build new houses! We used to walk through the woods here.We went for a hike in Coeur d’Alene! I always have a hard time spelling that.It was a super sunny day and wonderful views!We met this really nice family visiting from Seattle. They told us we were smart to move to Spokane because the traffic is much worse now in Seattle. Mom FORGOT to get their names but the women were gorgeous and the men so handsome!
We are putting together gift bags for friends! Whoever invented gift bags is a genius! Sometimes people must end up with their own bag back but with different gifts in it (hopefully). We put some things in one bag we had and then noticed that it had a sticker on it with names of people we don’t know: from Amy to Frances. So that bag has been passed around!We got some presents from Auntie Darcy! They have real wrapping paper on them. We use wrapping paper sometimes too and wonder if people notice that every year it is the same wrapping paper! Until the giant roll is gone and we buy a new one. Then I noticed that the black paper with holiday lights in the photo looks familiar…. I think that Auntie Darcy also has a giant roll of wrapping paper.
It snowed all night and then it warmed up and even rained a little. We had to shovel a lot of wet heavy snow! Our awesome neighbor Blake cleared our sidewalk with his snowblower and then our awesome neighbor Steve helped us shovel!Then later a plow came through and made a huge berm blocking the driveway. We had to go shovel again! There was a small lake of water at the end of the driveway so we made a trench for it to drain. We went to the theater to see She Loves Me! Our friend David is playing the lead role of Georg Nowack!!! It is a very funny play and all the actors were amazing, David was terrific and is super handsome and sings wonderfully. Our friend Carolyn came with us to see the show but she did not want to be in the picture. She is very beautiful and also very funny. This photo is from afterwards when the actors changed into their regular clothes to go home.We finished replacing part of the carpet in the basement! Mon did not want me to post a picture of it because it was not good. Mom says that somewhere, some other do-it-yourselfer who replaced carpeting must have done a worse job than she did. But I am not so sure! We have two pieces of advice for anyone who wants to replace their own carpeting. First, get a knife like the red one in the photo. Red is my favorite color but more importantly it is designed to cut carpet and does not have the blade thumb control like a regular utility knife that causes blisters on your hand when you cut a lot of carpeting. Second – hire a professional!
We had the first big snowstorm of the season!Here are some trees in the front yard – it sure is pretty! The snow was very deep, even for a TIGER!While we waited for the roads to get plowed we did indoor things such as replace a 3 x 12 strip of carpeting in the basement. Mom figured it would take a professional about an hour to do so she thought it would take us about 4 hours. We are now 5 hours into it and it still isn’t done. Mom thinks the pros must have a much better utility knife than the one we have and it is very fiddly to change the blades. At least one entire hour has been spent changing the blades in the knife. Mom has only stabbed herself once. We are taking a little break for a few days.
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