Wrap It Up

I finished the majority of my to-do list today!

Bling helped me wrap all the presents..........he looks serene here but-

....the true Bling is evidenced here as he chewed anything that rustles-including the bows which he kidnapped repeatedly!

Here is our treasures for this year........
The socks are ready to go to their new owners.

The Christmas quilt is ready to go to Marsel's for the binding to be sewn on-a good time of bonding as we hand sew together!
The gift quilt is all ready to be wrapped-the binding is on but I do need to sign it before it goes!

I made a batch of coasters for Caleb because he asked for them......when your son wants something handmade-we crafty moms get right to it! This is a nicer gift because the yarn was given to me from Marsel as the colors made me happy! Now the skein has made me happy twice.

Not so happy is my Jade plant which has done this again.................I keep saving a remnant and growing a new plant but at 18" it always croaks! I have saved a remnant again........

Bill went to pick up his new topper for the truck..........we plan on bringing home a large load from Marsel's at Christmas so we needed to be prepared for any kind of weather.

Our Beach Visit

We took the truck to the beach today! It was so much fun to be in the truck-for Bill it is a long standing dream come true. He even had to slip it into 4 x 4 mode when we hit a section of unpacked sand-flip of the wrist and it powered right through the powder! It was nice.
We also did some fishing at a new 'park' a fellow fisherman told us about-Bill lost a lot of bait but didn't catch a fish. We learned a lot and had a lot of laughs.

We got a cloud burst when it was lunch time so we sat in the truck and watched the waves and let the rain fall all around........it was very calming-no storm, just the rain. It let up in 15 minutes and we took a long walk. Another couple who were fishing told us to check out the beach where the old Marineland used to be so we took a drive when we had finished our walk-it is only a 7 minute drive from our beach (Crescent Beach) and we had fun exploring there, too; hardly any people which is just the way we like it. The beach is very different there, the beach is not a gentle slope into the water-the waves were much more dramatic and there is quite a few large rock jetties every 150' which we had never seen in our area before. I had left my camera behind on this walk so you will just have to imagine the beach-we will be going there again soon so I will picture it then for you.

We stopped in town on the way home and had the tires rotated-Bill didn't think anyone had done that yet and there was a bit of uneven wear on the tires. The ride was much smoother on the way home and we got 19.6 mpg on our trip-nice bonus.

Happy Husband

See what we brought home today?

Met with contractor and I should be posting pictures of a new garage and addition under construction in a few weeks.....what a journey!

We did it!

We are the proud owners of this new truck. It has been a long hunt but it has all the requirements we wanted. It is a 2003 Diesel DODGE RAM 2500 HD SLT 4X4 with only 64,000 miles for all of you who need details! Thanks for sharing with us!