Happy Holidays to all!

I can't believe I've let so much time go by without posting something. I wanted to at least make a post a week, maybe two. I'll put that on my new year's resolution list..... make one or two blog entries a week, if not more. Sometimes I feel like I don't really have anything interesting to post or at least not interesting to anyone else. I lead a simple kind of life here, nothing too daring really. I enjoy the simple pleasures such as observing nature and the changes of the seasons. I have been keeping a weather and seasonal journal for the past few years now. I started it because I wanted to notice trends and see the best times for planting and such. Of course I rely on the Old Farmer's Almanac as well. My grandfather really enjoyed his and relied on it for information with his farm. I started reading it as a child with him and I look forward to when it comes out each year. There's a lot of good practical information in there as well.

I hope everyone had a great Christmas. Monday, my mother and I went to my aunt's house for dinner and had a nice time. My husband didn't feel like going, I hated leaving him at home alone, but I had promised my mom I'd take her. We spent the day at home yesterday. We made a Christmas buffet with ham, meatballs, salt and dill cured salmon, pickled herring, red cabbage, baked beans, cheese ball and all sorts of desserts. At first I wasn't sure anyone was coming but my best friend's mom and her daughter stopped by for a few hours. My best friend and her husband came later that evening. It was so nice having them, we had told them to drop by anytime because we would have the buffet up all day.

We are going by my parents tonight and exchanging presents. They were supposed to come to my house yesterday, but my father didn't feel well. I'm going to take some pics of my home and tree and try to post them on here. We'll probably keep our decorations up until the 1st or 2nd week of January.