We went to Mellow Mushroom for dinner with Squirt, Strawberry, Sta, Kel, and Aza.
Afterwards we went to Nana's house and I was pleased to see Kel pick up her knitting and work on it.
12-29-14
Dan took the kids to Warm Springs today and I met up with them at Calloway Gardens for the light tour. It was nice, but a bit underwhelming.
12-28-14
This evening we had dinner and hung out at my mom's. My dad was there too. I wish I'd taken some good photos while he was visiting.
I worked on finishing up these mittens for Strawberry Jello. They are supposed to look like sushi. She loved them!
12-27-14
Sta and Kel came over tonight and I was knitting with Aza while Jes untangled some yarn. It was a cozy evening with my sister, niece, and daughters. It followed a hectic afternoon of formal photo taking at the Arboretum and the threatening rain. Aza and I went to the local yarn shop and it smelled horrible. We still bought yarn...
12-26-14
Mexican dinner after Sta and Kel arrived. Tortilla soup and cornbread. Guacamole as an appetizer. Mmmmmm.....
12-24-14
Jes arrived! My mom came over for dinner (ham, scalloped potatoes, creamed spinach and sweet potato biscuits).
Dan lighted the first fire ever in our fireplace.
12-23-14
I copper stamped this and some others today and sewed this one to the bunny hat I made for Drunken Waffle's daughter. I like my logo!
12-14-14
On our last day in Denver, we decided to go see the movie, wild. We thought it was really good, but a bit contrived. You can see in the snow walking towards the theater, Jes with her new boyfriend, The Bulgarian Bohemian Bachelor.
12-13-14
Today Jes graduated from the University of Colorado at Denver. We sat through a long ceremony, and then attended a departmental reception where she received the outstanding student award for her program. She has a Master of Arts in educational psychology.
Afterwards we went to lunch with J2 and BBB and L4. Jes and I showed the group we could each tie knots in our hair with both hands.
12-12-14
This is JES in front of her new apartment building in downtown Denver on Capitol Hill. We arrived today.
12-3-14
My in-laws were here all week, and they leave tomorrow. Here we are visiting my mother. We had a wonderful dinner of seafood casserole. A photograph of our parents.
12-2-14
I had coffee this morning with Drunken Waffle. I took a selfie of the two of us, but it was blurry. So here's a picture of something that was hanging up at the shop.
12-1-14
I've been working on this bunny hat for over a week. I think it's done.
Today I started tapering again.
11-30-14
Today is our 29th wedding anniversary. Dan was washing one of the cars outside, when he bent over to pick something up and threw his back out. Spent the rest of the day flat on his back. We didn't even go out to dinner because it was too difficult for him. But it's okay. In sickness and in health.
11-29-14
Let me describe Frisbee to you. He paces and since his toenails are too long, he makes little clip clip sounds as he walks up and down the hallway. He goes outside several times each hour. He is picky about what he eats. He is completely deaf, well, almost completely deaf. He doesn't see very well anymore and can't find his treats easily. He doesn't like to get up on the bed with us anymore. He sleeps a lot. He drinks out of the toilets. But he still chases a treat if it's thrown across the kitchen floor.
11-28-14
The ears are longer now but not floppy enough. I need to rip off the ears and completely start over.
11-27-14
This was my first attempt at the bunny hat. Cute little ears, a cute little face, but my friend Drunken Waffle, for whom I made it, said it look like a puppy.
Thanksgiving dinner with the family.
11-25-14
This is what my ginkgo trees look like now! They have fall leaves on them!
And this is the Japanese maple outside our house.
11-24-14
We are at Grandma's house in Lake Arthur. Sakura is knitting. We are visiting with our dad, three aunts, uncle, and Grandma and her caretaker.
I just love the live oaks and Spanish moss here. This is Grandma's yard.
Aunt CaCoo made gumbo. I took a photo because it's awesome and it's Louisiana gumbo, the authentic stuff.
11-23-14
We arrived in Lake Arthur. Grandma is doing better than we expected. She's up and talking with us. Without her glasses on, she didn't recognize Sakura (asked who she was) but she tells old stories and seems pretty aware. Sakura sang to her. It was beautiful to watch Grandma sing along.
11-22-14
Sakura and I went to see our mom's college roommate today. While on the way we learned that our Grandma wasn't doing well and decided to get plane tickets to go see her tomorrow.
This evening we had dinner with her boys and her ex-husband Jebby.
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