Merry Christmas!

28!

Yesterday was happy.

We had a big ice storm rage through Secor, so going anywhere was pretty much out of the question. This was fine by me. I spent a quiet birthday at home with Scott and the baby. We played cards, listened to music, read books to each other, and ate a variety of delicious things fixed by Scott. He washed all the dishes too and handled more than his share of the dirty diapers. :)

I received many phone calls and cards from family and friends. Thank you!

Jack and Jenny arrived just as we were about to nod off. They brought me brand name junk food. Yessss!

As you can see, 28's been treating me pretty well so far.

Back from Brazil

Welcome back, Aunt Abes! Love, James

Happy birthday, dear Husband

Scott tells me that his first birthday with a son has been a happy one. Yeah!

short bread - tall order

I have all kinds of troubles in the kitchen. (My first problem is my tendency to wander in there and devour whatever I find - but we'll save that for another post.)

The trouble tonight was of a different sort...yet another failed attempt to prepare a never-before-made recipe. The goal was shortbread. The finished product was something more along the lines of sweetened butter wedges.