I scored pretty good on Christmas. I got my own personal box of Frangos. If you don’t know what Frango’s are, I weep for your ignorance. If you do know, you can understand my exuberance. I also got a GPS, so when the Queen tells me to get lost, I can find my way back home. I got a Christmas scrapbook album and a Christmas scrapbook paper pack. I used some information from Erin Manning’s blog to take some decent photos so maybe I‘ll use the album. I also got $100 to use for the Northwest Paper Chase in March.
I got the Queen a good lamp for her stamping table and a new cell-phone with all the stuff on it. It will still be a poor excuse for a phone, but all the other stuff works great, and she’s happy.
The house got put back together after the bash we had here last night. We had 19 for dinner, 5 were under 5 years old. We need a carpet cleaner, even though Mitsy the dog tried to keep up as best she could. I think she gained a couple of pounds.
We have been house-bound for 9 days now, but then we have both been sick with the flu and don’t feel like going anywhere. We still have 6-8” of snow in our driveway. One of our sons cleaned the snow off half of our back awning as that is as far as he could reach. I am afraid we may lose it due to the weight of the snow. We hope to go shopping on Sunday, if the rain melts the snow pack.
Carob is a brown powder made from the pulverized fruit of a Mediterranean evergreen. Some consider carob an adequate substitute for chocolate because it has some similar nutrients (calcium, phosphorus), and because it can, when combined with vegetable fat and sugar, be made to approximate the color and consistency of chocolate. Of course, the same arguments can as persuasively be made in favor of dirt. Sandra Boynton, author of Chocolate: the Consuming Passion
I have to go check on my Frangos.
Glad to hear you are feeling better! After the fiskateer reg.event I came down with viral bronchitus. not fun. the medicine i took made me extremley tired and i had to be extra carful when drinking alchohol.
i’m glad you had a good christmas!
your ATC’s will go out saturday. Hope you like all you got!
~Michelle
It’s been a really horrible time for the flu this Christmas. Many people at work have been infected! I had it a couple weeks before Christmas and it wasn’t “too” bad… I only missed one day of work. I had my flu shot this year so maybe that helped.?? Sounds like you were treated well over Christmas, which I am very glad to hear!
I must admit my ignorance though and tell you that I have absolutely no clue what a “Frango” is!
I once read the average child eats a pound of dirt by the time he is 6 years old.
More importantly:
1. Tona is buried under “feet” of snow. The shelter over her truck did collapse.
2. I found Pepperidge Farm “Tim Tams” at Target. You must try this kiwi delicacy. Definite weight gain will ensue, since you have been ill this might be a good thing.
3. Evidently I was on the naughty list. No scrapping goodies here-so I am now fixing to shop all the online sales.
Happy New Year to you, the Queen, and Mitsy!
Hiya Don!
Glad to hear your Christmas went well! Frangos sounded familiar but looked them up anyway! Chocolates! YUM.
Hope the snow melts for you before any damage. It’s been a weird weather time around here for us. Cold one day , then warm the next. Snow, rain, ice etc. Probably means we’ll get slammed in the Spring!!
My best to you, The Queen and Mitsy, wishing you all a wonderful 2009 !
Hugs!