Hola Amigos,
Where did 2014 go? Can you believe we are already into December? Only 22 more shopping days before Christmas!! We'll put up our tree soon; Ryan just needs to haul it downstairs, and I need to move a bit of furniture and get out the decorations. I got smart and left the lights on it last year. It even survived the hurricane (I think Ryan moved it indoors at the time).
We had a great Thanksgiving celebration. There were 12 adults and a 3-month old attending. We had some fun playing Bocce ball before dinner...
We had plenty of turkey because Ben cooked two of them on the smoker; one Wednesday and one Thursday.
And we had little Emmi to coo over! She didn't eat her share of turkey, but that was OK!
Several of the men were willing dishwashers and dryers!! What a blessing that was!
We have almost finished all of the five pies that we had. I gave the rest of one away to the neighbor yesterday (the extremely rich and deliciously decadent Pecan pie), and we had Apple, Pumpkin Chiffon, Coconut Pecan German Chocolate, and Ryan made his famous Key Lime pie. We are just about ready to freeze up the remaining turkey for later. We've had quite a few turkey sandwiches and a nice big pot of Cream of turkey soup. And Ben will probably want to smoke another turkey for Christmas dinner!
I am happy to report that my zinnias are doing well, and have started to bloom. They have a very nice mix of bright colors, so I'm happy! I have also used some of the arugula for salads since it is doing well. My spinach crop isn't doing so well. I'll probably plant some more in about a month; it doesn't seem to like the hot afternoon sun.
Our contractor should be showing up tomorrow to finish up work on the new sidewalk on the east side of our house. He's been on vacation a couple of weeks, so we're anxious to get that project going again. It also involves moving a pretty good size Cardon cactus that has done very well since we planted it. We were going to curve the bricks around to the right of it, but the way it is growing, we decided to make the sidewalk square, and move that cactus back over by that agave about 8 feet away! I think this cactus has grown six feet and done quite well since we planted it about 8 years ago. The rumor was that they send out branches when they're about 50 years old, but I don't think this one is near that old.
Ryan and I enjoyed watching the Oregon Duck / Oregon State Beaver game on Saturday at our friends' home. Ben... not so much (he's a die-hard Oregon State fan). We're looking forward to the Pac 12 Championship game this Saturday. They're playing Arizona, who happens to be the only team that beat the Ducks this year. GO DUCKS!!!
I have started a 2014 December Picasa album, but it doesn't have many December photos yet! (It is only the 2nd, after all!) We'll try to do better next week because we have some outings planned this week.
Our daughter sent out her photos for November, so I'm going to steal one and show you our cute grand kids.
Hasta la proxima semana,
Tus amigos de Baja
Harriet, Ben, Ryan, Sam and Zoey
Where did 2014 go? Can you believe we are already into December? Only 22 more shopping days before Christmas!! We'll put up our tree soon; Ryan just needs to haul it downstairs, and I need to move a bit of furniture and get out the decorations. I got smart and left the lights on it last year. It even survived the hurricane (I think Ryan moved it indoors at the time).
We had a great Thanksgiving celebration. There were 12 adults and a 3-month old attending. We had some fun playing Bocce ball before dinner...
We had plenty of turkey because Ben cooked two of them on the smoker; one Wednesday and one Thursday.
And we had little Emmi to coo over! She didn't eat her share of turkey, but that was OK!
Several of the men were willing dishwashers and dryers!! What a blessing that was!
We have almost finished all of the five pies that we had. I gave the rest of one away to the neighbor yesterday (the extremely rich and deliciously decadent Pecan pie), and we had Apple, Pumpkin Chiffon, Coconut Pecan German Chocolate, and Ryan made his famous Key Lime pie. We are just about ready to freeze up the remaining turkey for later. We've had quite a few turkey sandwiches and a nice big pot of Cream of turkey soup. And Ben will probably want to smoke another turkey for Christmas dinner!
Ryan and I enjoyed watching the Oregon Duck / Oregon State Beaver game on Saturday at our friends' home. Ben... not so much (he's a die-hard Oregon State fan). We're looking forward to the Pac 12 Championship game this Saturday. They're playing Arizona, who happens to be the only team that beat the Ducks this year. GO DUCKS!!!
I have started a 2014 December Picasa album, but it doesn't have many December photos yet! (It is only the 2nd, after all!) We'll try to do better next week because we have some outings planned this week.
Our daughter sent out her photos for November, so I'm going to steal one and show you our cute grand kids.
Hasta la proxima semana,
Tus amigos de Baja
Harriet, Ben, Ryan, Sam and Zoey
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