Wow, we are on a spree.  Remember those cabinet doors?  No, you don’t?  Then go read the previous post first.  We’ll wait for you, really.

OK, caught up now?  Good.  All those doors now have handles on them.  Somehow I was able to search Home Depot, check in with Reagan on the phone, and bring home handles we both liked that filled our retro-inspired idea.  The drum set is gone and the bikes have a permanent winter home on trainers.  I fixed the couch.  The latch holding the 2 halves of the sectional together - didn’t.  I fixed that.

The kitchen is clean, dishes are done.  We weened out 2 boxes of yard sales goodies from around the house, another large bag of Goodwill clothes, and the Christmas shopping is done.

We didn’t go crazy on gifts this year, as we have in the past.  Before the economic downturn, we already planned this.  It’s not about the stuff, it’s the thought that matters.  We did make quite a few of our presents, and some are quite….original, unique, and usefull.  I’m not spilling the beans yet.

We’ve been slowly distancing ourselves away from the over-commercialization of holidays.  For some reason, Reagan and I have never really done the Valentines thing, especially after we got married.  But there is no point in being sweet just one day a year.  The whole family had a quiet Thanksgiving.  I did cook a turkey out of habit, and I hadn’t smoked anything in a while.  Somehow, I ran a quick errand to the farm, and realized there were carrots there.  I forgot about them.  It was wonderful to harvest our own food, something to be thankful for.  And those were the best carrots I ever ate.  We are planting more next year.

SNOW.  Over 5″ of it.  I brought up the John Deere tractor from the farm to my dad’s house for the winter.  He has a long driveway with a fence on one side, the house on the other.  No place to really pile up snow.  I couldn’t resist.  So, just before dark, I ran over to start it up.  It cleaned his driveway in no time flat.  I drove it around to our house, and had the double-wide driveway between our house and the neighbor’s done in moments.  This is going to be a fun winter.

Well, nothing left to do but get the business rolling……oh wait we never annouced that here on the site.  Hmmm, I guess the web folk will have to wait until it’s official.  Soon, very soon.  Then you’ll figure out what we are up to…..and what that new scent in town is.