Day 20: Post Holiday Updating As of Dec 2

These updates will be big and fast because while I might have been sitting on my toukas noshing on poultry and pie, these dudes were working hard!

Got up this morning (12/2) and here is where we stand:



Notice anything different?



WINDOWS!!!!!!!!!



The front door (used to be between living room and sun room) is making its way to the front:





Closet doors have been put on our laundry closet:



The kitchen and dining walls have been smoothed and spackled:





The back step is forming:



And well OK fine, spoiler alert... by the end of the day, the front door is actually in place:











And well I may not be able to decorate but check out the neighbor's bling helping my cause:

Rewind: Dec 2010, Christmas Hosting (Not Hosting on Christmas)

So this was our first time cooking a vegetarian meal. It was our second time hosting a couple over for dinner (first was Pat and Susan) and since that time they brought appetizers and we did the entree... and we forgot to make sides... I wanted to get this one right.


1) Clean Organized(ish) Kitchen:




2) Appetizers:



3) Inform the Dog to behave:




4) Delicious Entree (WITH SIDES):




5) Satisfied Customers:

Rewind: Dec 2010, It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas

A zoomed in version of this was used for our first "family" Christmas card:




First Christmas-time Guests: Nanie, Aunt Debbie, and Danny.

By the tree...


On the Couch...



They brought with them some additional decorational goodies and so we fine tuned the Christmasing:

Rewind: Dec 2010, Christmas Exploded in my House

What I had wrapped:




What I had left to go: