christmas

i had this post all typed and mr dennis jumped up and landed on the keyboard and my hands where typing and the whole thing disappeared!

my sis and i had a relatively quiet christmas. we went to one of her sons for christmas eve and had home made noodle soup with butterballs (some sort of dumpling that is rich enough to give you a double heart attack). christmas day we went to her other son's wife's family for christmas dinner. so we didn't have to cook.

however, my sis made springerle and sunflower cookies. her middle son came over with his son on sunday and they all worked on making lefse. my sis bought a ricer for the potatoes. it is really cool. i think it will get used a lot. i made a small batch of pizzelles to give as house gifts.

since i am retyping this i am going to leave out the part of about excess of gifts for kids and tying to simplify my clothes closet (not a walk in like tv).

tech help

tech help comes from the strangest places, even when you don't realize that you need help.

my sis's cat--cc--assisting with printing documents.

my real tech help is pictured on the wall behind cc.

griswald family christmas

my nephew and his family dress up every year for a viewing of the griswald family christmas. if you have seen it you can pick out the characters. my newphew showed up in a short bathrobe wearing black socks and shoes. totally funny. next year my sis are going in pajamas as there are several scenes where everyone is out on the front lawn in their jammies. the box is the box with the cat in it.

book signing

it was blizzarding the day before and after, but it was clear enough on book signing day for my sis and i to drive to rapid city to get our books signed by lori armstrong. when we went to the book festival in deadwood last summer, i forgot my books and her new one, shallow grave, was not yet out. i brought my three and cynthia bought the three volume set for her son's birthday. we had talked (acutually my sis) to here several times in deadwood and had attended two of the seminars where she was a presenter. much to our suprise, she remembered us. her books are really good. they are regional mysteries set in the rapid city area, which makes her books more fun to read.