I'm still trying to find the perfect ceramic slow dripper...one cup coffee maker...hope this one is the one. The one I am currently using is plastic...and we all know how much I hate plastic!

 I just received this picture from Stacy...she was trying out her Christmas gift from us....these are zoodles...the slicers makes veggies into different shapes...I think I like this new gadget.

 Dinner...

Grass fed ground beef patties with red bell peppers, mushrooms and onions, green beans and a salad.

Sunday

Back to work tomorrow...still loving my remodel...

I'm enjoying my new treadmill...my old one lasted me 20 or so years!

 Mistletoe...gift from our neighbor's young daughter...

Happiness...receiving a great Christmas morning picture from our daughter... looks like Santa did a good job with this year's presents...

Beautiful color on the lake this evening...

Someone remembered it was a Christmas Cactus...

It still looks like fall in North Central Florida...

My camera likes to take random shots...

 Dinner...

Fried bass, mash potato cakes, salad and an artichoke.

 ...and this was dinner...thanks to the twin...delicious...and fresh...

The mechanic and I are enjoying these four days off...doing lots of...

Christmas Eve

Christmas came early for us...

We gave Connor a glass bottle and $25 in pennies.  It's not to early to start saving for college I told him.

 A heart monitor for training for marathons.

 Addie had fun helping her dad open his presents.

 ...and a gift from the twin!

 Chris couldn't be here but we brought him back his gift. Connor and Addie helped Mommy with all the Christmas wrapping.

 Someone liked the big present.

It looks like Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer!
 The mechanic and I enjoyed our annual overnight sleepover with the grandchildren while their parents held their ugly sweater Christmas party.

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We had a great room on the fifteenth floor of the Embassy Hotel. Addie and I watched a wedding taking place beside the pool.

We walked the mall...and the grandchildren played at the mall's kids play area.

 We also have a tradation of taking the grandchilden to Target to pick out a toy.
Connor put a lot of thought in his choice.

 Addie knew what she wanted and insisted on carrying her toy herself.

...and this is a winning ugly sweater...designed by John.

Dinner at the hotel

I had a salad...one of the best!

Addie had chicken tenders...Connor had grilled chicken.

The mechanic had a steak. Delicious, he said!

The girl's rowing team works out early in the mornings...even in the fog.

Dinner...

Marinated petite beef shoulder roast grilled with onions, broccolini with mushrooms and tomatoes and sweet and regular mashed potatoes.