The grandchildren and their parents drove up to celebrate Christmas after Christmas with us...

first Connor and Addie helped pick up debris leftover from the wind storm we had

and each visit here
John replaces
several rotten boards off of the dock

i think they are making faces at me
😁

there's beauty in old rusty things

Small gathering this year...

Snow crabs and steak for dinner...

The kids also stopped by to pay a visit to mom and Dom...

Dinner...

salad

air fried chicken and mash potatoes

Only 26 degrees this morning...

Started the morning making G some fresh squeezed orange juice...

Christmas Eve we had a storm...mostly wind...

...one dead tree down...

...messy pool...

and a candlelight dinner as we lost power for about six hours...

...good thing the lasagna was already baked...the garlic bread didn't make it.

Christmas Day...

We visited with my mom and Dom...

Photo from the grandchildren...

Starting the dehydrating  process on my turmeric...

note to self
wear gloves next time

I finally shopped at the new Winn Dixie. The one that took over the Lucky's Market spot...

Must say it's not as hippish as Lucky's but it's not bad. Same lay out. Publix needs the competition. 

Currently reading...

this spy novel is for fun

this non-fiction 
for
knowledge

Dinner...

salad

grilled pork chop, mac and cheese and sugar snap peas

i had a bowl of rice noodles with mushroom, onion, garlic, red bell pepper and zucchini

 

rainy days and Monday's always get me down
🎵🎵🎵🎵

Today Devin worked on a small bus that was converted into a camper...It has a regular truck engine.

It's outside decoration...

i thought it was missing a potty
but 
Devin show me where it was
😬
under the bed

Devin is 6" tall
i was able to stand up straight 

I went outside tonight to look for the "Christmas Star" which appears every 800 years. G. coached me where in the sky to look for it. I think it's that tiny little bright dot. It was the brightest star out there. That's all I had to go by😁

Cauliflower pizza...