A Quiet Christmas

Merry Christmas!



Our little Christmas tree.



Our Christmas picture.

E3 came to visit us for a little bit Sunday morning before heading up to Verndale. We let them open up their presents.



Ella opening her present!



Ella's new duffle coat that I think is spectacular!







E3 family portrait.



Snow outside of the window.



Snow again.

Over the weekend last weekend we made korv for our Christmas Eve meal with Katy's family. We mashed potatoes, onions, pork and beef into the intestine casing.



Sunday afternoon making the korv.



Grinding away.



Katy had to get in the mix.



Picture time.



Kinda gross. Stuffing the korv.



The final product.

Christmas Eve we went to Bob and Deb's with Katy's parents and grandparents and Josh and Laura. We ate korv and meatballs, potatoes, croissants, peas, corn, lingonberry washed down with Martinelli's sparkling apple cider. Dessert consisted of a layer of chocolate and coffee ice cream with oreo cookies crumbled in the mix and on top. It was delicious.



Bob and Deb's tree.



:)



Katy, me and Bella

Stuff

My one finger is still struggling. My middle finger on my left hand is still going back and forth. Now my right thumb is splitting. I woke up with the gloves off this morning, and several other mornings. Odd.

We got a Christmas tree! Here it is.






Sorry-too lazy to fix it.

The Vikings decided to start Tavaris Jackson this Sunday. Well, duh! Gus is still hurt. What I don't understand is why you have to pull a QB at one point in the season and just can't re-start him? Like just because Nick Blackburn has two bad starts in a row don't you still throw him out there after that? When is it going to get fixed if you don't play him? I know the football season is 10x shorter than baseball but come on-how do you call him your starter and then pull him after two games and then be unable to put him back in. Silly.

We had ants and still do. I spent some time using the hand vacuum to send them on their way.

We also have a wonderfully clogged drain but don't worry-they're not going to fix it because it's from body oils or our hair. Apparently Katy and I are both oily and hairy.

My eyes are busted too. This is a serious note. As is everything in this post. It looks like my right eye underneath is swollen, dry, pealing and if I moisturize it it stings. Also, when waking up it seems as if the sleep is stuck on my eyeball and is always goupy. Do I have allergies or what? Am I going to look old and tired for the rest of my life?

It's going to snow some more tonight and I can't wait! :) I like watching the snow fall. Though if I had a climate choice of where to live it might not be around here. I mean, the cities are great but the weather isn't special.

"What's for dinner?" Katy asks.

Welp, talk to you later! Time to make dinner!

Winter Fingers

Winter is a typically cold and dry season. This year is no exception with a few inches of snow on the ground already and a high of 13 some odd degrees today.

This has an impact on the human body-kind of like an everyday fight between the cold and your water-laden body drying you out, sucking all of the moisture out of anywhere it can.

I have some proof of that happening.



That is a crack in my thumb.



That is a crack in my pointer finger.



That is a crack on my middle finger.



That is a crack on my same middle finger.

I also have some proof of an idea from Katy. Though I'd like to call it me fighting back the cold. Check it out.








Yep, that's right. Sleep with these silly looking moisture locking gloves on.

Results so far?

Positive. I'm winning. :)

(Though, no telling how long I'll have to wear them this winter.)

(Hhmm, another point. I have ugly fingers.)