Christmas Decorations on the way up!

It has been such a nice week. It looks like Winter is here to stay in Brainerd, so time to "batten down the hatches", so to speak, and get in the mood for the Holidays!

We went to St. Cloud yesterday. Great day for a little road trip... we don't need much of an excuse to explore.

We drove back on a different road, on the east side of the Mississippi this time. Up north through Sartell. Nice to have different views, enjoy some new scenery, such as it was, and just go with it.

Getting home, we unloaded the stuff we bought at Sam's Club. That in itself is a hoot... "let's see, where do we put 6 cases of olives and 400 rolls of toilet paper?" Actually, not that bad, but it is fun to joke about some of the quantity buys we find.

Peggy got some good Christmas music going as I putzed in the kitchen, soon the decorations were coming up out of the basement and we had the Magic come over us... lights went up, tinsel was hung, all sorts of good Christmas memories and delights in our home now!

Jezzie thought the tinsel was inviting and rolled around in it before napping.

The dogs love watching us do these things, staying just out of the way.

I cooked up some basamati rice, made a cream custard with vanilla, added tart dried cherries and steamed it in our Wasserbadform for an hour. It is incredibly delicious! Sweet and with the fruity tartness of the cherries, a great Holiday Pudding. Yup, gonna be fun using this gizmo all season long.

Brainerd is in another "winter weather advisory", up to 5 more inches of snow perhaps, beginning late this afternoon. Awesome... I do miss taking the Kingpin for rides, but there's no chance now as Winter weather has come to stay. We are going to have a great weekend, Christmas cards, decorating, baking and other fun Holiday Stuff to keep us busy and feeling So Blessed, as our Lives and Love grow together.

Peace!