Archive for the “Holidays” category
Fireworks.
by julie on January 1, 2002
I just turned the final page of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. It’s a good thing–now I can turn my thoughts to other matters and more importantly, get some sleep. Since I started reading again them I haven’t been (…)
Ho Ho Ho!
by julie on December 25, 2001
Santa came to the Hoover’s house. Merry Christmas! Now, I’m going back to sleep!
Twas the night before.
by julie on December 24, 2001
And suddenly it’s Christmas Eve Day. It’s nice to have Eric home, and to top it off, we have a white Christmas! It has been snowing since Friday and is so beautiful outside. I’m letting the oven do the work (…)
The calm before the storm.
by julie on November 22, 2001
It was such a peaceful morning, unlike most Thanksgiving mornings. The Swanks were in charge of the Turkey and gravy. I made everything else in advance except for the vegetables. So I ambled around the kitchen listening to Christmas music (…)
Happy early Thanksgiving.
by julie on November 20, 2001
Thanksgiving grocery shopping is done, cranberry sauce is cooling on the kitchen counter (smelling delicious!) and now I’m waiting for Dean to come home so he can help me press and fold the linen napkins. He’s never done this before, (…)
Boo!
by julie on October 31, 2001
I supose it wouldn’t be fair if I didn’t include a photo of Grant’s costume …
More Halloween preparations (2).
by julie on October 28, 2001
Halloween a little early. I wish I had taken a close-up so you could see Dean’s mustache and goatee better. He spent half an hour looking at himself in the mirror and outside in the backyard practicing his moves. What (…)
More Halloween preparations (1).
by julie on October 25, 2001
Grant is feeling much better. Mom is baking roasted butternut squash, rosemary, and garlic lasagne for a Halloween party tomorrow night. (Here’s the recipe). When we build a house, I’m going to make sure that my bedroom faces the east (…)
Halloween preparations.
by julie on October 24, 2001
Checklist for today: clean the house. Done. I have been slaving over Dean’s Zorro costume for Halloween for the past few days. Naturally, he wants to be the suave Antonio Banderas version. I am making the entire thing from fabric (…)
Home bodies.
by julie on May 27, 2001
Memorial Day weekend. Nine years ago (this weekend) Eric and I were married. Imagine that. A couple days ago I started making all these plans to go to somewhere. Then Eric reminded me that he is on call. It’s the (…)