Frosty Farewell to 2014

Wislawa Szymborska

Metaphysics

It's been and gone.
It's been, so it's gone.
In the same irreversible order,
for such is the rule of this foregone game.
A trite conclusion, not worth writing
if it weren't an unquestionable fact.
a fact for ever and ever,
for the whole cosmos, as it is and will be,
that something really was
until it was gone,
even the fact
that today you had a side of fries.

Holiday House Projects

Hanging a chandelier in a stairway can be challenging.

Railing finished going downstairs.

Old pink discarded chest of my mother's Mother refinished.

Christmas 2014

All the stockings were hung and the Gift Card Spin Game was set.

The house decorations were complete.

The Gift Card Spin (fun to watch Amelia's face)

With Todd's family staying home due to Influenza A, it was especially delightful to have Amelia there.

Oh look, it's a major award.

First December Week-end

Todd's American Festival Chorus Christmas Concert

Logan Home

 Amelia's Dance Concert                   

Grand America Gingerbread House

Mexico

I no longer live in Sugarhouse, but I want to use this blog to post pictures for me to keep and view. If you happen to see them, that's OK. Isn't it funny how we start out blogging so enthusiastically, then life sets in?
This is my recent Mexico trip with High School friends. We stayed right on the beach at Puerto Aventuras (an hour from Cancun).