I’m back….
After three weeks of baking, wrapping, cleaning and decorating followed by eating, unwrapping, more cleaning and un-decorating, I am back to where I started – in normal time.
It is good to be back.
Christmas was all I hoped it would be. The kids were home. This isn’t something I take for granted. As the years go by I know that eventually we will have a Christmas where it will be just the two of us again. But at least for this year there were many laughs.
Jim, Bonnie and the boys came up on Boxing Day. We posed for this photo on the front porch. As you can see, we didn’t have a white Christmas!
For New Years, we joined our friends, Dave and Vanya for a First Night celebration in Colonial Williamsburg. We stayed in the Lodge which is very conveniently located adjacent to the historic area. Our rooms were beautiful but sadly, the beds were hard and due to a boiler problem we didn’t have hot water our first morning – it was more of a realistic colonial experience than we’d expected!
New Year’s Eve is doubly special for us because it is also my Dave’s birthday. He has achieved the unfathomable feat of turning 57 this year! In my mind’s eye he will always be about 21, when my Grandma Farner nicknamed him “the boy who stayed to wash the dishes.” Enough thinking about that….
We did manage to stay awake to watch the ball drop and see the fireworks as 2012 arrived and then promptly jumped into our hard bed. Fortunately there was hot water the next morning so we were able to start the new year clean.
New Year’s Day we treated ourselves to brunch at the Williamsburg Inn. Just a few notches above the Lodge in terms of classiness. We enjoyed a gastronomic delight that was the perfect way to bid adieu to all the rich foods and treats we’ve been indulging ourselves with these past few weeks.
On our extra holiday, “New Year’s Monday”, Dave and I took down the tree and put away all the decorations. The return of cleared surfaces has revealed some accumulated dust which will need to be dealt with.
And now I’m back. There are still a few remnants of sweets around the house but they will be heading into hiding or the trash soon. I’ve started my training again in earnest and will be focusing on the fuel I’m putting in my body as well as burning it off. Both will be challenging.
It’s good to be back in normal time.