Molasses Cookies

Max has been visiting us for a few days. One of the things we did was to make cookies--molasses cookies! The recipe was one of My-Mine's favorites (My-Mine would be Max's great-great-grandmother on the Bowles side of the family). Yummm.

Fidel

Sunday, 24 February 2007 -
Fidel Castro (finally!) steps down. Not sure Raul will be much of an improvement, but....In honor of the occasion, I enjoyed the last of the Cuban cigars that Davey had brought from one of his trips to Canada.

At my age, I even have vague memories of watching Fidel being interviewed during his days as a "freedom fighter." Since we didn't have a television at the time, we were probably at My-Mine and Grandad's (my Bowles grandparents) watching the nightly news with John Cameron Swayze.

Thinking of John Cameron Swayze reminds me of the ads for Timex ("...takes a licking and keeps on ticking") and his signature sign-off, "That's the story, folks--glad we could get together."

extreme climate change

a couple weeks ago Amanda and I decided it would be a good idea to combine as many types of weather in one week as possible. so we decided to start off in Jamaica (where I had to be for work) then return to unseasonable New York and then hit winter in New Hampshire. I think we successfully pulled it off. However I did get a little bit of a cold. I guess it serves me right.

Ice

Yesterday started with heavy snowfall, but ended up with buckets of rain. A miserable day, but the result is beautiful. No, we never lost power.

CSB

Lauren gave me one of those mini-branding irons for Christmas. Today, we used it for the first time - enjoyed one of the T-bone steaks I won from cousin Charlie in a World Series bet. And, we got to see the Patriots win, too. How good is that for a Sunday afternoon?

Weekend Project

Remember the green walls in the downstairs bathroom? We think this looks a lot better!

More reno updates

Here are a couple more photos of the space after the renovations. they are of the main room where the mirrors were and the corner of the floor that was in one of the more damaged. I think it is looking pretty good.

new pantry

well many thanks to Brian Lauren and Max for the perfect gift card to the container store. I used it to do a "custom designed" pantry. Actually the people at container store were really helpful. The Elfa system was really easy to install, and so far has made a world of difference. the rest of the apartment is coming along nicely, really starting to be comfortable. Also I am finally going to be getting cable, and a home phone number. I will keep you all posted on that.

Puzzle

One of Sue's Christmas presents was a puzzle made from one of her favorite pictures of Max. This was the weekend the puzzle got put together.

sunrise

This is what greets us each waking day.
It's amazing how different 6:15 am can look.
Please to enjoy.