Christmas NYC 2023

Last year, we did a staycation in the city. It was an awesome idea and we had lots of fun so we decided this year to repeat it and it did not disappoint. Week filled with shows, way too much good food, seeing old friends, a little shopping, and a few tears. It was awesome and there was too much to do but here is what it looked like:

Aunt Roseann's Service

We had a death in the family unfortunately. My Mom's oldest sister, Roseann was sick and had to be hospitalized and within a couple weeks of being moved into a nursing home, she had Covid, and then a secondary infection which caused her death. We had gone up to see her and my Uncle Jack, her husband. We visited my Aunt a couple times in the nursing home prior and the visits were lovely. We had such a nice time. So we were sad to get a call from my Uncle late in night that she had passed. She was the last of 8 children of my Mom's siblings so I felt like I was losing my Mom all over again. Poor Uncle Jack - they had been married for 50 years. The service was at St. Michaels in Glens Falls and we went up there to support Uncle Jack and got to see some of our other cousins there as well. We went up a couple weeks later to see my Uncle and have a nice lunch with him before he headed south to be closer to his sons. We don't know yet whether this will be a permanent move but I think it will be nice for him and give us an excuse to visit him in NC which we love as well. We said our temporary good byes. I had lived in Glens Falls briefly as a kid and went to Queensbury middle school. We revisited my old neighborhood, our old house had been torn down and replaced by a larger home and the middle school had gotten much bigger. Where there was nothing but woods there as a kid - there were now lots of streets and houses surrounding our old neighborhood. I felt sad for a lot of reasons seeing all these memories and change and we drove back home after we had lunch with Uncle Jack.

Tim's New Baby

Tim has never owned a car despite having a drivers license all his life. We have worn out my two cars and needed to get a new car so Tim went shopping. Voila he now has his new little baby. Not so little - a gorgeous Suburu Forrester Touring car. We both love it already and its taken some of the weight of putting so much wear and tear on mme off my sholders. Congratulations, Tim!

Thanksgiving 2023

We met at the Farm with some of the Mickel clan to celebrate Thanksgiving. I made an old fashioned molasses Shoe Fly pie which people liked but I don't know if it was a fave for me. Kathy and I played around with aps getting silly. Dinner was delicious - as usual Tim and his Mom and Ana did a fabulous job cooking dinner for all of us with us adding a few extra sides to help. Lovely day and lots of great food. Very thankful for this day.

Spa Day at the Farm

For Tim's Dad's birthday we gave him a spa weekend. It was for him as well as for his Mom and Ana. It had to be functional as he is house bound so it took some planning. We ordered our spa uniforms, Tim made breakfast and I made a spa lady cake and a spa lady appetizer cheeze ball. We drove down to the Farm and surprised John, Carol and Ana with our outfits and the food. We coordinated having a masseur come out and work with John and a manicurist to come and treat Carol and Ana to manicures. We also did hand massages and a lovely breakfast that Tim had made and we cooked lunch as well. The spa lady cake and appetizer were big hits. It was a huge success and we had a great time doing it. We have to plan the next one soon.