Long Time No Blog

Christmas cookies ala Kristin
Horses and sleigh at Leavenworth
Brynn, Kristin, & Josh at Leavenworth
Kids sledding at Leavenworth
Joyce, Kristin, Ernie, Brynn, and Josh at home for Christmas
Ready to head out for a Christmas party
Snoqualmie Falls during the freeze

I can't believe that I let this slip for almost 2 months, but I did! Ther really hasn't been much to write about. We've finally gotten past the holidays and are heading toward the time to head south(4 weeks from today).Our weather has been a vast improvement over last year, with only about 1 week of freezing weather. We have even seen more sunny days than normal this winter. And we only saw a few snowflakes once, but they didn't cause any problems.
All of the Christmas decorations are back in their storage boxes and tucked away until next season. The grass isn't growing, and there are no flowers in the pots. I do need to get out and do some serious pruning before we leave, but I'm a little apprehensive after last years slip and near impaling while pruning. I've still got a bit of a scar from that one. I find that when I create some small injury that it takes a long time to go away!! Hence I am hesitant to tackle too much knowing that we "hit the road" on the 8th of February.
Joyce has now been officially unemployed for about 6 months, and is looking forwrd to not going back to work any time in the near future (if at all). I don't think that the word "retired" has the negative conotation that it did a year ago. She is looking forward to our adventure to the Arizona desert as much as I am. We will be staying for 2 months this time, and will probably take a week for travel in each direction. I have relatives in the Bay Area that we will probably spend a day with on the way down. While there, we will have our friends Ron and Diane from Oklahoma out for a week of Baseball and sightseeing. We also have friends that will be in the Yuma area for a week, and we plan on getting together with them for a day or so. And it should be in the 70's and 80's!!
Well, that's about enough for me, but I believe that Joyce will be adding her thoughts in the next day or so. We will also be adding some pictures.
Later, Ernie