Did I mention that New Mexico is sunny and warm in December when compared to Wisconsin. We spent the holiday visiting my parents in sunny (yes it is the theme for this posting) New Mexico where we got to enjoy temperatures during the day into the high 40's/low 50's (oh what bliss). We had a wonderful time enjoying the local Mexican food and had a nice time playing cards every night with my Mom and I coming out the winners (for once). Christmas Eve we put out luminaries which are a local tradition. Really looks nice at night with all those candles burning and the wind stayed mild so we didn't have to worry about all those bags becoming small incendiaries. Christmas day dawned bright and sunny and everyone had fun opening gifts. Jo and I picked up some needed items along with some fun things. Then it was chicken parmesan for dinner. Our trip also included a visit to Santa Fe to see the New Mexico museum and one visit to a casino so everyone could get their gambling fix. Too soon it was time to get back on the plane flight home to the cold, dreary winter we are enjoying here. Fortunately, all of our flights ran smoothly always a pleasant surprise this time of year.
We finished out the year enjoying some free time at home catching up on some chores as well as a few fun things. Of course this involved some snow shoveling as we continue to get almost daily snows and the temperatures hover in the low teens. We finished the month of December with 8 inches of snow above normal just for the month. Since it has been too cold to cause much melting, the snow piles at the front of the house are growing too high to shoot snow over (maybe I need to buy a bigger snow blower - something to consider). We decided to tackle one of my Christmas gifts, from Santa, putting together a 2,000 piece puzzle (it is of the Italian coast). It was so big we decided to use the kitchen table and it just fit on it.
Did I mention that New Mexico is sunny and warm in December when compared to Wisconsin. We spent the holiday visiting my parents in sunny (yes it is the theme for this posting) New Mexico where we got to enjoy temperatures during the day into the high 40's/low 50's (oh what bliss). We had a wonderful time enjoying the local Mexican food and had a nice time playing cards every night with my Mom and I coming out the winners (for once). Christmas Eve we put out luminaries which are a local tradition. Really looks nice at night with all those candles burning and the wind stayed mild so we didn't have to worry about all those bags becoming small incendiaries. Christmas day dawned bright and sunny and everyone had fun opening gifts. Jo and I picked up some needed items along with some fun things. Then it was chicken parmesan for dinner. Our trip also included a visit to Santa Fe to see the New Mexico museum and one visit to a casino so everyone could get their gambling fix. Too soon it was time to get back on the plane flight home to the cold, dreary winter we are enjoying here. Fortunately, all of our flights ran smoothly always a pleasant surprise this time of year.
We finished out the year enjoying some free time at home catching up on some chores as well as a few fun things. Of course this involved some snow shoveling as we continue to get almost daily snows and the temperatures hover in the low teens. We finished the month of December with 8 inches of snow above normal just for the month. Since it has been too cold to cause much melting, the snow piles at the front of the house are growing too high to shoot snow over (maybe I need to buy a bigger snow blower - something to consider). We decided to tackle one of my Christmas gifts, from Santa, putting together a 2,000 piece puzzle (it is of the Italian coast). It was so big we decided to use the kitchen table and it just fit on it.
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