Ryan and I celebrated Christmas Thursday night, just the two of us. He got his planer (Makita) as he wanted, along with a game and a movie and I got new pots and pans and a carport! I also got some other smaller gifts – but pictures speak louder than words :
The pots and pans are Cuisinart Multiclad Pro series which I already broke in by using to make dinner tonight.
I can’t wait to put up the carport that arrives next week! And I know Ryan is excited about using his planer.
I can’t believe it’s only Saturday night, we’ve had such a great weekend already. Of course having a cold isn’t great but it’s mostly an annoyance at this point, making me sniffly and tired.
Ryan’s parents came out to visit Friday night we had dinner, watched movies, baked some cookies and relaxed this morning. After they left Ryan and I ordered our front hallway lights (chandelier and sconces) online.
These will be our sconces:
And our chandelier – although picture with shades that match the sconces:
I was pretty worn out after that so we took a nap while watching It’s a Wonderful Life, getting into the Christmas spirit! The nap was great, I woke up so refreshed, not cured of my cold but definitely a bit better. I helped Ryan build his work table for building cabinets, he’s also planning on building a router table but we started with the work table.
His table is a great size for a kitchen island too, so I persuaded him to roll it into the kitchen to help me bake cookies! In a few hours I had the annual neighbors’ cookie plates all wrapped up and ready to hand out tomorrow:
This year I went with gingersnaps, sugar cookies and inside out chocolate chip (white chocolate chips in a chocolate cookie).
So a little more baking in the evenings this week (still got to make greek cookies to bring home) and a few presents to wrap that arrived today and I’m ready to go.
Tomorrow if I’m feeling up to it I’ll work on the electrical a bit. I’m hoping the sconce lights don’t take long to arrive because I need to figure out what kind of box will work with those before wiring them.
And I’m off to relax for the rest of the evening (which means take NyQuil and go to sleep) 🙂
We both got home a little late from work today but I managed to get the tree decorated while Ryan worked in the livingroom with me. The only thing I’m missing this year is my Christmas village I usually put out on my sofa table, unfortunately my sofa table is packed up in the “diningroom/closet” since half my house is demolished and I have no place to really put it. I may pull out the table and put it in the demolished livingroom and set up the village, I’d love to have it in front of the windows all lit up since the tree isn’t out there to be admired.
Off to bed I think, I slept late this morning, I think I need to get on an earlier schedule!
I was bummed our tree could not be decorated (or brought inside even) while we wait for our new tree stand to arrive in the mail. Then I talked with someone at work who had made their own tree stand years ago and I got inspired. A quick trip to home depot for some supplies (I had to hit the grocery store anyhow) and I was in business. I got the stand put together just before Ryan got home and he helped me attempt to secure the tree.
The securing part took a little while however. I was not able to get a type of wire I was happy with so went with just string. String however stretches a bit. Our first attempt to tie the tree failed miserably (i tied it too low). Ryan did a much better job the second time and it even stayed up while I got some dinner made up.
Finally I decided I would feel better if we secured it with a few more ties – however my attempts made it lean more and more. At this point (Ryan watching me tie the tree as it leans over me), we changed tacts. Ryan went for screwing the tree to the paint can around the top. We didn’t get the tree totally straight (it leans back) but it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere either.
If the tree is still standing when I get home from work tomorrow I’ll get it decorated. I was so bummed we wouldn’t have it done until next week, this has made my week now. The last of the christmas decorating should happen tomorrow and then it’s just cookie baking left to go!