Let it SNOW!!! Let it SNOW!!! Let it SNOW!!!

About 5:45 yesterday evening I opened the door to start hauling out all the supplies I was going to bring to our December Enrichment Service Auction - I am on the committee...and lo and behold...SNOW!!! In TEXAS!!! Crazy!!! No, I don't need to clean my camera lens...that is actual bona fide frozen white stuff. And it stuck (for a few hours at least - it was gone this morning). It snowed for about four hours and left everything coated in about an inch of the powdery white stuff. Does anyone else find it ironic that our palm tree has a nice coating of snow on it?

Merry Christmas!!!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...our Christmas cards are mailed...presents are wrapped...stockings are hung...and our wreath is on the door...now if we could only trade in this rain for some SNOW!

MERRY CHRISTMAS
to one and all!

HOUSTON...we have a back splash!!!

It may sound silly, but many times it's the little things that bring me the most joy. As many of you know, we have been remodeling our home. The biggest project we took on this year was the kitchen. We gutted it completely, put in new cabinets, counter tops, appliances, etc. It has truly been a year long project. We even washed dishes in our bathtub for a few months! The majority of the kitchen has been completed for a while now, but we were lacking a back splash. We have been staring at sheet rock and old glue residue for almost a year. We finally had our wonderful handyman (tile is one of the few things we bring someone in to do for us) install our back splash and it looks so great! The funny thing is, now that we have it installed...we both agree that we need to change the paint color...it's definitely a work in progress. Here are some pics...if you check out our blog entries from earlier in the summer, you will see some great before pictures...we have come such a long way!



An additional bonus came from my sweet husband's efforts yesterday afternoon. He surprised me by installing the overhead lighting for the kitchen and hall areas. THANK YOU SO MUCH SWEETHEART!!!