Hi everyone. We've had radio silence over here at Forest Manor since the first week of February. I'm very glad that Mr. Forest Manor was able to retire last October, but -- it's harder for me to find uninterrupted periods of time to work on my blog these days. Often, just as I'm in the middle of doing something, my hubby asks if I want to go to the bookstore or go for a walk. He's a little more restless at home than I am. Have any of you experienced this same thing? 😉 We have certainly been busy, which is a good thing. I mentioned in an earlier post some things we were hoping to get done to our house this year, but with inflation the worst in 40 years, we will have to put off our bathroom updates until next year(?) and hope things are better then. However, the project which we can do ourselves is to turn our third bedroom into a home office/hobby room for the two of us. Since I last posted here, we have moved the bed, nightstand, dresser, and standing floor mirror to my mom's attic space for storage. This was the bedroom suite my parents bought for me when I was ten years old, and I have always loved it. When I moved into my first apartment, that bedroom suite went with me, and we've had it everywhere we've lived since Hal and I married.
Hello Friends!! Happy first day of February! I appreciate your kind comments on my last post; they are always a joy to read. I feel bad that I'm not getting to visit with you more outside the blog. I really hate that Blogger no longer delivers e-mails with comments; it was so easy to reply to those if I wanted to have more of a conversation with people.
Are you having a good week so far? How has your January been? So far our week and our month have both been good. We had a snowstorm here on Sunday, and the snow is still here. We had what the meteorologists fondly refer to as a "wintry mix." 😏 There was quite a bit of wind, too, but we were very fortunate; we didn't have any damage and we didn't lose power. We were able to stock up on food and other necessities, and I realize we're fortunate that we don't have to get out in this weather and drive on slippery roads. If it was just snow, it wouldn't be much of a problem, but it sleeted on top of the snow for several hours, so there was a very slick glaze on the surface of the roads.
Hello Friends! What a quick week this has been. Are you having a good one? When I was growing up, New Year's Day was officially the end of Christmas at our house. My mom worked full-time, and she used that day off from work to get her decorations taken down and put away. After she and my dad retired, they left the decorations up a little longer because they've always loved Christmas. Because we always get a fresh tree at Christmas, I could never bear to take ours down by January 1st and often left ours up until the middle of January. These days, I consider Epiphany (January 6th) to be the official end of the Christmas season. As much as I've enjoyed our decorations, I'm mostly ready to start taking them down for another year. Hal and I have another household project we are anxious to start (it's one we can do ourselves). However, I need to get most of the Christmas things put away first. I was disappointed not to share any pictures of our Christmas home this year, so I'm just going to share some now before I start taking everything down. I took a lot of pictures (as usual) 😏 but I'm only sharing my favorites. I hope you don't mind seeing a few more holiday images here in January.
Happy 2022 (three days late) to you!! I last posted here on December 1, 2021 -- wow. I had not intended to take the whole month of December off; I usually enjoy writing various Christmas posts. This year though, I was having my family here on Christmas day, and I wanted to focus solely on getting the house ready and then on family and spending time together. It seems like it worked out very well. It was so nice to have the house cheerful and bright with Christmas lights and filled with family voices.
December brings the shortest days and longest nights of the year. Derived from the Latin word decem (meaning ten) because it was originally the tenth month of the year in the Roman calendar, which began in March. The month in which Christians celebrate Advent and Christmas -- the birth of Christ.
Happy Thanksgiving, dear friends!!
