Sunshine and Warmer-Home is good.

It's really good to be home. Seeing our kids and grand-baby was wonderful. Absolutely wonderful. But the traveling? Not so much. I still say the airlines used the covid era to move the seats closer together and everyone in every airport seems to be angry. I find that sad. Life is too short to argue with everyone about everything. I prefer to assume that the other person meant no wrong and try to fix whatever the issue is.

I have just a few more photos of our trip. Actually, I have a LOT of photos but they all have "J" or our DIL in them. When we first arrived the kids had had a carpenter building shelves in their living room and painting it. He finished on the 2nd Sunday we were there. Everyone went out the next night and purchased the Christmas tree. It took three different places to find one that still had a tree since it was the 23rd. It was a beautiful tree though. I also thought the carpenter did a very good job on building and painting the beautiful shelves and cabinets. He also painted the ceiling and light green walls. The kids plan to get a different area rug and coffee table. This room was the "reception room" in Victorian Days. Their home is narrow and tall. I think I may have said in my last post that our room was 34 steps UP, on the top floor. We overlooked the rooftops of London. It's a beautiful nighttime view and we saw fireworks while lying in bed on Christmas Eve.

I baked sugar cookies with "J" one afternoon and the next morning after breakfast we got busy decorating them. She had a wonderful time and Grandpa joined in too. Even Mama and Papa took a short break from work. Our son works from home managing his company in Japan and our DIL was working from home the week before Christmas.

"J", DIL and I decorated a few new Christmas baubles. We had so much fun. I have no idea why this typing in blue with an underline, but I apologize.

Isn't the fireplace pretty? I made them their stockings the year that "J" was born. I've just started a new one for the baby due in April. The mirror can easily be taken down and set aside when they want to watch TV or a movie. They have a projector on the opposite wall that shows on this wall.

We had this lovely phyllo dough twists and camberbert (spelling), cheese on Boxing Day when relatives visited. It was so delicious. There was so much food on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day. I thought sure I would gain weight but actually lost 5 lbs. Maybe it was going up and down those stairs constantly.

This was dinner one day. Toad in a Hole. It's Yorkshire pudding batter poured around sausages and baked. It was really good. There was gravy to poor over the top.

Any of you feel the same way? Look at all of that lovely, lovely yarn.

It's been a busy few days around here. I had my colonoscopy on Friday. The prep was as awful as usual. I'll find out the results in a few days. They removed two polyps and found a "mass" that they biopsied. tattooed and called "likely malignant." I'll find out the results in a few days. I do hope he is wrong. I know I should be more concerned but I'm not. Whatever will be, will be, and God is in control of all things. We'll take it one day at a time and meanwhile, life goes on. 

We had a wonderful Sunday school class and Worship service this morning. The music was everything beautiful and seeing everyone again after after 4 Sundays of absence was great. I missed last week because after our flight arriving late, late Saturday night, Dennis woke me up and I fell asleep again. I woke up two hours later, way too late for church.

I'm sorry I missed commenting on your blogs on Friday. I was out of it from the anesthesia all day after no sleep at all from the prep on Thursday night. It's like jet lag all over again! I'll be back to visit again soon.

Blessings and love,

Betsy