December 31, 2020

We played a new game tonight called Parks, based on national parks in the US.  We liked it.  Everyone was looking forward to seeing the artwork as we flipped over new cards.
 

December 30, 2020

I bought a spotting scope for Christmas as a family gift.  It has a bracket that lets you attach a phone to take pictures.  We're hoping we will be able to see the deer better at the woods.  There was about an hour without clouds one night and we could see the craters on the moon better. 
 

December 29, 2020

The Christmas snow is almost gone.
 

December 28, 2020

This year's Lego Christmas is finished.
 

December 27, 2020

I got a large pink mat/ mousepad for Christmas, and a digital picture frame.
 

December 26, 2020

My son got some computer controls for a game he likes to play.
 

December 25, 2020

Merry Christmas!
 

December 24, 2020

We're all set for Christmas.  We're even getting a few inches of snow outside.
 

December 23, 2020

We went for a walk before the snow comes back tomorrow.
 

December 22, 2020

 

December 21, 2020

We have some special glasses which show holographic images around points of light.  This one shows snowmen.
 

December 20, 2020

My daughter finished wrapping her presents this morning.
 

December 19, 2020

I made a bag for my mom for Christmas.  It's like the flannel one I made as I liked the size and shape.  The pink fabric and lace is from shirts my daughter wore.  There is some gray fabric from my younger son's shirts as lining and an interior pocket, and the jeans fabric was from a pair my oldest used to wear.
 

December 18, 2020

We got a little more snow yesterday.
 

December 17, 2020

 I bought a new set of bubble lights.  It has silver glitter bubbling in the tube.

December 16, 2020

Our cat Mika likes to sit on the backs of the boys' office chairs.
 

December 15, 2020

About a year ago someone ran over my mom's mailbox and we replaced the post and box.  Over the weekend someone hit it again, but at least the post was mostly undamaged.  We replaced the box-hopefully this one lasts much longer.
 

December 14, 2020

My daughter has been doing full time remote learning for school (about half the kids still went in to the building, and she watched live videos of the teachers).  The school loaned all the kids chromebooks.  In November they had enough covid cases the school switched to everyone being remote until January.  I teased her she wouldn't be able to have 'snow days' if everyone is at home.  This morning she couldn't log in because Google was out, so she almost got an 'error 500' day.  It was only out for an hour and then she was back to school.  Having her own cell phone came in handy, though, as one of her teachers sent text messages to the class, telling them to 'stay by the computer'.
 

December 13, 2020

My husband moved his arcade machines to the basement so maybe, just maybe, we can fit a car in the garage.  While he was doing this, I realized I shouldn't be blaming the kids for all of the dents and scratches on the wall.
 

December 12, 2020

We finally got the tree up. 
 

December 11, 2020

My husband put a star on the front of the house today.
 

December 10, 2020

 

December 9, 2020

The Lego Advent calendar city is starting to take shape.
 

December 8, 2020

My son getting his homework done.
 

December 7, 2020

 

December 6, 2020

We have our star back on the barn.
 

December 5, 2020

 

December 4, 2020

We made ice cream today. 
 

December 3, 2020

 

December 2, 2020

 

December 1, 2020

Our well water is usually ice cold when it comes out of the tap.  Yesterday it was comparatively warm.  We figured out the pump inside the well was running nonstop.  Today we had people out to fix it.  A connector to the pump was cracked which leaked some of the water back into the well instead of going to the house.  They tested the pump and it was nearly dead from running nonstop for who knows how long, so they replaced that too.
 

November 30, 2020

We started a pile of Christmas presents.
 

November 29, 2020

We evicted two frogs today.  There is a storm coming so we had to move them before they would freeze to death in the goldfish pond.
 

November 28, 2020

It seemed like a nice day so I washed our bed quilt and hung it outside.
 

November 28, 2020

This is a hickory branch which fell in a storm last year.  The moss sure loves it.
 

November 26, 2020

 

November 25, 2020

I got a new juicer.  We used it to mash up a pumpkin.
 

November 24, 2020

My husband got some vinyl for some of his arcade games.
 

November 23. 2020

 

November 22, 2020

I read suggestions to put straw in the potato bin to help them last longer so we're trying it this year.
 

November 21, 2020

 My husband rototilled the new potato patch, then we got some winter seed spread on it.

November 20, 2020

I got a Lego turkey.  We're a little concerned for him as he seems to be holding a wishbone.
 

November 19, 2020

My son got a second monitor for his computer, and a Lego Advent calender.
 

November 18, 2020

The snow from yesterday stuck around for a second day.
 

November 17, 2020

We moved the fish inside since it snowed.  They're so big we have to use a skimmer net from the pool to catch them.
 

November 16, 2020

This is some of our potatoes.
 

November 15, 2020

We had a line of storms come through with a lot of wind taking out electric.  Ours came back after a few hours.
 

November 14, 2020

We dumped the third load of leaves on the old potato patch.  My son enjoyed using the little bulldozer to spread them around.
 

November 13, 2020

 I think we're finished with leaves.  There are some still on the trees, but not much.  I finished off a roll of duct tape on the left tractor's tubing.  About 1/3 to 1/2 of the tube is wrapped with duct tape so we might have to invest in a new one next year.  I didn't even notice until this picture how much duct tape is on the zero turn, too.  That tape is really useful stuff.

Novemver 12, 2020

My house has a lot fewer leaves than my mom's.