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Sunday, December 7, 2025

Lily's First Qualifying Agility Run!

 Good morning,

We are SO proud of our baby Lily and her trainer, our daughter Catherine!  Lily has just achieved her first Qualifying Agility Run at our AKC Queen City Dog Training Club.  

Lily is now on her way to achieving Agility titles.  We are sure her great, great, great Aunt Penny is looking down from doggie heaven and proudly wagging her tail!

Here's the video of the run:


We're so happy for Team Lily!

 All the very best,

Lois

Saturday, December 6, 2025

Roses and Chocolate

 Good morning,

Yesterday morning I woke up to this on the dining room table.  My Honey knows EXACTLY how to wow me on my birthday.

 Thanks also go to Kjell's secret shopper, Catherine.

The day yesterday was wonderful.  Relaxing all day, then a lovely dinner out with family and friends.  The best part is I didn't have to do the dishes.  More images to come. 

 All the best,

Lois

Friday, December 5, 2025

Work in Process - Sweater Update

 Good morning,

Awhile back I showed you the back of a sweater I had started for our daughter Catherine.

Well, the front and the back are finished, so it's time to design and make the sleeves.

I'm writing this new pattern as I go so it takes longer than my designs I've made many times over and over.

So far, so good!

Stay tuned!

Lois

Thursday, December 4, 2025

Wrapping Station

 Good morning,

I have set up a wrapping station in my second floor hallway.  The two gifts in the image are birthday presents that I wrapped yesterday and will be giving in a couple of days, but I'll soon be wrapping Christmas gifts.  I like doing this with the light coming through the large hallway window.

So, here we go for another season of gift wrapping and giving.  

Happy December!

Lois

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Let It Snow!

 Good morning,

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas here!

I took this image yesterday morning through a window and screen from my bedroom window.  

Appointments were cancelled for the day giving us a little extra time to do other things.

Enjoy!

Lois

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Alaskan Sourdough Starter

 Good morning,

Our granddaughter, Anna, stopped by with something very special for me!  

Anna and a friend had visited Alaska and when she saw this, she knew it was for me!  As my regular readers know, I make bread often and, until recently, made sourdough bread.   The sourdough I used was started here in Cincinnati so had a very good, local flavor.

It will be fun to revive this Alaskan sourdough and make bread with it!  

Thank you, Anna!  

More to come.  :)

Lois

Monday, December 1, 2025

Slumber Party and Happy December

 Good morning,

We stayed up late last night watching The Accountant movies back-to-back while the girls had a slumber party in the middle of the living room.

The Accountant movies aren't what one might expect from the titles.  They are actually action flicks about an accountant who launders money.  The movies get pretty loud at times which caught the interest of baby Lily, but the other girls slept through most of it.  

If you haven't seen them and you enjoy action movies, check out the original and newest versions of The Accountant.

And, Happy Cyber Monday!  If you've read this far and would like to come over to the shop here's a discount code for our blog readers.  Get your holiday shopping finished the easy way and enjoy a discount while you do it!

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Details of the discount for our blog readers: 

 20% off, orders of $50 or more, offer good December 1 through December 6, 2025.

Use this coupon code at checkout:  1225SANTABLOG20

 All the very best,

Lois