December 2012

While we were sleeping my brother-in-law Brendan arrived from the States and tonight we are excepting our final arrival. The holidays are a great time to work on a puzzle, and my sister-in-law, Karith, and I finished our first one!

30 Days of Christmas: Day 13

By Marisa Lerin Thu, 12/13/2012 - 04:54

Yesterday many cookies were baked and this morning my father-in-law, whom I shall now refer to as Doug (because that's his name) made lefse.

30 Days of Christmas: Day 12

By Marisa Lerin Wed, 12/12/2012 - 01:14

30 Days of Christmas: Day 11

By Marisa Lerin Tue, 12/11/2012 - 02:09

Today is shaping up to be a rainy, rainy day. It's been about half a year since we last had rain, so it's a nice change, but it makes the house very cold. I'm bundled up with my tea and space heater, but worried because I was really cold in the house yesterday and my father-in-law informed me that it was 64F/18C, but that we could expect the house to drop to 46F/8C in a month or so. I'm remembering last year sitting on the couch and seeing my breath.

30 Days of Christmas: Day 10

By Marisa Lerin Mon, 12/10/2012 - 01:18

Some more Christmas traditions have come out of the closet. Yesterday we had our first advent breakfast; we "missed" the first Sunday since we were alone, but my mother-in-law makes delicious cardamon rolls, which we enjoyed yesterday for breakfast. We've also started working on a puzzle in the evening.

30 Days of Christmas: Day 9

By Marisa Lerin Sun, 12/09/2012 - 00:43

A very exciting thing happened. A few weeks ago I was interviewed for a local magazine as "Blogger of the Month," which was perhaps a bit misleading since I wasn't even blogging at the time, but it still made me feel like a superstar! You can read the article here if you'd like.