Christmas 2021…
There’s just the two of us these days so as of in the past our Christmases are very simple.  Carla’s gifts to me are always meaningful, whereas mine to her are generally on the fun side. Even now our new home does not lend itself to “things” for the sake of just giving stuff. Below right was to us from Amy. a very personalized mat with our name on it.

As seen above Carla very enjoys caramel popcorn. She found it at Ace Hardware and really enjoyed the flavor. Once again Amy’s mat and a couple of smaller gifts. Back when we had our last home, we had an awesome collection of ceramic Christmas village buildings. It will take a few years, but I hope to be able to bring back our village with items from St Theresa’s Thrift Shop at our Church.   

A beautiful food gift set from Jody and Mark will be enjoyed by us in time. Scoots could really care less. What she doesn’t know is that she also has a fairly big gift waiting for her, once I put it together. McDonalds’ and any and all gift cards are always relished.

We always enjoy a gift card from either Texas Roadhouse and/or Ale House because of the calamari Ale House cooks up. It took a little longer than usual this Christmas due to all the calls from Carla’s family, as usual. Delightful to speak to all. Carla enjoys a little rest after all the openings.

Above is the creation of Scotty’s gift, a cat “tower.” It’s tall enough for her to enjoy looking out the back door window. As of now she’s only made it to the top level just once, but we’re confident she’ll make it to the top on her own someday.