Merry Christmas

A virtual Christmas Carol from our home to yours!

Trimming he Tree

Everyone helps out!

Hendrix tests the lights...

Finding just the right spot for the Micky Mouse bell ornament...

Hendrix inspects...

Bandit and his boy recover...

and Hendrix says, "Good Job"

Brotherly Love

I thought I'd share a little film clip showing how families bond during the holidays.  Enjoy!

Blue Blankie

I spent the weekend restoring Blue Blankie, which involved deconstructing it, reinforcing nearly every original flowered blue square, replacing several squares, new batting, back, binding, quilting.

Here are series of photos that document the progress.  One shows the back side, with the number of light colored reinforcements (not all - I think only two or three of the floral squares ended up without basking).  The final product has a free "icky corner" - a corner that is not encased in the binding, so Lian can rub her eye and nose with it (hence the name icky corner).   Lian picked out the fabrics.

Heading Home

Up in the air, on our way to Atlanta.  The marvels of air travel today never cease to amaze.  I'm uploading the last of the photos to Picasa, while looking up just how long one should expect to cough with a chest cold (up to three weeks, totally unacceptable).  Mr. Sha is several seats ahead of us, working on math homework.  He got his art homework posted at the Orlando airport.  We have a very short layover at Atlanta, then a long flight, medium drive, then home!  Home, give Stuc her gifts and see the puppies!  It will be nice to see the Joid too, but don't know when that will happen.

Illuminations from our balcony

So nice...you can see the fireworks, but don't have to sit through the annoying globe scene:

Dinner at the Derby

A nice, slow, relaxing day for Mr. Shaw, Math Man, and me.  We went to Hollywood Studios today, and Mr. Sha ran around collecting Fast Passes for us.  This meant we rode Tower of Terror, Rock and Roller, and Toy Story Mania all in quick succession at the end of the day.  Lunch was at SciFi Drive Inn, were we enjoyed clips from some classic grade B movies (including Plan 9 from Outer Space).  Dinner was at one of our all time favorites, the Hollywood Brown Derby, and we were not disappointed!

Mr. Sha, waiting to be seated for dinner at Hollywood Brown Derby.

Hanging out at the Yacht Club tonight (sounds so snooty).  Math Man is doing laundry.  Mr. Sha was wandering around.  I spoke to the Joid (who did well at his conference and is headed home) and Stuc, who is keeping the pups occupied and out of trouble. We miss them both!