Snow Again

We woke up to snow this morning - not to fear, the weatherman says just an inch or so. Well, it kept up all day and when we went out to shovel late this afternoon there was at least six inches and it was very heavy! It would have been easier to just make a snowman.

We're off to the library - trustees' meeting tonight. Tomorrow is the town election with the town meeting on Thursday. Times are tough for a lot of folks in Rumney - it will be interesting to see how the voting goes on the budget.

Christmas 2008

We had another wonderful Christmas - what a treat to have Will home, time with the Wentz family, and good friends (Marilyn, Nancy, Shrader) join us.

Nancy arrived from California on the 17th and after a few days of eating and drinking and visiting, she headed along to spend time with her sister and brother returning to Rumney to spend a few more days with us and welcome the New Year.

Will arrived on the 22nd. Jennifer and Cate picked him up in Boston and then we all met up in Manchester for supper at Applebys - a lot of laughs, catching up, and appreciation by Mom and Dad for being all together.

The next day I had Will to myself (and he is such good company) doing my favorite thing - shopping. We spent the morning in Tilton, had lunch at Uno's, and I arrived quite late to work. The next morning (Christmas Eve) we went in to Plymouth to finish up our shopping. It was an effort to have lunch - we were too early for Fosters and too late for Biedermans - finally ended up at the Dawg House.

We spent Christmas in Goffstown and stayed over night. My roommate was up at four, and then five, and finally out the door at six to start the day's festivities - needless to say, it was a very long day. One of the fun presents from Jennifer was tickets to a Red Sox game in May - can you tell from the pictures who got tickets and who didn't??!! After presents, we add Chinese at North Garden, and then the party moved north to Rumney. Jim made a yummy cheese fondue and we were all in bed quite early.

Marilyn and Shrader both arrived on Friday and Jim cooked a delicious roast beef dinner that evening - all of us around the table, my favorite part of the day. The next morning the kids left for Killington, Shrader drove Will to Concord to catch the bus to Boston, and Marilyn and I collapsed. What a good time with everyone.

Marilyn headed along on Sunday and Nancy arrived back on Monday. The kids and Patty Miller and Dennis Murphy joined us for New Year's Eve - Nancy put together a delicious wintry spread - macaroni and cheese, baked beans, ham, Jim's oatmeal bread and, of course, some delicious wines. We had fun with 'American Idol' on the wii.

What a great holiday season.

The Nutcracker and Cate

Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without our annual trip to 'The Nutcracker'. This year's performance was held right at St Anselm's College and starred Cate as our favorite mouse.

A Trip Through the Redwoods

In early November, 08, Nancy, Jim and I took a couple of days to head north and see the redwood trees. We particularly enjoyed the 'Avenue of the Redwoods' which wound its way through the forests and were so impressed by the size of these majestic trees.

We spent the night in Ferndale, a 'cute' Victorian style town, with several gingerbread B&Bs and a main street to match. We enjoyed an evening with the locals who gather each Thursday night at the town pub to hear a couple of oldies on their guitars. Fun time.