So for the 24th the day us Finns celebrate Christmas, Steve and I went had had dinner at my parent's place. My sister Anne-Marie had flown in from Texas and there was much merriment and wine. I was unable to bake all the cookie dough in my freezer. I got cookied out ( Read more... )

On Saturday Steve and I went to go look at furniture and appliances to get an idea on the cost of these items. We walked around downtown Plymouth and our Plymouth peeps called and said they were having a BBQ. So we walked over there and proceeded to eat tastey chicken and drink beer, beer and more beer. I don't quite remember at which point, but at ( Read more... )

Lots of things. The weekend of the 7th, Steve and I went up north to an old friend of my family's wedding. She is someone who had danced in the kids nordic folk dance group with me years ago. Well that family had moved up to Charlevoix like 10? 15? years ago. So Steve and I stayed in Petoskey in, the wedding was in East Jordan- the town that makes ( Read more... )

So nice to have a 3-day weekend. Friday Steve had to drive out to Saginaw to meet a client (who ended up not showing up) so I went over to my parents house to do some gardening and got more than I had planned done. Go me! I picked up a hanging basket of "Chenille" (pink fuzzy sausage plant) for our balcony. Then met Steve and we decided to try a ( Read more... )

Oh forgot to mention, last week Saturday I went and got my bi-annual Skywarn Weather Spotter training by the Washtenaw County Emergency Management division. My parents and a co-worker of mine came out. It was a nice little 2 hour presentation and a good reminder about how severe storms and tornadoes form. Earth Science, can you dig it ( Read more... )

Another great weekend. On Friday, Steve and I went to our first Tigers baseball game. He had gotten the box seats tickets from work from a lawyer who they refer specific type of cases to. So Steve and I and three of his upper level colleuges and their spouses/friends met at Chelli's Chili Bar across from Comerica Park and enjoyed a few beverges and ( Read more... )