A few pics from Christmas

Here are a few highlights from our Christmas morning(ish):

I got a pair of boots for snow and rain. I've been wearing them since I opened them since the weather is so snowy here right now. I am also enjoying a cup of my Zen tea my mom & dad got me. Tasty! When Waymond took this picture he said it reminded him of some old time photo. I didn't dress up to open our Christmas gifts!



















Here's Waymond with his three jars of BBQ sauce from My Place BBQ in Muskogee, OK! It's the best sauce in the entire nation. He's even considered getting a slab of ribs from our favorite BBQ place in Tacoma and ordering them without sauce so he can use his My Place sauce. Creative!



















Waymond also got an OKC Thunder sweatshirt. We're not sure how the citizens of Seattle will feel this soon after loosing the Sonics to OKC, but I couldn't resist getting him one.



















We went to some friends house for a late lunch on Christmas. Here are a few friends we dined with. All the food was yummy, but Waymond was sad this morning because he didn't have leftovers.

Merry, merry Christmas

I made some Carmel Rolls on Christmas morning(ish), we slept in. They were very tasty! Here they are:

Stacy's Grandma's Helter Skelter Carmel Rolls

Thaw 2 loaves of frozen bread just enough so it pulls in pieces (I usually let it thaw in the fridge all night and then make them in the morning, but you have to let them rise or you can thaw them in the fridge all the day before, make them in the evening and let them rise in the fridge over night and bake them first thing in the morning.)

Melt 1/2 Cup butter
add 1 Cup brown sugar
2 Tbsps milk
1/2 tsp. cinnamon (I've used more)
2 small boxes (3 oz) vanilla pudding mix - cook & serve - not instant

Grease 9x13 pan, tear up (I use my kitchen scissors) one loaf of bread dough and arrange it in the bottom on the pan. Pour the butter/brown sugar mixture over the top. An optional step is to then top with one Cup of pecans or walnuts (Waymond likes his nut free, but I think it's tasty so I'll do half or one corner with nuts.) Tear (or cut) the other loaf of dough up and arrange on top. Cover and let rise.

Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes. It will be a bit golden on top.

Tip pan over on wax paper. Store covered.

I'm thinking of doing a variation of these and putting the idea behind monkey bread and this recipe together and it could be a bit more cinnamon-y.

still snowing & snowing & snowing

Here's the latest, it's still snowing. We are supposed to get at least another 3" - 6". It will be fun to drive to work tomorrow. I'm really thankful for parking in our garage! At least my car will be snow-free! It does look beautiful!

snow in tacoma?

We've had the craziest weather lately. For over a week now it's been snowing on and off. I took a couple of pictures of our back yard. It just doesn't snow like this here. When ever it gets below freezing usually means that our blanket of clouds have moved on so no precipitation. Everything shuts down here when snow moves in. One of the guys at work said him, his wife and daughter went to the mall Thursday evening to do some Christmas shopping and the Mall was closed. The Mall was closed, a week before Christmas, the Mall was closed. We've tried to go to our local branch of the library twice and they've been closed since Wednesday at noon. It has be beautiful and we've just stayed in as much as possible. You just never know what the road conditions are going to be or if the person in the next car knows how to drive in weather like this. And, I don't love snow. I though maybe we left it behind when we moved from Kansas City, but no.















We made minty snowmen in the comfort of our toasty dining room! Waymond's looked like aliens, we laughed hard!

bathroom update, all most done

Waymond finished the tile in the shower and he took a shower last night. He still needs to seal the tile so hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to move all my stuff in! I need to take some finish pictures. They'll be coming.

Socks for paintings

Click the link to the video, ok, so I think you'll have to copy and paste in the browser window because I don't know how to hyperlink it! I saw this on TV last night and thought it was amazing!

http://www.king5.com/video/eveningmagazine-index.html?nvid=311819&shu=1

yet another update

Waymond's been working on the bathroom again and now we have sinks! One is hooked up and working! The other one will be working soon (he ran out of time before he had to go to class).


















A close up view of our new sink & faucet! Beautiful! He still has a bit of finish work to do but it looks amazing! Now we have to get the mirror up! It's getting closer.

A tacoma tradition

Every so often the Tacoma Self Storage recognizes it's true identity as the Tacoma Elf Storage. We all know it's where Santa keeps the elves in the off season. I'm sure they try to keep it quite but several times a year they advertise!

yet another update

We have a working toilet! It's a fancy green toilet, we have a button for number one and a button for number two, if you know what I mean!















Our vanity is in and the lights are in & on! Now it's time for the counter tops & sink!