Almost Christmas

Today was our best chance for having a white Christmas and it didn’t happen. No problem...I’ve always thought a white Christmas was highly overrated.  We’ve been able to go out to various wildlife areas to walk and let Rudy run. So nice to not have to wear boots and all the other winter gear.  Just look how brown things are around here.

After our walk we stopped by the saddest historical marker I’ve ever seen. It was so weird because I always thought there was a cemetery on the hill behind this marker, but I was wrong...kinda. No markers but lots of graves.  

Hope everyone is ready for Christmas.  This year we decided we’d each buy our own gifts.  I know, not really in the spirit of Christmas but it’s a way to get exactly what we want.  Jim bought himself some kind of power saw and I got an Instant Pot, which is the most mysterious kitchen gadget I’ve ever owned.

I’ve always been interested in pressure cooking but never had the nerve to actually get a pressure cooker.  I’ve seen it described as a life changing apparatus and I can believe it is.  At first it’s very intimidating with all the different settings and not knowing exactly what is happening inside of it.  But after following some recipes exactly as written and learning all about it, it’s a winner!  Most foods cook much faster but it’s the flavor of everything that really sold me.  I really wish I had this back when I was working. You can make so many great meals in a fraction of the time. 

Merry Christmas to you my friends.  Hope to hell 2018 is better than this year...although it won’t take much to be an improvement. 

Posting from chrome

This might just work!
Saw this at Walmart this morning...since when can you bring little dogs in the store?

Testing, 1, 2, 3

I've seen some of you Space friends have come back to blogging because of your dislike for Facebook (Hi Jenny!).  I've been considering coming back too, but it seems like the only way I can add to this is via the desktop, not from my iPad.  If I can figure out how to do it from my iPad, I'll add to this again.  Probably not as often as back in the good ol' days, but I'll try to share an occasional story about Rudy or some of my other adventures. 

No need to comment.  I'm just checking to see if I still remember how this works and all that good stuff.

Easier than ever to add pictures, looks like Google even lets me add from my phone's camera roll.  Neato!

ElfYourself video also from my phone.

No promises, but I'm working on this and hoping to figure out how to add from my iPad.