Friday, December 24, 2010

Christmas Eve

This is our very first Christmas by ourselves with no family around. I thought it would be harder, but it isn't so bad because it absolutely does not feel like Christmas to me. I am sure that is exactly because there is no family here and being in AZ, it is hard to get into the spirit of Christmas in 70 degree weather!

Mark and I spent the day making cornice boards for our windows and sliding door. We accomplished one window and the sliding door. It takes a long time! We decided to go with a southwest fabric as that contains a lot of color from our decor. We are both quite pleased with what we have done so far and come Christmas day we should get them all done...hopefully. :-)

Megan and family are spending Christmas with Andy's family in Le Mars. They had some dicey roads today on their journey (gotta love that Iowa weather) to Grandpa Thiel's home, but thankfully they are there now safe and sound. I think they will be going to Omaha later in the week and then should be able to see Matt for the holidays.

Well, have to go put the finishing touches on our Christmas Eve traditional dinner...frozen burgers and a salad. Ha! Merry Christmas, all!
Our patio door before:
Patio door after the installation"
Closeup..we are fixing those holes! :-)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looks nice Marla and Mark. I hear the wind blowing and hate going out to a cold car but I want to go to 11:00 service at church tonight. Brr. Just got done playing board games with Jill and David. Had some wine and having a good time. Wishing you a nice, warm Merry Christmas tomorrow. Jo Ann

Cyber Granny said...

I'm very impressed with your work. They look upholstered and we just paid big $$ to have upholstered cornices made for living and dining rooms.