Cookies holidays and house hunting

Cookies from this year's swap the theme was luck I did Ephemeral lucky lady bugs! Made from a light melt in your mouth shortbread recipe an entire bottle of red food coloring and the black is dark chocolate ( hence the award). All assembled before cooking came out very well nothing amazing but a good, delicate tea cookie.

Simon went for the weirdest cookie ( his usual goal) also tried for blatant rule breaker. Senbei a type of Japanese rice crackers. with a lemon infused honey. 

Christmas Took us to 5 states this time Starting in NH Bouncing back and forth to Mass for my mail family gathering for christmas eve. Then to CT for my paternal side Simon noticed we were close to his family gathering so, after dinner gifts and dessert we drove across the boarder to NY for more dinner gifts and dessert ^_^ This was a very unplanned thing surprising everyone. We got home at 3am with enough sleep before driving to RI for my mother's side and my grandfather's 90th birthday. 

New Years   Was easier had friends over to our place with some gaming our traditional fried food fest with the Milwaukee County Zoo rockhopper penguins live cam going in the background. 

House Hunt  We are also looking into buying a house in Pepprell Ma waiting on the seller's banks to agree on our offer it's a short-sale. Fingers crossed.    

Hotel deadline

We are getting word that the crown plaza is filling up quickly. There is a soccer tournament the weekend of the 24th our block of rooms are on hold until this Friday. Please book ASAP.

The Wedding Shower Could not Fall on a Better Day

International TableTop Day was founded three years ago as a way for the world to celebrate tabletop gaming together. Every spring, fans host thousands of events all over the world  and every year, the event grows. TableTop Day 2014 was celebrated in 80 countries, over all 7 continents, and had over 3,000 events in total. 2015 is going to be even bigger!

Find an event near your or create one below and check out the gallery and download page for exclusive downloadable content.  Join in the conversation using #tabletopday on all the socials, we want to hear from you!  

Update

We just saw the Simon's New York family up in the Hudson River valley area for Pre Thanksgiving. Had lots of fun and so much food. Hopefully by now everyone received the save the date cards if not let us know and we will forward it to you. I added more information on the hotel and reservations page.

As for other news We visited the International pickle festival in Rosendale NY to sate Simon's addiction Becca joined us and we caught up with Ziggy a family friend who runs Fox Point pickles from RI We also crossed off a registry item thanks to Carol Strauss and Warren Cutlery  shopped a few markets for more food I have no clue why.

Tom (daddy) is recovering from knee surgery and is ahead of schedule cooking dinners and waiting to for the ok to go back to work.

 

 

Surprise

The Card

“The first words that are read by seekers of enlightenment in the
secret, gong-banging, yeti-haunted valleys near the hub of the world, are when they look into The Life of Wen the Eternally Surprised.The first question they ask is: 'Why was he eternally surprised?'And they are told: 'Wen considered the nature of time and understood that the universe is, instant by instant, recreated anew. Therefore, he understood, there is in truth no past, only a memory of the past. Blink your eyes, and the world you see next did not exist when you closed them. Therefore, he said, the only appropriate state of the mind is surprise. The only appropriate state of the heart is joy. The sky you
see now, you have never seen before. The perfect moment is now. Be glad of it.


―
Terry Pratchett,

Thief of Time

Save the date