Sunday, January 4, 2026

End of the weekend.

 It was a very long day of travel on Saturday. We started out with temps in the single digits when we woke up. We finished the puzzle we were working on at my parents and then headed out around 2:30 PM for the trip to the airport about 2 hours away with a ferry ride. We found out on the ferry that our flight was delayed an hour... so instead of waiting at the airport before security (has to be within 2 hours of the flight to go through TSA there), we wandered around the Sams club up the road! Dinner was under $9 and we each got a $1 pretzel for the plane ride! They had winter coats marked down, and for $27, Aidan found one he liked so we got it. 


We headed to the airport and got through security - both my bags were flagged this time and one of Aidans. Mine were for the 4 bars of chocolate stacked together and the other bag had 2 bamboo knitting needles that needed inspection in the other bag. Completely forgot they were in there! Aidan was stopped for the small summer sausage he got in his Yankee Exchange gift from my family exchange.
The flight was uneventful and we landed in Sanford around 10:30PM. It was raining and there was a huge puddle at the back of the car.... which got both kids sneakers soaked putting the luggage in. I did pull forward but the damage was done. It was a very dark and foggy drive home and we arrived a bit after midnight. The dog was very happy, as were the cats. 
I got up mid morning  and the dog did get a nice long walk closer to lunchtime. Today was taking down the Christmas stuff and packing it away. Boy that took a while! The tree is down, ornaments tucked away as well as all the other Christmas decorations. Aidan took down the outside lights. I did toss a few things including one of the ornament boxes. It had seen better days. The snow globes are all tucked away.... except the big one. That was a casualty as I was putting the big box up high and it fell. Big crash and there was sparkly water and glass everywhere in Greg's new office! Oops. I think I got it all cleaned up and didn't damage any of his servers he is building in there. There is a stack of 4 boxes that need to get moved into storage with the tree bag, but that can happen another day! 

I did change out the quilts as well. The new header is hanging on my kitchen/living room wall. 
The snowmen are in the living room

The umbrellas are in my office room. I will add more quilts in there since I have more hangers.

The baskets are in the dining room - I did not turn on the light which is why it is dark.


Greg just got back from Chili's with dinner. After I eat, I'm taking a bubble bath and then curling up with some stitching on my November Cross Stitch.








4 comments:

  1. your probably ready for a rest for a couple days - but of course back to work I'm sure. Eventful time at the airport. Can you carry knitting needles on your carry on-tote bag to work on flying? I don't remember if I was able to last time I was on a plane which was some time ago

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    1. yes, i had the knitting needles, crochet hook and small scissors without an issue.

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  2. Busy travel day for you all; happy to hear you are all back safe and sound...;))) I am personally happy to see this Monday come around and have what I deem the "Holidays" over and done with!! These days holidays just seem to make me sad....but we did enjoy our gathering a lot...just exhausted for a few days afterwards...
    I hope you can relax a bit now...hugs, Julierose

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  3. Glad to hear you're home and it sounds like all went well. I'm impressed that you got all the Christmas stuff put away so quickly! Your blue quilts are perfect for January. I stitched my Frosty in red, and it feels like they should've been out in December. Is everybody back to work and school? Have a great day!

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