Tammi's World

Together

Wow. Yesterday was just about the most fun I've had in longer than I can remember.

We got up and I made a French Toast Casserole that would blow your mind. It was yummy. I'll have to remember to post the recipe. Anyway....we had this great breakfast and just kind of puttered around, just enjoying the fact that we were sitting - together - having coffee and cigarettes - together - in my house. Together.

Just as the snow started we headed out. It didn't look too bad, so I took the back roads to town. Big mistake. Big. Huge. We almost lost it a couple of times. Lana isn't really ready for this weather yet, and the salt trucks hadn't hit the country roads so that would NOT have been my best decision.

But we made it. And we shopped. I can't tell you what all we got, because we got a lot of gifts, but ohhhh did we have fun. It's been over 3 years since we'd shopped together and I forgot how well that works for us.

We hit a couple stores then......headed north. Headed north to where it was colder. And windier. And icier. Yeah....that's SO us.

We stopped in and visited with Richmond for a bit. Hey...we were in the neighborhood and I just knew she and Cuz would hit it off.

I almost had to leave Cuz behind. She fell in love with Richmond. She fell in love with Richmond's house. Hell, she's still talking about how good the cheese was she had out for us. Not to mention the girls were sledding. Hell....talk about heaven on earth. That's Cuz's dream.

But the weather kept getting worse. It was horrible. The roads SUCKED.

We made it to the stores she wanted to hit, bought more treasures and headed home.

Rockford and THE Valley didn't get hit as hard as they did in Wisconsin so we decided to round the day up with a trip to the mall.

Let me just tell you - for the first time in our lifetimes Cuz out shopped me. I was so damned tired by the time we hit the mall I could barely walk. But ohhhhh am I glad we stopped. That was the PERFECT way to end the day.

We got home around 9:30 and heated up some stew. Damn!! It was even better than the first day.

Cuz decided we were gonna do a craft to decorate the pass-through between the kitchen and the living room. Yes, you read that right. A craft.

So we did.

Well....she did. I watched and told her how beautiful it is. I'll get pictures posted when it's totally finished. But I will tell you it's just beautiful.

Today......we're pickin' up a bit. I've got a ham on simmer and getting ready to clean some green beans and new potatoes. The apple dumplings are about ready to go in the oven. You see.....Harvey and TNT are due around noon. Cuz and TNT hit it off when we were moving me out of The Little Blue Cracker House. So this should be a very good day.

I woke up this morning and all I could think about was how right my world was. I love havin' Cuz in my house.....I love havin' people over. The house is almost humming with excitement.

So I better get going. I want to pick up a bit, get those dumplings in the oven, and get everything tied up.

I can't believe she's leaving this afternoon. That is gonna be tough. But I'm not going to think about that right now. I'm just going to focus on enjoying the time we have.

Posted by Tammi at December 2, 2007 10:52 AM | TrackBack