Happy Holidays 2008

 

Hope your holiday season continues to be fabulous!

For the Solstice and Hanukkah weekend we escaped the house remodel and went to Santa Monica, California for Josh’s cousin’s wedding. The weather was fantastic and I also got to see my cousins and a friend, Mary, whom I went to school with in Alaska. 

Josh and I are STILL trying to get phase one of our remodel completed.

The evening of Dec 24th Josh and I spent at my parents and my brother… who actually came down from the mountains despite all the nice new snow. If he hadn’t agreed to bring the lamb for dinner we might not have seen him. Ha! 

Dec 25th and 26th my parents (and our friend Mike) came over and helped us with the house. In a matter of days we went from construction zone to clean and livable (although not complete). There is no way we would have been ready for visitors without their help.

Last night, Dec 28, I finally put up a few decorations with the help of Libby and Guntra (Josh’s family). Josh, his brother Hadley, and our friend mike, worked on stringing cable in the railing frames. Today the remaining five family members show up, including a 10 and 7 year old so we really hope to have railing installed before they arrive.

Today a whole bunch of contractors show up ( tile guy, glass guy, carpenters, plumbers) to entertain our ten house guests with a show called “A Taste of What Life Has Been Like at the Raleigh House The Last 6 Months But Without All the Plastic, Dirt and Dust.” 

Have a fun New Years Eve!