It’s Freezing Outside

We’ve been setting records for the last week. I haven’t bothered going outside since Christmas. I’m glad we’re in the position where I can do that. 

Staying inside all this time has given me the opportunity to tweak up my grand piano and get it ready for delivery. It will be gone in a few weeks.

The birds are taking full advantage of our feeders. We’ve never seen pheasants this close to the house although we hear them in the bush outback all the time. There’s four of them hanging around the feeder. 

 I got the greatest gifts this Christmas. A new vacuum cleaner and a pair of Bluetooth ear protectors for when I’m on the bobcat and in my shop. I’ve broken all my Daisey mugs over the last few months and Carrie got me a replacement. Coffee doesn’t taste the same when not in a Daisy mug. 

This is our family picture for Christmas dinner 2021. 

Going thru past Christmas pictures I found this one of Ron and Barb when they came for a visit to our cabin in the mountains. Ron trashed his shoulder and I broke some ribs that week. He says you’re not having fun until someone gets hurt. Hence the name of my blog. I must be having a riot of a time. 

Christmas 2021

Ruth found a perfect 15 pound turkey for our Christmas dinner. I was excited to do it on the rotisserie this year. I almost put it on the smoker instead but at the last minute I changed my mind. That was a mistake. 

It was so big and so tender that it just fell off of the rotisserie. Luckily I just happened to go out to check on how it was doing before it could get totally destroyed. 

I managed to get it onto the kitchen in pieces and started to think about we were going to do for dinner. 

This is me trying to think my way out of a disasters. 

I sent Brad a text saying dinner was a disaster and what did he think about Chinese for Christmas. 

He came over a few minute later and said the Chinese restaurant in town was open and should he order dinner for us all. Haha. He was on it but I told him I was joking. I put the ham on the q and we had a great family ham and turkey dinner with all the trimmings at 5:00. After dinner we walked next door and had our Christmas family picture taken. 

It was a nice Christmas. We all had a great time. 

Ruth had taken Ellie outside yesterday to build a snowman after a big snow dump and wanted a picture of them together with their creation. Ellie reluctantly gave in and went for the picture. 

I got Ruth in the workshop

This has been a fun project. Ruth mentioned she would like a charcuterie  board for a lunch coming up with her friends and asked if I could make one. I said no but would be more than happy to Give some advice  on how they are made. We had a lot of fun doing this.

She’s a quick learner. We did a couple of test Rounds on the router and before I knew it she was a pro.

I had some black walnut kicking around my shop and there was some scrap Douglas Fir  outside under the deck. I love how this combination of wood looks. 

We attached some feet on the bottom of the boards which made them look different from the other ones we’ve seen. 

A couple of coats of Walrus oil made the grain of the wood pop and they look beautiful.

 

The finished product turned out beautiful. 

These boards turned out so nice she doesn’t want to give them away anymore. That’s exactly how I feel on anything I make. We’re so much alike.