Where have I been!?

Sheesh, I can't even remember the last time I posted. There have always been excuses: the house is too messy, laundry to fold, presents to wrap. You know the drill. Knitting? What's that. I have a pair of socks on my bedside table that haven't been touched since before Christmas (and they were to be a gift for my dad).

We've been happily busy, though. I got a job. Whoo hoo! Back to work I go, part-time at a preschool. My hubby and I took a vacation (via a work trip) to sunny Florida - here are some snapshots:


We went in search of some real nature and found this little park right in the middle of Naples. It's only about a city block in size, but it was a lovely walk.
But could you believe that we actually felt a little homesick for this:


That was the temperature when we got back to Minnesota. And this grand fella and his dame were outside the window feeding at the bird feeder but by the time I got a picture, he had stomped off to the edge of the yard thanks to our barking hound.

So then it was Christmas. I usually take hundreds of pictures, but this year I seemed to keep forgetting to snap pictures. Here are just a few.
Making laufabrauð (Icelandic leaf-bread) with Amma and cousins.


Belle wearing, reading and holding her Christmas plunder.

Have a happy new year! I will hopefully be back in the new year with some KNITTING! FINISHED KNITTING!!! I promise to get this knitty blog back on track.