In January I took a glass fusing class at Blue Dolphin Stained Glass store in San Diego. I started making glass pendants using a microwave kiln. Dennis bought me a glass kiln and I started making more and better jewelry, plates, bowls, spoon rests, and vases. In truth, they are cluttering up the place.
Other Hobbies
My knitting continued to progress at the same time. This year I concentrated on making socks and learning lace knitting. Mom relearned to knit this year after crocheting for many years. Dennis still plays his violin, although his time for practicing has diminished in direct relation to his work schedule.
Dog Diary
We lost two dogs this year: Ghost and Shadow, 13-year-old litter mates, half samoyed, half lab. They were our black and white bookends and we miss them.
Kindle-ites
Mom, Dennis and I have given up hardback books in favor of digital books on our Kindles. We LOVE the kindle! It's so easy to carry around, no more big, heavy books to pack and lug around when we travel, no more storage problems.
Sandy Creek Forest
Our tree planting is finally making a difference. From spring through fall you can barely see any of the buildings on the ranch from the road.
Back to the Mac
I now have an iMac in my home office along with the obligatory PC.
The Bells are Ringing
Dennis built a carillon that chimes at the hour and quarter hour and plays a tune at the half hour. He programmed it with Christmas carols that play all year round!
Travel
To make a long story short: Northern Italy and Switzerland in September and San Francisco in November. For Christmas, Dennis, Mom and I met my sister Angie and brother-in-law Gary in Branson, MO, for a week of nonstop entertainment. We loved it.
Ranch Projects
No house remodel, no garage, but we have plans to enlarge the guest house just a little. However, Dennis did remodel the garden, putting in some planter boxes and many vegetable plants.
Ok, that's a very quick recap of 2009. On to 2010.
