9 years in Connecticut, never been to Coventry.  Certainly never seen divine Miss M’s new digs.

*BIG NEWS*  Michaela & Eli closed on their FIRST HOME post-Thanksgiving.  Busy time o’ year.  Move, unpack, design, decorate.  Housewarming party TWELVE days later.  Whaaaat?  Only Michaela could pull off that kinda impossibility.  Living room rug arrived morning of their party.  Timing!

Wood floors throughout.  Downstairs Master, two bedrooms upstairs, full basement, comfortable kitchen & a laundry room.  Outdoors?  Acre+ of TREES & a BRAND NEW PORCH.  Homing together.  Eli’s gas grill, Michaela’s patio furniture (umbrella/table/chairs).  Summer invite please 😊

Close 5-minute drive up Riley Mountain Road, holiday’d at Jill & David’s country home.  Their second year in Coventry – lovely bi-level, ROCK fireplace, outdoor pergola, whole lotta natural wood.

M designed the PERFECT room for Dave – a Disney World EXPLOSION.  All his favs accessible & on display.  Permanent SMILE, surrounded/walled with LOVE.  So happy lil’ man.  Heart soar.

Downstairs, holiday dinner/all the fixin’s.  Spiraled ham, deviled eggs, Grandma Paralee’s dressing recipe, M’s sweet potato casserole.  Folks, THIS is why I marathon.  Much food in my belly.  LOL>

Post-meal X-Mas exchange.  Disney collectibles/new computer for Dave, clothes/purses/shoes for Michaela.  Jill & I also gifted this holiday: filtration-strawed Brita bottle (him), sea turtle lamp (her).

FULL MOON on the Mass Pike, nite-finished with generational activities.  M took Sis’ T-rex purse for drinks while Papa black-n-white nestled to ‘The Bishop’s Wife’.  2 States down, one Christmas to go 🎄

M’s new digs

Christmas in Connecticut