Coventry, Connecticut
Horse barns, covered bridges, Yankee accents. Traditional Christmas.
All my must-see seasonal films are set in New England. ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’, ‘Christmas in Connecticut’, ‘Bishop’s Wife’, ‘White Christmas’, ‘Holiday Inn’.
And… emergency appendectomies. Michaela in-n-out of Hartford Hospital within 48 hours; showered/seated & ugly sweater-dressed for Christmas gifting. Whew!
Whole lotta holidaying. There always is. Living room, a Christmas paper explosion. We’re BIG gift givers, our family. Double batch of Jill’s signature stuffing, sweet potato casserole. Mashed potatoes, gravy. Turkey AND ham. Big gifters and big eaters 😊
Late dinner invite with old & new friends. Bonus holidaying 2 ½ hours away. Lotta laughs. Even bigger accents. Folks outside Boston need scrolling subtitles. LOL>
TWO of my must-see flics in Stephen’s in-home theatre. Games & gifting with Sheila, Dan & Ashley. Christmas Eve in New Hampshire. It really IS a wonderful life.
Holiday full-circle. Ash, Tom & Ro Ro. Colorado Christmas tomorrow 🎄🎁 🐕
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- appendectomy 🙃
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- Zelda, Kylo & Dany
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- big GIFTERS
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- holiday JOY
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- laptops & crocodiles
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- sweater for Michaela
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- smart watch for Eli
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- African vase for Mom
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- double-batch stuffing
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- Papa Claus 🎅
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- Yule DOGS & diners
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- jigsaw ORIGINAL
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- Loretta Young & Cary Grant
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- “It’s a Wonderful Life”
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- XMas Eve GAME NITE
Connecticut Christmas
XMas Movie Marathon
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
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- Coventry CT
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- M’s first HOME
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- Michaela & Eli
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- holidaying together
Christmas in Connecticut
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- Jill & David’s home
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- holiday READY
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- ROCK fireplace
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- gifting OVERLOAD
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- outdoor PERGOLA
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- Dave-Land (Disney CT)
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- permanent SMILE
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- designed/decorated by M
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- Christmas DINNER
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- Disney’s Queen of Hearts
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- an arm FULL
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- Marvel gift BONANZA
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- NatGeo lamp
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- purse from Sis
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- Merry Christmas David 🎅
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- X-Mas Eve Eve
Count ’em: Thurs/Fri/Sat/Sunday – FOUR day weekend. Thanks PS employer ✅
“Meet Me in St Louis” big screen showing at Denver’s historic Mayan Theater, holiday Eve.
Turkey Trot 9am downtown Louisville. My hometown 5K, FREE entry with a canned goods/clothing donation. AWESOME idea, right? give, GIVE, give.
Feasting & football at Ash & Tom’s Westminster home. eat, EAT, eat. Tryptophan coma, late afternoon pie – then a new holiday tradition, Hallmark’s ‘Christmas in Graceland’. Predictable, campy, LAUGH OUT LOUD fun. Kellie Pickler’s Appalachia accent. LOVE LOVED.
FAMILY DREAMS GOOD HEALTH FOOD COLORADO HOME my FAITH
List of what I’m most thankful.
Early start Friday, Black Friday. No shopping here, SNOWSHOEING. Pup & I rented a mountain cabin in Steamboat Springs. Out ‘til Sunday. Swanky idea, huh? If it snows, they will come ❄️
Happy Thanksgiving 2018. Eat, laugh & gift often this season! 🦃 ❤️
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- Denver’s Mayan, circa 1930
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- Louisville Turkey Trot
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- sunshiny Colorado Day
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- my FEAST contribution
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- Gobble Gobble 🦃
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- you’re next, Pig 🐷🎄🍴
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- Deck the Halls 🎅
GATHER YOUR FLOCK!
The Avista Adventist Hospital Louisville Turkey Trot 5k returns Thanksgiving morning, Nov. 22, 2018 in downtown Louisville. Sign up now! Thanks to our generous sponsors, this event is, and always will be FREE to participants who bring non-perishable food or winter clothes donations for the Sister Carmen Community Center. Make this fun and family-friendly part of your Thanksgiving morning tradition.
Come and support our neighbors in need so everyone in our community may be warm and have a meal this holiday season.
WHEN: Thanksgiving morning, November 22, 2018; 9:00am race start
WHERE: Front street and Spruce Street, next to Louisville Public Library (951 Spruce Street, Louisville, CO 80027)
REGISTRATION: FREE so participants can support our neighbors in need instead.
