Beautiful snow today.. Dianea nd I got our x-country ski’s down,, waxed them up and did a few loops of the rivershore.. It felt good to be out.. totally different muscles !!!

Started decorating our tree..   Here’s the Beta ornament we made !

 

its beginning to feel alot like the holidays !
nite all, nite sam

-me

Diane and I wanted to get a Christmas tree on the early side for us… The kids are coming in and it’s nice to make the house a little festive.… We went up to Puritans and chose just the right one

I even got a maple donut to celebrate

We got the tree settled.

. I forgot to take a picture of it open.. its a beutiful tree.. I ll show it tomorrow

one super wierd thing is with all the moving around the furniture to accommodate the tree something left this pattern… 

pretty cool and spooky !

nite all., nite sam
-me

Today was the big day. Around 4 PM the gates opened and people from inside and outside of bed came in to see the wears that people had made to sell. Diana and I were selling our ornaments as a donation… Our idea was to collect the money, double it and then donated it to toys for tots.… We did a brisk business  all night .

In the end, we made enough to make $1000 donation to Vermont section of the Marine Corp Toys for Tots !  THanks to all who donated !

nite all, nite sam
-me

Good day at work.. then came hoem to finsih of the ornaments i’m making for tomorrows Beta Makerfare.   This year I am making (with lots of help from Diane)… Christmas ornaments made out of battery blanks that we use to make models of our planes batteries.… These are just like the real batteries, but they don’t have any goo in the middle. I also had some Aaliyah stickers printed and got some ornament hangers… I also had to make some additional ornament hangers out of mid wire… Because I didn’t have enough of the real kind.… I also had a few earring holders in case somebody wanted to wear batteries for earrings. I even set up a display case using one of Shannon’s prototypes for her “battery”… 

It was a late night, but we were ready for the fair tomorrow.

note all, nite sam
-me