Sleepy Sundays

It's been mellow on the farm today. We slept in until Ginny's tail thumped loudly and continuously on the cookstove. We futzed around, picking up after the Christmas party and cuddling. We left briefly to pick up the essentials (coca-cola, toilet paper and camel blues) and got lunch at the Hometown Restaurant in Peterstown.
On the way home we stopped in on Mark and James. Mark left behind the pink snuggie we gave him last night so we dropped that off and played with his animals. Mark has cats, old English sheep dogs, turkeys, chickens, emus, sheep, cows, horses and donkeys!
Back on the farm we pulled in the evenings firewood, and are now comfortably curled up on the couch. Just an easy, happy Sunday in Rock Camp!

Location:Rock Camp, WV

A Rock Camp Christmas Party

We just had an absolutely lovely Rock Camp Christmas Party! Sabrina, Jeremy, Tori, Justin and Jamie came up, as well as Mark. I made spaghetti and crescent rolls for dinner, with sugar cookies, cheese cake and Mark's apple cobbler for dessert. Then we opened some Christmas presents. Sabrina gave us towels, candles, snacks and marigold seeds. I gave Sethro some Angry Birds stuffed animals. We gave Jeremy a new camera and Mark a pink snuggie! We proceeded to chill out in our cozy little living room, sipping some apple pie moonshine and munching Christmas cookies. I love our adorable little Rock Camp family...Mark is a character, but an insanely good guy. He was Pinky's best friend, and really looks out for us. Sabrina is the toughest cookie I know, our Rock Camp mama. Sabrina is on a short list of people I just never get tired of! Jeremy is living with us up on the mountain. He's been a huge help, getting wood and looking out for us. We're going to set him up in the apartments above the Rock Camp Store soon, but for now he's staying in the farmhouse with us. Rusty is on the farm, up at his cabin, but didn't come to the party. I was hoping he'd bring Isaac and Cici (his kids) up as we have some great gifts for the kiddos, but oh well. Rusty did however stop by last night at 1:30AM. I had just fallen asleep, and Jeremy and Seth were watching "Lost", when Rusty showed up and came in the house. He gave us a used candle and some apples. I don't pretend to understand. Anyway, I'm almost done with my Christmas preparations. The lights are up, the tree is decorated, my Santa Clause collection is up, mistletoe and wreaths are hanging, and the stockings are over the fire. Every year, Seth and I get a live tree, with the root ball, and plant it after Christmas. Last year we got a fraiser fur, this year we've got a Norwegian spruce. Our Holiday Epic (10 days, through 9 states, visiting 4 families, 2 dogs, 2 holidays [Hannukah and Xmas], 1 wedding gown fitting, and 1 optometrist appointment) starts December 18th. It is sure to be chaotic, but it will also be fun. Now we're watching The Santa Clause. It was a lovely day, and now we're cozy and cuddling by the fire. Merry Christmas !