Patriotic Ball

This will make a quick ornament soon.

 

Jupiter Layer Cake

Jupiter's almost done, and it looks a bit like a layer cake. Lopsided.

 

Waiting for Floss

This poor reindeer is waiting for more floss to get finished. It's been ordered and is on its way, but in the meantime he's definitely off balance.
 

Dannie's Cookies

A couple of weeks ago, our CLO held a cookie exchange. All good, right? Nope. It was at 10 on a Wednesday morning, which meant anyone who works could not attend. The CLO office here is notorious for not holding things when working family members can attend. Since I had talked about doing a cookie exchange BEFORE they scheduled one, you'd think they'd make it so those of us who work could attend. But no. So, when they posted photos of it to their facebook page, I kind of threw a fit about how they'd get better attendance if they actually included, you know, the majority of us who work at post. 

Dannie saw my comments and made these cookies for me, as kind of an apology to CLO and to mitigate my disappointment a bit. It was very sweet of her, and totally not who it should have come from.

Thank you, Dannie. The cookies cheered me up a bit and they were delicious. It's been a very hard December for me. Let's hope the new year is better.

 

Silly Grayson Ears

Grayson's ears sometimes do weird things, making him look handsomely silly. I am so glad his ears weren't docked before we got him. Especially in Turkey, it is common to dock the ears into less than half their length so they don't get ripped in fights later. They do this at about a week old. So traumatic. And so glad Grayson never went through it. He has beautiful, soft ears.

 

Skenderbeu And His Strongholds

This is the entrance foyer of the museum. It sets the tone. The map below shows Skenderbeu's strongholds.

 

Working On Gates

Gates are coming along. The top half of this part is now done.