Visited Decani

Decan Monastery is always a great place to go - and this time, we brought Leonora. Even though it's in her home country, she's never gone. She loved it. And I learned something new, too. The monks of Decani are very greatful to Regina Maria of Romania. She was also the last monarch to sit in the monarch's chair in the church, in 1932. She gave the monastery a lot of money to keep it running, too.

We also got to see the farmyard this time. It was great, with cows and chickens and goats and such...
 

Molle e Eger

Some of the time I wish Molle e Eger would change it's menu a bit with the change of seasons. It'd be good to see something different every once in a while.

 

Goat Weirdness

This is, I believe, the representation of Skenderbeu. He had goat horns on his helm and a lot of fortifications. Other than that, no clue.

 

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.