My apologies for the lack of updates as of late. It’s been an interesting and very enjoyable couple of days with people coming back, Christmas with the family and computers failing miserably. My computer at home seems to have gone off the deep end and now I’m working on reformatting the hard drive. This will be the first time I’ve ever done this, so it might take a little longer than it should, but bear with me. I’ll be back to having regular updates soon enough.
Christmas yesterday was with my mom’s side of the family at the Carlson building in Sibley, Iowa. I was skeptical to say the least at the thought of having Christmas in a “warehouse” (as it was described to me), but I was more than happy with how everything turned out. When I think warehouse, I think iron, concrete, grey, drab. Boo. But this warehouse is in Sibley and was built a long time ago. Wood floors and ceiling and the walls were all made of brick. My cousins were hard at work clearing out space and putting up vintage decorations from my Grandmothers old house and from the warehouse itself for a day or two beforehand and it couldn’t have turned out better! There was a pseudo living room complete with a tree, train, and plenty of space for everyone to sit down. All of the walls were filled with toys and decorations on shelves taller than I am. The “dining room” was lined with washing machines, dryers and stoves that acted as counter tops to put all of the food on. Christmas lights were strung up everywhere and it gave a nice Christmas glow to everything. It’s very hard to describe just how cool this was, so hopefully I’ll get some pictures soon enough.
Christmas this year for me was everything that it should be. I think I can safely say that we’ve found a new home for the Kass family Christmas.
Later today my cousins are all coming to Sioux Falls and we’ll be skiing at Great Bear for the rest of the day. It’s supposed to be very nice out, if not a little warm, so I can only hope that the line to the lift isn’t going to be too long. That’s right, lift. Singular.
I hope everyone had a great Christmas and got to spend it with everyone they wanted to. I know I did!
