Th' year's windin' down

Stella here.

Well, we made it through th' big Christmas shindig. Still no snow t' speak of, but havin' th' girls an' th' gran'kids here sure made it a nice celebration.
Harvey an' Webb was good about th' eggnog. Nobody had trouble navigatin', even though Webb had said he was gonna spike it some. Guess Molly musta given him a talkin' to b'forehand.

Th' grandkids're gettin' so grown up! (H. says that means they're teeterin' on th' edge o' bein' difficult. I told him 'twouldn't last long an' they'd be just like human bein's again 'fore we know it.)

We all trimmed th' tree t'gether. Them little lobster traps made outta popsicle sticks is still holdin' t'gether - although they been around long enough now they look like they've weathered a bunch o' Nor'easters! Still, I guess they'll outlast me an' H. by some. But th' angel made outta macaroni an' glitter fin'lly bit th' dust; mice musta got inta it. Hope it didn't make 'em too sick... all that shiny stuff!
Maybe somebody'll make a new one f'r next year.

All o' us up here in Moose Cove are wishin' you all a dandy 2012. Here's hopin' it'll be a mite more aff-luent than '11 was. Folks here's gettin' a little tired o' weatherin' tight times - again.
Even so, though, me an' H's got no com-plaints about th' year gone by. We're still kickin' - an' at our age, that's somethin' t' brag about!

We'll see y' next year... in a couple o' days!
Love,
Stella

Th' week b'fore Christmas

Stella here.
It's not lookin' a whole lot like Christmas here in Moose Cove... in case there's anybody out there readin' this.
I expect we've about dropped off o' ev'ryone's radar, it's been s' long since I wrote anything. Although I DID try a couple o' weeks ago only we was havin' www difficulties up here an' th' piece I wrote got lost in outer space - or wherever things get lost to on th' internet.

So it's kinda peak'ed in th' snow department. Harvey says he don't mind none, but Webb up th' road's fumin' somethin' fierce cuz he ain't got no work f'r his plow.
Molly (Mrs. Webb) says she's just as glad, as Webb's eyesight ain't none too good these days. She's been tryin' t' get him t' Hravey's eye doc, an' H's been nudgin' him about it, too, sayin' gettin' spec's was th' best thing he (H) ever done. (Although, truth be told, I had one h--- of a time gettin' Mister Man to go get HIS eyes done that first time!)

Th' girls is comin' up Christmas day, Deb with Mr. Deb an' th' kids, an' Jeannie just her own self, as usual. We're lookin' forward t' that, let me tell ya!

I'm gonna try t' write again real soon. But knowin' how life goes, it may not be as soon's I'd like.
So I'll take this minute t' wish anybody out there readin' this (feels kinda like throwin' a message in a bottle out inta th' Atlantic) a happy Christmas an' a happy new year.

Love,
Stella