Miser Family update: xmas bowling and thing-making edition

The richness keeps filling our lives in the Miser Family household these advent days.  It's been an out-and-about week for us:

Christmas Bowling!

• Sunday, caroling in the neighborhood with our church (I got to wave my arms and try to keep all the singers together; I had minimal success because I'm NOT a musician, but at least I *am* bossy).  
• Monday, we delivered Springerle to neighbors, but without singing or waving our arms.
• Tuesday, we served late-night breakfast foods to the students at my college, as they ended classes and prepared for the exams to come.
• Wednesday, we had our annual Christmas Bowling celebration!  N-son out-bowled us all in both rounds -- although the second game had "specialty" rounds (bowl with your non-dominant hand; bowl on one foot; granny bowl forwards; granny bowl backwards through your legs, etc.)  Next year, I need to remember to go pee before I watch people attempt these rounds -- but I can attest to  having lots of hilarity and fun.
• Thursday and Friday, we started wrapping presents and whipped up a ball of marzipan dough.  
• Saturday, we were supposed to "walk outside and see the lights", but (a) it was raining and (b) I got into the Christmas spirit and gave my students an evening exam.  They responded in kind by giving me scads of exam papers to grade.

K-daughter's work continues to go very well.  She texted me to let me know she'd made not one, but three of these things!

 

I am not exactly  sure what it is, but it looks like it'd make a great earring.  According to K-daughter, 

I helped weld them together, made the harnesses, wired and tested it, made the fan cubes (the pieces sticking out) labeled the unit and built the doors! (Yes, we literally fabricate and assemble just about everything in house!) It only took me 5 days to make 3 units!!!

So, if you think you want one of these there just might be time to get one before Christmas.  Whoop!

And that's the news from our family, which continues to be wealthy in our out-and-about adventures.  May you and yours be similarly prosperous.