More Christmas decorations

We added the wreath on the front window today and when I was out taking pictures tonight I noticed 3 more neighbors have added pretty Christmas lights on their houses.... we have all white in the front yard so far... in a couple of weeks we will add the nativity set by the front porch to remind us all what Christmas is all about.

Starting to Decorate for Christmas

It seems I'm doing something wrong tonight because I can't get another picture in ~ oh well then one must be enough for tonight. Shari and her family are going to Florida to visit one of our Sons and Daughter in law for Christmas again this year so she found this grinch and a lit palm tree to use in the house for a Christmas tree. I hope we can all get together next Christmas as I miss the kids so much. They have been there about 5 years now and we visited 3 times. Morgan is my other Daughters Grandchild and she just baby sits one day a week along with the other children she takes care of. That way Morgan can get to play with some children and we can get to see Morgan.

My husband put lights on a tree in the back yard today and it really looks pretty back there now. All the decorations look better after a snowfall and we did get that but it must have only been an inch and not enough yet but we can wait a few more weeks.

Shopping day

I guess this was a big day for getting bargains. I didn't get any. I stayed home most of the day and then went to the book store to look for books for Christmas gifts but didn't find any of the kind I was looking for. The last couple of years I have gotten books to give to the kids along with a little gift and money but this year I struck out and now I have to rethink it. I guess I should go to a couple of other book stores first before I give up. It might do to get a new card at Sams because they always have good deals on books etc. If I can't get a book maybe a desk calendar or a boxed one according to the likes of the different ones. Its always such a dilemma.

We had some pretty snow flakes today and it won't be long before we can make a snowman. I have some plastic ones lit up in the back yard but I like the  real ones better. I am glad the snow was just pretty and didn't stay on the road though. The first snow always seems slipperier than the rest because we have to learn how to drive all over again.

Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Now that the pies are baked I can relax and play on my computer.

I will be able to watch the parade tomorrow morning and then the Packer game and just relax and eat and eat and eat. I plan on going off my diet for a day and will probably take me a week to get back on track but it should be a fun day. Much better than I thought anyway.

  I wish Everyone a Happy Happy Day and hope the sun shines on all of us~~~ wouldn't that be nice!

Baking Pies

I had to make pecan and pumpkin this year and really every year. I would like a different kind once in awhile but my kids want this kind so I please them. I like chocolate pecan but they just want the plain for Thanksgiving and I really can't eat a whole pie so thats what I do and of coarse you also have to have pumpkin pie with whipped cream . They all look like they turned out ~ I can't wait to have a taste. No dieting tomorrow :-) I made extra so we would have pie at home too. Just watch me put on 5 #'s from eating these pies. I hope someone comes over to help us eat them or I will share them with my daughter and her family. I'm only going to bring 2 to my sons house because there will only be 8 of us there and my husband doesn't eat sweets but he may try a small piece of pumpkin.

I can't believe I did it this time

My sister held my hand through getting this image in here.... trying all day it seems and I finally did it. I now have to remember how , LOL

Little Boys

                                           His Pal

A puppy need not be a thing

Of beauty and of grace

To put a light in some lads eyes,

A smile upon his face.

 

His coat may be a muddy hue

And rough as uncombed wig;

His legs may be a lot too short,

His padding feet too big.

 

But of this seeming ugliness

A small boy's unaware,

And any puppy seems to him

An answer to his prayer.

 

For boys' hearts have an emptiness

From the moment they begin,

Just waiting, warm and welcoming,

For a pup to amble in.

                                                                                          virginia blanck moore

BRRRRRRR

Brrrrrrrrrr isn't the word for it today, it's downrigt freezin...... the wind is blowing and the snow is snowin and I can't weather the storm. haha  Was so cold it was only 32 in the attached garage and thats cold. It doesn't usually get much colder than that in there all winter. I guess its time to shut the door and keep it shut now. I think it was the wind today that made it seem like a January day. We had to do a little shopping. I had to get the ingredients for Pecan and Pumpkin pie and a few other things so we braved the weather. You can never tell what tomorrow will bring and I didn't want to take a chance. I would like to make other pies but these were strongly requested so I will make 2 of each.... can leave one home then I'm hoping.

   My daughter came over with the two little boys she was baby sitting and I don't know who had more fun the kids or the dogs. Shari and I enjoyed their playing around too. Nothing better than boys and puppies I say. They were so sweet. Now someday I will have to get another Grandson as mine are way too old already, 27,25 and 19. My Grandaughters are 17, and 6 and Greatgrandaughters 2 and new born. I do have some step grandchildren too but don't see them much and they were already teens when they became stepgrandchildren but they still count I guess. I will see them Thursday. So they are 18, 16, and 14 already. so see I need a little boy again in the family. I have 5 boys of my own and we had some fun times together when they were home. Good memories!!!!!!!

                                  

Snow?

Packers won today!  That helps raise our spirits on a cold, rainy, and windy day. I guess we are lucky we aren't shoveling it though as I know some are. We will be soon though I'm sure. You heard of the calm before the storm. The game was in town today and its good that it held off because of all the traffic and we aren't used to the snow this year yet so I guess some fenders are being saved tonight,

I didn't do much today. Got some more pictures sorted and then my Grandaughter and son came over for awhile. She is getting too smart for us I think. She remembers everything and  seems to understand more than a 6 year old should.

 

I went to the pet store this morning to get some dog food and found a few Christmas toys for Peaches, Twinkie, and Charlie. I could have gotten a lot more but  think I will wait and see - I also got a desk calendar for next year with Chihuahua's on it , all such cute ones too. I need one with Cats now for the wall maybe. I like to be well rounded..... more ways than one too, hehe

Deer hunting

Well my husband and sons went deer hunting today but I don't have pictures.... don't really want any either. My son and his friend each got their big bucks I guess and my husband came home..... so it was a good day. I don't know if he will go again or not but it is a long season and I suppose he will. Why they go into the woods and sit even when its raining is beyond me but its a male thing I guess so I don't say anything and let them get it out of their system. What else can I do. So I went shopping today and bought a new cd and a yard designer for my computer, now I have to figure out how to use it I guess, It looks nice but I have homework to do now. oh boy but I wish they would make these things easier. :)

Its late and Church comes early tomorrow so I better get some sleep. I was playing around with my pictures most of the night and getting them all in order on cds... I think I have that figured out  now. So all in all it was a pretty good day. Hope tomorrow brings sunshine etc etc.... Goodnight and Sweet Dreams!

 

"Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You--- Ask What You Can Do For Your Country."     January 20,1961       JFK  after being elected president at the age of forth-three!

Christmas lights

We started to put out some of the Christmas lights as the weathr is so nice and is going to get very cold soon I'm sure. We put the lights on for a little while but will wait now until the rest of  our neighbors start putting theirs on ~~ after Thanksgiving I guess sometime.

I have been doing a few crafts for Christmas gifts and reading some books I had stached away until the weather was too cold to do yard work. I have all the work finished now and only will have to shovel some snow when it arrives. We are having a nice fall this year so winter won't seem as long as it does some years but we will get our share and it will probably last into spring, but I hope not. I love spring and usually start the yard clean up as soon as enough of the snow melts.... not all mind you but just enough and the temp is just about right for me to want to get out of the house.

A thought

A word is dead

When it is said,

Some say.

I say it just

Begins to live

That day. 

                                      E. D.

Reading and Straightening up

I read into the morning last night and today and yesterday I spent time getting all the names and addresses, birthdays, anniversaries etc on the computer and on paper so I can do Christmas cards. Also putting all the email and web addresses on my new computer and putting them in order in a recipe file  box.  It feels good to be organized and not have things on scraps of paper anymore. I just hope I can keep it so organized

I also went to get something for my puppies to wear for a Christmas photo to put in the paper. I found something and took a pretty good picture but will wait closer to Christmas to put it in here. Not even Thanksgiving yet. I can't wait for Thanksgiving now and am thinking of what kind of pie I will make besides pumpkin. Always have to have pumpkin with whipped cream for my son..... me too. I guess the diet will not be followed that day :)  Daughter in law wants me to make my pecan pie also. I wanted to get a chocolate cream that looks so good ~~~ will we have 3 pies I wonder----------

Another lazy Monday

I too looked around the yard today when my son was over and we saw a pretty hardy pansy, thinking it was still summer. How does it last so long and stay so pretty I wonder. It was one of several  plants but the only one still blooming, but still so beautiful its hard to believe after the freezing days etc. I have also noticed the bunnies were eating all the blossoms too. This one bloomed after though and got bigger. They are the Pansys that come back next spring and stay all summer too

  Our son also invited us over for Tnanksgiving and all I have to do it make the pies, my favorite things to make too. I didn't even have to hint or bring up the subject either. What a guy.  Other son wants to stay home and me cook but he was invited too so he has a choice to make of coming along or eating pizza I guess.

Visiting Brenna Marie

It sure was a nice day today. So nice to hold a little baby and she is so sweet isn't she. We went to the Hospital for a short visit and also saw Morgan. My but she is getting big already, she will be 2 just after Christmas, I brought her a really soft teddy bear so she has something to hug. She likes the little Winnie the pooh I gave her when she was born but is getting bigger so I figured another soft teddy for her to hug but bigger this time as she is growing.

So that was my favorite part of my day today and won't even write about anything else. Its another happy time for the family.

Brenna Marie

I'm a Great Grandmother again!!!!!  I can hardly wait to hold her. Probably tomorrow because Leo is fishing and will also want to go. She was just born this morning at 7:50 and they sent me a picture already. Wasn't that nice!

Beautiful day for yard work

I had fun working in the yard today. It was a sweater kind of day with the sun shinning. I found the burlap to cover my roses etc and then I found a few other things to do for an hour or two and it was still nice so I decided to look at the Christmas tree I bought for the yard the other day to see if I could put it together without any help..... I did it but I have an extra piece it said nothing about in the directions and can't for the life of me figure out where it goes. Don't you just hate that. I wonder if they do that on purpose or something? Anyway you can see it turned out just fine so I'm happy but a little frustrated. Leo put the icicle lights on the house today too and a neighbor came by and asked him if it wasn't just a  little early....... but you never know what the weather is going to be like and its better to do on a warm sunny day. He is still going to put lights on the 2 evergreens in the front. We won't be turning them on yet but you know what? A neighbor through the back has her tree up and she is keeping the lights lit too. She is always the first ~ she just loves Christmas and then after they leave for warmer weather in the south for awhile.

So I guess I have to think about Thanksgiving soon. I have always been the one to make a big meal and it got to be for 22 or 23 and last year I just didn't feel up to it and noone invited us so I don't think I will do it for everyone anymore. I'm getting too old for that and I get so tired and such a backache that I certainly don't enjoy the day  so maybe we will go to a nice restaurant this year.... what do you think?  Its a hard decision and it was always so nice when we all got together, I really miss that but aparantly the kids don't so I will let it be. Leo can't eat sweets and certain other food so it may be best to go out and he can choose what he wants and we won't have left overs to throw in the garbage. I hope all your familys still get together and have a happy time, just remember to help out the person who is cooking it all.... at least bring something and help clear off the table.  :)

Just another day

Gary didn't have the best birthday because he worked until 6 and didn't even get to play golf this year. He did watch his movie though and enjoyed it so thats something. I can't believe my youngest is 38 already..... makes me really old doesn't it?

It was a cold windy day again today but at least the sun was shinning all day. I put some dirt over my little rose bushes to help them survive the winter. Also over my butterfly bush. I think I should do more though. last year I used leaves too and burlap and they all survived. Maybe if it isn't too cold tomorrow I can go and see if I still have some of that burlap left in the shed. I didn't do much else today but straighten the kitchen etc etc and read a little and played with my computer. Lucky me but I need more exercise I think.   I really don't care for these cold days with the heat on.... so dry but I will have to get used to it because I guess its still 17 more weeks til Spring. :)

Charlie

I figured it was time to add a picture of Charlie my year old kitty. A friend of the family found this cat and when she heard we wanted a new kitty she brought him and his brother over to meet us. My grandaugher handed me Charlie because she knew I wanted a kitten with lots of white fur and she begged her Mom and Dad for the other one. They couldn't say no to her after a lot of begging. They too had just lost their cat and wanted another but weren't sure what kind. They are happy with Milo and he is a smart cat. He drinks out of the water jug.... pulls the handle down so water goes into the little tray at the bottom. My Charlie is a great big lovable guy too. He is here with me now looking for birds. He is so beautiful. He loves to go down the basement with my husband and watch him get his fishing poles ready. Thinks he is playing with him I guess but my husband and he are great pals...... and he said he would never like cats. Last Year we couldn't decorate the Christmas tree because Charlie thougt it was his and kept climbing up and sitting in it. I'm going to let him know this year its not for sitting in. Hope he doesn't break my good ornaments.

    I got 35 pictures on my cd today..... should I try for more tomorrow? Someone please tell me how many to put on a cd....... I don't know what 700 MB means. does each picture have 1 0r 2 Mb's I guess I have homework to do.... did I tell you Rick is sending me e-mails now? i'm so proud of him fixing up that computer all by himself and getting on line. And Gary said to throw it in the junk.... silly Gary. i told Rick maybe he should go into computer bussiness of somekind. He has so much patience and I think thats a lot of what it takes. :)  Must take after me, lol

Twinkie

Twinkie got neutered today and had 2 baby teeth pulled. Poor little guy came home this afternoon and didn't know what happened. He is such a sweetheart and we wonder was it all so necessary for such a little guy. Vet seems to think so but I wonder..... but its done now so we live with it.He only weighs 4.4#s for goodness sake.

Its son Gary's birthday tomorrow and I didn't get him anything yet as was so concerned with the little puppy. All he wants is a cake and said I could pick him up a movie---Terminator 3...... ugh but what he likes so I guess thats what I will do. He usually buys anything he needs or wants so not much to get him. hope he has a nice day and the snow holds off.

I learned how to copy pictures to a cd with my computer today. I put 14 pictures on a cd but bet it holds more..... just don't realize how many yet. maybe I will practice again tomorrow. I love fooling aroung with my pictures.

My hand is very sore and am wearing a brace.... figure its arthritis so take an advil and not much else I can do. I'm crocheting  a few Christmas gifts so I will stop for a day or two and see if it gets better. Didn't feel too good shaking the vets hand today and he wanted to shake twice....What a limp handshake I must have given him. Don't you hate that?I hope to make up for that the next time because in 10 days Twinkie has to get 2 stitches taken out.   

 I hope everyone has a plesant day tomorrow! Goodnight

Flu Shot sort of day

I finally got my flu shot today. Nothing to it, didn't feel a thing but was so tired today I fell asleep in my recliner and slept and slept.... at least 2 hours. I NEVER  do that. Finally a nieghbor called and wanted to give me some seeds from her garden so I went outside and the fresh air woke me. What a day. Good thing I got my house work finished before I went to get the shot. Now I will be in good health this winter hopefully. My husband didn't get one because he remembered when he got them at work or in the Navy he would get sick and didn't want to get sick. He took me though and I came out with the information for him that its not a live virus anymore so he won't get sick. He still didn't go in because he said he had the wrong kind of shirt on but he would go ~~~ I guess I will have to remind him again and again. He really should get one though so I will do the wifly nagging I guess, even though I hate to.

"The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand."

                                                                                     Vince Lombardi

17 & 1/2 weeks til spring

The picture is one of 7 pages of Disney pins I have. My son Tom and his wife Cindy are going to Orlando tonight to visit his brother Mike and wife Teri. They will probably bring me back another pin or two. Mike and Teri have been living there for 4 years now ~ he works for Sea World and she works for Disney. They love it there but we miss them a lot. We have been to visit them 4 times so far and they wanted us again to go with Tom and Cindy but my puppy needs to get neutered and I hate to leave them all so we passed this time. We could go again for Christmas with Shari and Dan and Mindy but I want to stay home. I like it home!!!!!!

I gave my old computer to my son Rick and he stayed up late last night and got it working again..... as good as new except for the modem which we replaced so he will have to get a network card etc to get it going again. I hope he can because my husband threw the old modem away..... I don't know much about computers but always thought it could be fixed ~ its only 3 years old. I hope it has a lot left in it yet as Rick was the only one in the family without a computer. So its having a happy ending ~ me with a brand new computer and Rick with his first computer!!!!! Makes me very happy.

A Beautiful November day

My daughter,Shari and I went to a few craft shows today. We had a good time. Notre Dame Acadamy had some nice things and we also took home some delicious chile. Leo loved it, too bad I can't get more as its now up to me to try and make some like it. We saw a few people we knew and stopped to talk a few times on our way around the many isles of hand made items. I got a pair of hand made wool socks. I never tried to make them on my own although I do knit and crochet ( Mom always told me how hard it was ) Anyway I had a nice talk with the woman who made them and I may try to make a pair.She said she gets a lot of her yarn on the internet. She said there was a nice shop in algoma too but I forgot the name. Maybe my sister can help me with that, I also got a church cook book. really nice loose leaf type and came home and read some of the recipes and it looks like I will be trying some..... nice book! I also got some little snowflake ornaments, the lady there was telling us how she invented the pattern and she dares anyone to figure it out, lol  Ok with me because she only charged 25cents a piece for the pearl snowflakes for my little tree I have in here. Then I bought some plastic canvas cross stitch things.... a few magnets and a towel holder for christmas.... all in the  gingerbread theme. I even found some little peanut butter flavored bones for the puppies. Oh and another nylon net scrunchie.... I'm obsessed with those things. Every time I see one I have to get it..... everyone makes them different. I tried and couldn't make them like the picture so I gave up, These were little balls the lady made.... her own pattern. I have flat ones, little and big and half round ones and now little balls to fit nice in my hand, they may even work to strengthen my arthritic hands. I guess there are a lot of variations to the pattern.

So I had a nice day and got home and Leo had the yard work all finished and looking really good.

Still learning the new computer

I couldn't get into my computer earlier to add her picture so I decided better late than never!

I'm still learning my new computer. Didn't have the XP windows before and it is a big change for me. Its not as hard as learning it for the first time though and I will make mistakes and then try to fix them ~ takes up a lot of time and gives me a headach from looking at the screen so long at a time. I must remember to take breaks.

Not much else going on around here. We got our Christmas tree in the mail today and its too heavy to bring downstairs and then back up again so we found a corner to put it until we are ready to put it up. Won't be long until Thanksgiving so I guess we will be putting it up kinda early this year. I can't believe the days are going so fast but I guess it shouldn't surprise me much.

Starting over

I thought I would start with a picture of my sweet little chihuahuas. Peaches and Twinkie. Peaches is 1 & 1/2 and Twinkie is only 6months. I don't know what I would do with out this sweet pair. Peaches is Twinkies big sister and Twinkie is a little boy from the same parents. They are a lot of fun and stay close to me usually. They also love to play outside and get lots of exercise. Peaches usually goes for a short walk with me every day but Twinkie doesn't want to go. I think next summer I will try to get him to go. Peaches was 1 before she wanted to go for a walk and now she just loves to go and is ready every morning.

  Its getting late so I will finish this tomorrow. It sure is nice to get back in here with my new computer but I had to change my e-mail address and start over again. I hope to get back into the swing again though.  Goodnight.