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Christmas Crazies

I keep thinking I need to update my blog…then reality sets in and I realize I have nothing to blog about. I’m sure you’d be bored to tears to hear that I’ve been Christmas shopping, decorating the house for Christmas, doing more Christmas shopping, shoveling snow off my driveway, scraping ice off my driveway, more [...]

‘Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving

‘Twas the night before Thanksgiving, when all ‘cross the land,
many were traveling to visit relatives firsthand.
The planes were lined on the runways with ease
in hopes the congestion would soon be appeased.

The luggage was crushed, all smashed in the bins,
with content crinkled and damaged within.
And travelers with children, and those without,
had just settled their [...]

Holiday Prep and Surgery Prep

Reggie and I spent much of the day getting ready for Thanksgiving…and it isn’t even at my house this year! We had to go to a few different stores to get the stuff needed for my part of the dinner. Too much driving, too many crowds, too much bad traffic, too much time out of [...]

Egg-citing

For many, many years the White House has asked the states to send in decorations to represent them in the White House during Christmas. Apparently, I didn’t know this before, for just over a decade, they’ve done the same with Easter eggs.

Click here and then click on the picture of Mrs. Bush in front of [...]

De-Treeing the House

Tonight I took down the Christmas tree. I detest taking down the Christmas decorations. Sigh. It’s just so depressing. I crank up the Christmas music and sing at the top of my lungs to keep my spirits up.

I took the tree down because some of the lights were burned out. I don’t just [...]

Ah, Laziness!

Mary Poppins, Spit Spot

Finally! A day of laziness! Yes, yes…the first day of 2007 and I was lazy!!! I was supposed to go to a friend’s house to watch movies, but we decided we were both too tired. I was glad to stay in, but don’t tell anyone. Life’s been too busy lately, so [...]

In a Blink

Wait! Where did it go? All that preparation…and, blink, Christmas is over!

I spent today working on my to-do list. First, I started writing the list, I’ll be adding to it for days, and then I cleared just a fraction of the items. Wasn’t Christmas yesterday or was that my imagination, because it seems like it [...]

Merry Christmas 2006!

Merry Christmas One and All!

The Letter  –Thank you to our troops serving far and wide…and away from their families! The "Letter" is from them! God bless.

Hat tip: EEK

Christmas Eve 2006

Oh, OUCH! That must have smarted! Are you hurt?

Yes, yes, I know this post is a surprise, but really, falling to the floor!

Can you get up? Do you need help? Anything broken? Ah, back in your chair…that’s good. Sorry about the shock…is your heart okay? Did you miss me?

Life has been busy, I’m sure [...]

Marshall Field’s Christmas Windows-Revisited

I was back downtown Chicago over the weekend and this time, unlike last time, remembered to take a camera. Here are a few snaps of the Marshall Field’s Christmas windows.

My favorite bit in all the windows were the cucumbers on the eyes of one of the nasty step-sisters. I’ve also included close ups of Cinderella’s [...]