It’s been a bad year for my kids’ dogs. First we lost Hank back in the summer. That was my son’s dog. Now Watson, my son-in-law’s big German Shepherd had to be put down on Saturday morning. Last blog, I mentioned he was having some problems and they were taking him to a vet as they came home. For a …
Happy Birthday, Jesus!
Hope you are having a wonderful Christmas Eve. I’m still baking and trying to get everything ready. No need getting done before time, now, is there? A person might get to sit down and not be able to get up. 😉 My daughter and her husband are on the way home, but their big German Shepherd is having some problems …
Christmas Memories on the First Day of Winter
Man, is it cold outside tonight in Kentucky!! We don’t have snow like so many of you do west and north of us, but we’ve got some wind chills. Back when I was a kid, you looked at the thermometer and said it was such and such degree. If the wind was blowing you knew that made it colder, but …
Building a First Snowman
How long has it been since you built a snowman? Even if it’s been years, don’t you still go out and check out every snowfall and automatically rate the snow as good for building snowmen or sledding? We had snow and some ice on Monday night and Tuesday. It started out as icy rain and in the night, changed to …
A December Birthday
I’m writing a day early because one of my grandbabies will be three on Wednesday, and we’re going to help her celebrate tomorrow. It’s hard having a birthday in December when sometimes your special day seems to blend in with Christmas and get overlooked. Or so my daughter-in-law says. Not Katie’s mom, but the other daughter-in-law. Carrie’s birthday is New …
Two Weeks Till Christmas!!!
Do you remember when you were a kid and you counted the days off until Christmas? You always knew exactly how many there were to go. Fourteen, thirteen, twelve and on. Well, this time in two weeks it will be Christmas Eve and many families will be gathering to enjoy the holiday with presents and glittering lights and delicious food. …
Christmas Memories
Well, the Christmas tree is up. And decorated. A few of the lights don’t work, but if you squint your eyes a little, you don’t notice it much. It’s one of those trees where the lights are already wrapped around the branches. That’s great, but whoever decided to put the kind of light strands on it where if one bulb …
Christmas Tree Memories
Here it is Wednesday night again and I’m getting the pleasure of sending a few words out to my friends. Hi, everybody. By the way, I’m still tripping over that box of tree ornaments, but I’ll drag that tree up from the basement this weekend for sure. I admire people who put up multiple trees. One of my daughters-in-law puts …
Being True to the Word
December 1st. Ready or not, Christmas is on the way. I don’t think I’m ever really ready with everything done, but Christmas gets here anyway. Thank goodness. I wouldn’t want the special season of joy to have to wait on me. But I will get some of the Christmas preparations done. Actually the grandkids were here Friday night and helped …
Happy Thanksgiving Today and Every Day
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! I hope you have a wonderful day with some great food shared with some people you love. And that you get to take a nap after dinner. I read the other day that naps enhance our creativity. Maybe that’s why I’ve been struggling with my new idea – not enough naps. Darrell would say …