Rocking Around the Christmas Tree

I don't do a lot of decorating for Christmas because of this...

This was him at 6 weeks...that is a small bottle of coke for proportion.This is him now....his name is Bandit by the way-but he only knows himself as "Puppy", and he is now 8 months old.... and old enough to pull all the ornaments and anything else he can get hold of off the tree, including pulling the tree over onto himself. Luckily we were there-and caught it!

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I can finally say it, I have all my Christmas shopping done! I did a few last minute dashes to get those things that were left dangling yesterday. It is a real good feeling to be able to say that I am finally finished.
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I must tell all you this incredible story of Luck and Inspiration!


IF THIS DOES NOT TOUCH YOUR HEART-THEN YOU JUST DON'T HAVE ONE....




Can you believe it? This guy wins 181 Million in the lottery last Wednesday, and finds the love of his life just 2 days later!

Talk about LUCK!

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I will leave you with this last piece of advice-Don't forget to water your Christmas tree!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

To my beautiful daughter, Georgina, on her birthday.

You will never know how much you changed my life the day that you were born, just how much you were wanted and loved.

You will never know the excitement that your birth created-some people came from miles away to see this beautiful little bald headed baby girl!

Mother and daughter relationships are famous for being passionate, difficult and even defining-as ours sure has been.

As Mothers we want to pass on our hard won wisdom, as daughters we want to be free to make our own mistakes.

One thing that I can be sure of though, that I have taught you to be proud of the fact that you are a woman equal to everyone, and that I have loved you every second of your life.

I have supported you at all times as a mother, as a woman, as a person and as a friend. I will always continue to love and cherish everything about you my beautiful daughter.

Happy Birthday . You know how much that I love you.

Woo Hoo!! Hooray for my Secret Santa!!!!

Well lets just get this straight right here and now-I HAVE THE BEST SECRET SANTA!! Rose you are the best! I got home from work this evening and there on the porch was this ginormous box-with MY name on it! Talk about heart racing, this doesn't happen to me -ever! I get out the box knive-being very careful...not to damage anything....



Here is my gift-in all its' lovliness-before I opened it.







I very carefully open the box-to find another box.....this is really getting me excited...the heart is racing now...

I open this box-no box knife needed this time, and what to my wondering eyes did appear???

ALL of these wonderful and festive gifts!! I will take them out and show you one by one....

These oh so cute Snowmen Cheese Spreaders-perfect for my cheeseball that I have made for our Christmas gathering! Aren't they just perfect? Wait that is not all-there is more! Look at these !
This is an adorable salt and pepper shaker set of Santa and his Elf-now I ask you-is that not the cutest?!!??!!I love them...But wait- that is not all-there is yet more!
Cup Towels! Now just tell me-what woman EVER has enough of these??? I love them and they are perfect to have out this holiday season! But wait-that is not all-there is more!!!

This wonderful Bread Basket-I will use this until it is used up-I never have a bread basket big enough for all the rolls! I just love, love, love this! How did she know I needed this?

I will say this is one of the sweetest surprise gifts that I have ever received, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart Rose. You have made my day!


This has been a very fun experience for me-I hope to be able to do it again next year. Thanks to Amy and Georgie for all their hard work.


p.s. My Secret Santa really is the Best!

FRIDAY FRAGMENTS

This is my first time to play along with the very popular Friday Fragments hosted by Mrs 4444 For more Friday Fragments visit Mrs 4444 @ Half-Past Kissin Time
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TGIF! I am so glad that it is Friday! It really has been a l-o-n-g week for me. I have been spending about 13 hours a day on my work, I get up at 5 a.m. every day, so that means I am getting about 5-6 hours of sleep each night. By the time Friday rolls around, I am just plain old pooped.
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The lady that I take care of is fading away, fast. It is so sad- her and I have had a lot of fun, in the almost 6 years that I have known her. She taught me how to play Bridge, a game that I never thought I would ever be interested in, but now am totally addicted to. Her and her family have been very generous, and good to me-in appreciation for my taking good care of her. You cannot be with another person for that long a time and not become attached. I am sad to see her going away.
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Only 13 shopping days left before Christmas! That means that tomorrow morning Georgie (from Decisionally Challenged) and myself will meet at 8:00a.m. to begin a day of "power shopping"! We always have a lot of fun. We will start at "Tar-jay" (Target), then go to the mall, and have lunch somewhere later. I will tell you this-you do not shop "with" Georgie-she is so fast, I usually just hand her the $$ and find me a place to sit while she whizzes through all the shops. She knows better anyway what to buy for teenagers and preteens.
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My clothes dryer went out!! Thank goodness the hubby did not listen to me when I told him he should donate that old one to the Salvation Army! After we got the old one put back in the laundry area-I thanked him for not listening to me.
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My cat Buster has dissappeared! We have not seen him in over a month now-I hope nothing bad happened to him, and he just ran away. His son "Rowdy" did the same thing, so I am thinkin he just went seeking greener pastures....... I do miss him a lot, tho.
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I have been having so much fun following the Secret Santa trail. I love going to all the different blogs to see what everyone is receiving. It looks like everyone is receiving some really thoughtful and nice gifts. What a fun little pre-Christmas surprise to receive.
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Next Friday Georgie will turn 39! I just don't seem to be able to wrap my brain around that, it seems like only yesterday we were bringing her home from the hospital, and argueing(sp?) over who was going to get to carry her from the car to the house! It was a cold day here in Oklahoma that day, I had her wrapped in about 13 blankets, you had to dig, just to find her in there. She was such a special gift, and she still is today.
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Have a wonderful weekend all-I need to go get out my comfy, mall walkin', Christmas shoppin' shoes, and be ready for tomorrow!