I had to include this little guy. He seems to have gotten into some sticky stuff. Could be pancake syrup and then it was Norman...you need a bath. So into the tub he went. What a dog!
Can you believe this...These two are watching a 3 D movie in our living room. It's Beauty and the Beast and the movie house managers are a 3 and 5 year old. The entertainment was great.

Aren't you happy I learned how to post. The house got very quiet around 11 this morning. Wooo...did we notice! So glad to have the happy hub bub of the last few days.

Here you have Andrew working with paper and other stuff and then the last picture he is playing a french horn on the Christmas Tree. Eli has a bib made exactly for his personality that goes right along with the sunglasses. All business with a bow tie. All of us at the table eating Pasties. Well, all but the picture taker who at that moment wasn't eating. And there is little Noah hiding behind his sunglasses which all the little kids received. Fun, fun.

It's the next day.

Now aren't these the cutest pictures...Jacob at the ready...Adam at work and Eli just being Eli...Cute foot and hand! And the dogs...what more can I say. Doesn't Truman look like the commander in chief? Now what would be better is if Andrew and Noah would be added which will probably happen this afternoon when the air will be littered with Christmas wrappings and Pasties are eaten. More pictures folks. I think I've passed the test at least for this morning.

Good grief...another one.

Third time is a charm...well, maybe. Here are some pictures from church showing you the work we did at the beginning at the beginning of Advent. You can also see the restoration work on one of the beautiful hanging light fixtures that are in the sanctuary. What was black is not a beautiful brushed brass including every chain link. New wiring was installed along with new lights and the space is just beautiful. Christmas Eve services were really spectacular. So...I hope you enjoy what you see. Lots of work but so rewarding.

Now...it remains to be seen if all this new teaching stays in my brain overnight. My teachers are hopeful. (Kimmy and Jared)

Christmas No. Two.

Can you tell...I'm having a wonderful teaching moment. I'm being taught! Here are some examples of things that have kept me busy and in a good mood these last few days before Christmas. It's fun, fun stuff for me...Not for some of my friends. It's color and shape and the sewing machine...Yahoo. I call it eye candy. I might get another lesson and you will see even more good stuff. That remains to be seen how patient my teachers are. I'm closing in on the dropping over the cliff for them.

Christmas Day

Wooo...I have family here and I want you to see my newest family member. He, you got it...it's a he is just the cutest thing you ever saw so get ready...Here comes my 4 month latest granddog.

Wed. evening

A little tired here. I've developed somehow an inflammation in my right eye. It's painful, sensitive to light, feeling much like it did immediately after surgery. What caused it...Doc said if he knew he could stop working. So it's drops again and should take about 3 weeks to clear up. Seems to be something new to think about all the time. Last week I decided to do something I wanted to so I played with fabric. I found a wonderful book at the library called Liberated Quilting. The thought is to do what you want to. Well, I've made two baby quilts and they are just so much fun to look at. Lots of color and quilt patches going everywhere. It's liberated for sure. I have one baby to give a quilt to but who knows who will get the second one. I'm wondering if working on quilts made my eye unhappy. Sewing was quite intence. I decided to wrap gifts and that's finished. I need to clean the house, mop the floor and finish thinking about food for the weekend. JB/family are coming Christmas morning. Our family Christmas will happen Sunday. Tomorrow I'm looking at plans to remodel a room at church for visual arts items. Sounds like something I really need to think responsibly about. That happens after Bread and Bowl. It's time for more eye drops and then off to bed.

One very sad thing happened yesterday. Daughter-in-law Kimmy's almost best friend Sammy died. Sammy was Kimmy's first horse and had a very interesting history. First a race horse with some great races, then a therapy horse that was a part of Kimmys sisters rehab from a very serious illness and then Sammy was given to Kimmy to care for. Sammy was a well mannered horse that left anyone ride him...Even me. Great memories but certainly will be missed. Jared has written about Sammy on their blog with lots of pictures posted. That blog is rockinrfarms.blogspot.com

A another week

Well, this has been a snow week. It's all pretty and white and not zero as it was at the beginning of the week. Distributed socks at B and B filled with toiletries. The guys love them. I've done some knitting this week, brought home some liberary books and CD's along with a wonderful wild quilt book. I've started a quilt top that is just simple and crazy all with plain wild colored fabrics. It's a pattern that is easy to do. Hard to make a mistake and lets me play on the sewing machine. Good help at B and B but spent a whole lot of time putting paper products away. Lots of walking but I got some B and B crew members working with me. Yesterday I had a long talk with bro. Jim who is in Mexico for the winter. What fun to visit. Monday I did some shopping but came home and ordered on line. Easier to find and a whole lot easier on the body. Don't need to mess around with shoppers. Yahoo. Most everything is ordered but nothing is wrapped. Maybe next week. I just might put things in brown bags like Mom did. The rest is same old same old.

Friday morning

Life has not been so crazy this week. Thank goodness. It did have it's ups and downs but a little less than last week. Met good friend Janet Wednesday afternoon for a good talk. She was a staff member at North last year and is just a wonderful lady. I made a Xmas stocking for her granddaughter last year and now there is a grandson in the family. Yesterday I put together the grandson's stocking. Lots of fun just playing with happy fabric and interesting trims. I hope to meet her again today and move this second stocking on to her house. Yesterday afternoon I attended a wonderful Holiday program...that's what schools call them now...and saw lots of bears. Cute, cute. Second graders are nothing but cute. I felt like I was driving to Ill. to see the show but it was worth it. Bread and Bowl was very good yesterday. Good help and the folks eating were most appreciative. Second Helpings sent roast beef. Yum, yum. The food was very good. Not much happening today. That's very good news.

Wow...Wow...another Tues. Tues.

I'm way to busy to watch the calendar. Don't understand this time flies thing. I feel like it's gone before it gets here. Last week was decorate the church week and believe me it took all week. Joe Wood was the best help ever but it just takes time to hang wreaths, pull down angels, hang angels, they don't do it by themselves along with filling the nooks and crannies with items of interest. I think again the church visuals tell the story. For many reasons...Last week's good and bad are behind ME! And this week started out with a dentist appointment...Compared with last week (I've left some bad details out of this blog) ...Dentists are very good things. Eye doctor visit on Monday said eyes were on track. I might need reading glasses for very very fine print. Maybe if it's the very fine stuff I don't need to know about. This morning I added to the house decorations. Fun, fun. Same old this week with the exception of Thursday afternoon. My hope is to go el. music teacher and choir friend's December program. It's a second grade presentation of Bears etc. I guess I need to see it to understand it but I'm looking forward to seeing many bear hats put together on my sewing machine along with a few vests. Should be a fun experience with NO stress. I've had enough of that for a whole year. I'm hoping that I'm on the rainbow side of the storm. Tomorrow I'm meeting an old friend Janet W in the afternoon. She needs another xmas stocking for a grandson. I made one for her first granddaughter last year. I sewed up a new kitchen curtain this morning. Red and white strips...It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here. Yahoo.