O Taununbaum O Christmas Tree

Today I finally got the ornaments on the tree. It's been up for a few days with lights on, but today the bulbs went on. Could have something to do with the fact that I have been out of town 5 out of the past ten days and was exhausted. The other 2 just aren't decorating people. They love it when it's all up though. Now - the wrapping begins.

Eat drink and be merry

It's tough trudging thru all that snow looking for the perfect tree, but I found one.

Dave & Donna took out out to dinner at the Red Lobster the other night for a post celebration of Walt's birthday. The jacket Dave is wearing was handmade by their son Kurt who is in NY, NY studying the design of mens clothing. He did a very nice job on it.

The tree in our front yard is having a very hard time holding up under the weight of the recent snow fall. The snow was perfect for snowman making as it was so very wet.

Let it snow - Let it snow

This is KC. She is my sisters dog and the guarder of the place. She is in her element in the new fallen snow. She just hangs outside for hours watching every snow flake fall.

We have had a taste of winter even thought it isn't officially here yet. This tree looks so beautiful all dressed in white. It's in the back yard. Our trailer looks cold and lonely, but that change soon enough. We are taking it south for a little warming up soon. The barometer shows how low it was when this storm came thru. LOVE the white, but the low pressure sure plays havoic on the OLD bodys.

See what I See

One of my most favorite things to do at Christmas time is visit a See's Candy Store. If I had my drothers, I would buy a pound, ok, maybe just a 1/2 pound of milk chocolate covered vanilla butter cream. I've ben known to eat a whole half pound at one sitting. YUMMMMMM

Family sports

Earlier this past fall my sister Patty (on the left), her hubby Ruggy(one the right) drove from the Gilroy, CA area down to the LA area to watch and chear on their son Daniel at a track bike race..

They were joined by our brother's daughter Anola to watch a great race. When Daniel was abt 11 or so, the same family members went to watch Anola at a swim meet in San Jose.

They haven't seen each other since then. I haven seen here since she was abt 4. She sure is a beauty. She is engaged to be married next August in the LA area. Here's wishing her well.

Can't click it

Will someone tell me again how to add the links to words (click here to go there). I remember Traci telling how to but didn't do it enough to remember how. HELP! Thanks

Stuffed to the bird

After a morning low of 6F the day got off to a perfect holiday. Dave Garner and his daughter Kaziah went with Mel to cut down their respective Christmas trees.
Some people just can't get away from their jobs... he used his logging truck to get to the site and haul it back.

The rest of the girls stayed behind to cook for the afternoon Thanksblessings.

I know these tasted just as good as Stacy's, but I had my hand in making these rolls.

They were so yummy. What was so great abt this gathering was that none of the food was packaged or premade - it was all made from scratch. LOVE IT.

Tom the turkey gave his all for the group. He joined the salads, scalloped potatoes, relish tray, the ham, the corn, deviled eggs and the green beans to help us all STUFF ourselves. There were pies and more pies to top it all off. Thanks to all who shared this with us. We are thankful for those that were a part of our THANKSBLESSING.

One of our Thanksblessings was the most beautiful sunsets to end the day.
Blessings on all of you....

Thanksblessings

I am very thankful for the many blessings I have in my life such as the eyes to see the sunrise and... the sunsets.

I am thankful for the friends I have made over the years. These are some from Arco, Id where we are for the Thanksgiving weekend. (r-l) Kendra, Karen, Shouanna, Keri & Kaziah. These are the bestest friends ever. No matter how long it is between visits, we can just pick up as if we'd seen each other just a few mins ago.

This is Walt & Mel. Mel is Shouanna's husband. Together they own the Mountain Man Trading Post in Arco. It's a cute little country store that sells gifts, ice cream, pizzas and sandwiches. The have a few Native American items that between fresh local fruit and vegetables is what they started out selling. They have become great friends.

The Garner's, where we are staying, use a wood stove to heat their home. Here Walt is doing his part to fuel the fires to keep his skinny bod warm.

A down side of Arco is the temps can get really really COLD. Last night it got down to 10F. BURRRR The windows even froze over. Thanksblessing for the wood stove.

Shutter speed working again

I bought a new camera today. A Fuji F480 8.2 mgp that really fits into my pocket nicely. They had them at Macey's grocery store on sale. I looked and looked at different cameras, but this one just said. YES! take me.. So I did. I had used up the other one to the point of it would have cost more than this new camera to fix it. Such a throw away society they have made us. We are going to save it for parts for Colleen's as hers is the same. My Dad and his sister and our old neighbors all have the SAME as C & I did. We just loved it.

Red Hatter

As Walt is now old enough to join the Red Hat Society, he's feeling great. We thought we'd join the throngs of people attending the FREE dinner at the Golden Corrals Resturant for Veteran's on Monday. Being at the end of a 2 hr line we made the decision with Dave & Donna to go someplace else even though we'd have to pay. It was too cold to stand outside for that long just to stand in line again to gather food. Walt's just not into that. So all of us, including Colleen went to a favorite place and enjoyed a good meal and were probably finished before we would have gotten seated at the GC.