Q & A

I got these questions from Julia’s blog and today I have time to participate.
1. Where is your favorite place to think, reflect and pray?

I’d have to say in bed

or driving in my car

….those are two places which are usually quite. I’ve started the practice of trying to set an intention for my day every morning before I get out of bed.

2. Did you believe in Santa as a kid?

Oh did I?! My grandparents lived in Colorado for a while when I was young.  I remember going to the “North Pole” to sit on the “real” Santa’s lap…he brought me a baby doll that I saw in his workshop…I still have her!  I think I believed in Santa until about 5th grade….to be honest, I still believe

3. What is your favorite kind of Christmas cookies? You can add a recipe if you have time.

Hmmmm, I’m not much of a cookie person, so I don’t have a favorite kind of Christmas cookie…..does that make me odd?

However, I love, Love, LOVE fudge….especially with walnuts in it….that is one thing that I have a hard time passing up!

4. Did you grow up around any of your grandparents?

I was especially fortunate to have 4 grandparents and 4 great-grandparents until I was in high school….I grew up around all of them and have many fond memories.

5. What is your favorite winter sport-skiing, skating, sledding, others(? ) ? If you live in a warm place what is your favorite winter sport when the Olympics are televised?

My favorite winter sport would be sledding if we ever got enough snow…..I remember sledding a LOT when I was younger,

but it seems now we get more ice than snow.  I actually like just about everything about the winter Olympics, but my favorites would be ice-skating, luge, the downhill skiing jumpers, downhill skiers and snowboarders….yes, LOVE winter Olympics!

No clear winner

I think this is nice.  There was no clear winner in the bird contest.

Poor bird #1 got no votes….she’s a little sad, but she’s a bit of a “bordello” bird…..or at least that’s a “nice” way of saying what we dubbed this little bird. Yes, she’s a bit “whore-ish” looking and she was made by me

Birdie number 2 got 2 votes and she was created by Kenny….yes, he’s quite creative!

Birdie number 3 also got 2 votes and was also created by Kenny.  Someone commented that this bird would have gotten more votes, but got a bit cheated because it only had one picture….perhaps that is true….it is a simple, but elegant bird.

Birdie number 4 also got 2 votes and was created by our friend, David….I think this is the most exotic little bird of the bunch!

Birdie number 5 also got 2 votes and was created by myself….personally, I like the pink beaded band around it’s neck…..yes, both of my birds had a touch of pink! Big surprise!

Birdie #6 got 1 vote and was the first bird that Kenny created….also another one of my favorites for it’s exotic look!

Thanks to everyone who took the time to comment and vote.

I do kind of like it that we didn’t have a clear winner….

….everyone sees beauty in a different way and that makes me smile!

You’re never too old for…..

…..glitter!

Saturday night we sat down at the dining room table amidst the deer and

poinsettias and proceeded to make glittered birds!  We had so much fun, just

like little kids!

These birds, started out as black with gold bodies…..that is, until we got ahold of them!

#1

#2

#3

This next little group started out as olive colored birds…..funny how they change once they are all glittered!

#4

#5

#6

Of course, there were 3 of us making them, sooooo….

nothing like a little competition…..vote for your favorite….

Each bird’s number is ABOVE their picture.

Let me know by leaving a comment or feel to e-mail me…I’ll let you know results on Thursday!

Intention

Wishing everyone a great start to their week!

I’m trying to start every day with an intention….

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Oh nuts!

I just stirred these around a bit while they were roasting in the oven.....my house smells divine!




Chipotle and rosemary roasted nuts

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Being Positive

They say bad things come in “3”s………

First the bashed window in my car and my stolen purse…..

Then the pee stain on the floor…..

Then the other night someone ran into the back side of my car (no one was hurt, someone went to jail….it’s a long story!)…..

Yes, that’s “3”…..I’m done!

Christmas Chaos

Yesterday started out to be such a great day…….

yoga

shopping with Sheri

McSalty’s pizza

Then this….

Oh yeah, I was lying on the rug with Cleopatra and I started noticing

that horrible “pee” smell…..I rolled back the carpet and found THIS…..

huge stain on our newly refinished hardwood floor….dry as a bone….AARGH!

Also went to move the big lamp in front of the pink Christmas tree and heard a crackle

and an electrical smell….yup, now the lamp is torn up and I’ll have to find someone to fix that.

I did a little research on the floor stain and it says I can put hydrogen peroxide on the stain and it will lighten it up…in the process of trying that….we’ll see…..I also have the rug doused with some odor neutralizer……

Right now, the house is in a state of disarray…..Kenny has hauled boxes of decorations

down from the attic and last night the garland that you see wound up on the floor in front of Lonnie, was spread out all over the kitchen with needles dropping everywhere (Kenny cleaned that all up)….it’s now on the mantel in the front room awaiting further adornment.

It looks like we’ll be having a nature themed Christmas this year…..Kenny has brought home several miniature poinsettias, along with two large poinsettias as well as a poinsettia tree.

Yesterday, Sheri and I had been to Inspirational Home in Galloway Village and I found these

little hanging terrariums for the air plants Kenny had bought a few weeks ago, so he has those hanging up in the front window.

It’s beginning to look a little like Christmas!

Back

Well, I’ve got some internet service, but it’s not as fast as it usually is.  When we decided to ditch our land-line, they said we would be without internet service for about 2 days……it ended up that we are not going to have “real” internet service until December 8th, however, they did turn my iphone into a personal hotspot, so I can run our home computer from that…..it works….just a bit slow.

Here are a few pictures of Lonnie and his fan club from Thanksgiving day.

The pretty lady next to him on the couch is my Grandma Doris, the lady behind the couch is Kenny’s Aunt Donna and his Uncle Jack to the side…..needless to say they are all “dog people”!

Lonnie just loves them all!