Lily's Here & A New Addition

Lily's here for a New Years visit.

Bodie looking to the pack leader.

My favorite son.

The Boston Terriers meeting Lily.

Merry Christmas to James and Gennette.

Merry Christmas to Lily too.

A Christmas addition, a 6 month old male kitten.  We haven't named him yet.

Merry Christmas To Me!

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Santa-PJ said no gifts this year.  Santa-PJ lied.  I love receiving gifts wrapped in helicopter magazines or  sectionals.

To help me get lost: Garmin Oregon 550t GPS.

Pealing off the new plastic might be the best part.

Now, to figure out how to use my new playtoy.  Thank you Honey.

Merry Christmas

Christmas Eve with Family & Friends

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PJ's fam.

PJ's fam.

Our friend Mikey.

Visiting after dinner.

Thanks to my kitchen angels, the dishes are done.

Mikey does love the kitties.

Comparing notes on Ancestry.    

Christmas Lights @ 27255

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Helper dog and helper cat.

My little Christmas mesquite tree.

Neighborhood sunset. 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Christmas is forever, not for just one day, 
for loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away
 like bells and lights and tinsel, in some box upon a shelf.
 The good you do for others is good you do yourself.
~Norman Wesley Brooks, "Let Every Day Be Christmas," 1976

New Years Eve Weekend

My son, his girlfriend and their dog Lilly are here = happy, happy, joy, joy!

James & Gennette


Gennette made a super cool awesome handmade gift for me for Christmas: an iPod holder! It's reversible, it's yellow on one side and has paw prints on the other side, with a butterfly closure. Cierra gives it a sniff of approval.


Lilly getting down low to have a closer look at tiny dog Melissa.


Melissa and Lilly. Lilly is a 1-year old white German Shepherd.


James and Gennette, I'm so happy to see them :)

Saturday we'll be up before the birds to go on a New Years Sunrise Hike = NYSH2011.

Random Christmas Stuff

We had a lovely Christmas and a yummy dinner. We'll share a belated Christmas with my son, his girlfriend and their pup next weekend. We're going to do a New Years Eve Sunrise Hike, a repeat of a hike we did a few years ago.

100% Christmas: Take it easy. Relax. Eat, drink and be merry. Do not diet. Smile.
Good advise, we did all those things.


Cierra wrapped up at the foot of the bed. A doggito.


I snapped this on my way out the door to go Christmas shopping. If I failed to come home, they'd have a current photo of me to put on the milk carton.


Cierra using Melissa as a pillow.


Cierra and Melissa (the tidbit we're dog sitting), getting comfortable.


Christmas Day. Cierra using me as a pillow.


My comfy girl.


Grid-It Organizer
This was one of the gifts I bought for PJ. Once he figured out what it is, he really liked the concept. A fellow traveler suggested this. They come in a variety of sizes, so there's probably a practical size for every situation. The tiny square thing is my new iPod.

Merry Christmas Cierra!

Midnight Christmas Eve Service

PJ and I went to services at Community of Grace. We both enjoyed the service very much.



I was a little hesitant about attending a Lutheran church. PJ has a tradition of attending midnight mass, and in our area, that happened to be at a Lutheran church. Likewise, I have a tradition of opening ONE Christmas gift on Christmas Eve. Which, we did.

We both enjoyed the church very much. The story of Jesus' birth was read as a narration, it was lovely. Several songs were sung with the acoustic band. Communion was held. They sung the song "The Holly & the Ivy" so beautifully that I cried.

The Lord's Prayer:
Our Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us,
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory,
for ever and ever.
Amen.

"A Very Zombie Holiday" video

[Pause the MUSIC, on the right ---> Then play the video].

Of Christmas Trees, Chocolate, and Classic Things

Our Christmas tree.


My cousin Shelley sent me some Noka chocolate butterflies - she's the bestest cousin!


I love the diversity of the iPad. We hooked it up to the Bose speakers and watched some classic Frank Sinatra duets.


Frank + Dinah Shore.


Happy dog wants us to play with her.


Frank + Peggy Lee.


Frank + Ella Fitzgerald.


Frank + Lena Horne.


Frank + Sammy David Jr. + My Honey's warm fuzzy slippers.


Frank + Dean Martin.


Frank + Louis Prima + Keely Smith.


Frank + Elvis Presley.


"Pet me Dad!"


"Ugh, no Dad, I said 'pet' me not 'poke' me!"


"Mom, will you tell him to stop poking me?"


Nap time.


"I see you."


The little fur face we're dog sitting. She's very happy now that she's beginning to understand the pack dynamics and what's expected of her.


Me + my Honey. xo.


A hummingbird on our Christmas lights.