Angie asked me if i had my JINGLE ON.....!!!!????

Oh i sooo love the whole sweetness of Christmas! (although the comercial elements have been pounded away at us in every store we go to....hate that part...) It's the memories that come with the unpacking of holidays gone by that bring out the warm fuzzies of the season....

this year we do have a new tree to put up...it's white! i've wanted a white tree for as long as i remember...(reminicent of the flocked trees gone by) just not as messy...

do i have my JINGLE on? angie asked me...
...not as much as i should have already! We are going to begin to pull out the decorations to an easy access position in the garage...preparing for the cold weather that will most undoubtedly arrive...(sooner than later!) (did you SEE all that snow in south dakota?!!!!!) and it's heading our direction although we will get a mix of snow/rain...and the ground is still tooo warm for it to stick...

but it's coming!!!

the trees are turning a deep autumn gold...and if they haven't shed their coats will do so soon....

so who should i ask....

DO YOU HAVE YOUR JINGLE ON????????

CAROL

MEGAN

AND PEGGY!!!
SHE SURELY HAS HER JINGLE ON!!!!

hugz til next time!!!
jingle bells jingle bells....jingle all the way...to the next blog!!!

thursday....stuff....

I've been soooo good...(even in regards to working at Michael's with not spending hardly any money on new stuff...IT'S REALLY HARD...but i've been finding stuff in my stashes to use that i forgot i had!!!

Then i saw these beautiful vintage perfume bottles that weigh in at 11 lbs for the lot!!!! and all i could see were sweet fairy bottles etc! I got home today and found out that i WON THEM!!! for the base priced bid!!! goodness!!! best part is, is that i saved the postage and i'm going to go pick them up in the morning!!!
...aren't they pretty!!!???


...as promised here is the bracelet i made during dance class this week...


...the natural stones are of a limited edition run...so that makes it a bit more special!


...isn't this the sweetest picture?...this is my niece, jackie and her hubby, ben...who is only home for a couple of weeks before he has to return to iraq (he is on his leave for a couple of weeks) for the duration of his second tour....
and their little one, Niko!!! He and Maxx are only weeks apart....!!!


Did a bit more art this afternoon...still have to photo it all....

hugz til next time!!!!

haaappy birthday to YOU!!!!!!

hAPPY bIRthDAy TO YOU!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET BABY DANIELLE!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!
Danielle is the youngest of the girls...she was born in Germany (compliments of the U.S. Army lol)
Here she is in Kindergarten!!!



And here she is in her photographer mode! Color follows her EVERYWHERE!!!



our street has become a path of gold!




so kelly is having a giveaway on her blog...and the condition is posting a photo of yourself wearing an "i voted" sticker...lol..well i had given my sticker to one of the kids...and was worried it would be drooled and food stained...when i would attempt to get it back...lol...well david remembered that he still had his...so i borrowed his..for the pic...now i take horrible pics..hence you don't see me in many...i tried to take one reflecting my self in the mirror then using the camera back for the image...omgoodness..after 20 shots...even the best was lol...well robbie volunteered to snap one..

he assumed that "photographer" persona..."mom give me that CRAZED look like you found a box of vintage something something and you were running for it...

now i didn't think he was ready with the camera....FLASH!!!!...HE SAID HE DARED ME TO POST IT...LOL...



he said that that image will forever be concreted in his brain...I TOLD HIM DON'T FORGET IT!!! lol...



how bad are those...well kelly there ya go...

hugz til next time...
made a bracelet at dance..will post it in the morning!!!

happy morning on monday!

oh happy day!!!

TODAY IS MY HUBBY'S BIRTHDAY!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAVID!!!!

the sun is shining and it's going to be in the 70's for much of this week!!!! great time for cleaning up the yard and hmmm should we decorate for the holidays?...sure beats doing it in the COLD!

Finally somewhat feeling a big better and not so much coughing going on...

thank goodness!!!!

here is a bit of art i did last week...that i couldn't get posted due to that whole blog thing...and forgot to post it yesterday when i finally got on!



well off to work...will pop back in later on this evening!!!

hugz til then!

DANCING ON THE BAR!!!

Been having issues with this blog...won't let me post pictures...freezes up tight...so i'm sooo behind in posts...

friday on halloween was kevin's birthday...(yep my daughter robbed the cradle...she turned 28 earlier this month..and kevin did friday...

here he is at age 4 months...oh can you see the MAXX in him? hee hee



and today...teachin the boy to drive!







HAPPY -bit belated- BIRTHDAY!!!!

...so they've (yoyo and hoops) been waiting...someone let the cat out of the bag...that they would be DANCING ON A BAR!..."WOOO HOOOOO WATCH OUT COYOTE UGLY...WE'RE GONNA BE DANCIN.......

(small pause)

ON.....A....BAR................

((longer pause))

and this is where they saw....

and this PROVES that what you HEAR doesn't always mean what you THINK it means!

(what they figured out...is that the "bar" involved...TU TU'S...!) the only DRINKING that would be happening would be from a water bottle! (besides...you two aren't old enough to do any drinking of the inferred kind!!!)



"OH, YOYO, DOES THIS TUTU MAKE MY BUTT LOOK BIG?"



"NO MATTER WHERE WE TURN THERE ARE MIRRORS!!!!"

..OH HEAVENS TO BETSY..HOPE not many people see these pictures!!!

they DID meet a new friend, angelina, who was just ever so happy to have them join in on her birthday party!



"YOYO, LOOK AT THIS SWEET CHAIR! LOOKS LIKE A GIANORMOUS SHOE!!"



ms. Anita (owner of the studio and dancer extraordinaire) was only too happy to pose for a picture...with the famous pair!
(check out the dance center link!)



I was awarded this award



from sweet Jennifer! (i wanted to cash it in...lol and she suggested a pawn shop..)

I'm supposed to nominate 4 people...so here we go....i nominate...

patti (who seems to be getting a bit younger this week! and is also having a GIVEAWAY!!!! GO PEEK AND SIGN UP!

tamara

vivian (who is hostessing a snowperson swap!)

jessi

well i'm off to create a new blog banner...bout time!

big hugz til next time!!!