Friday Funny

One last party!

We had our party for my family on Saturday.  As usual, there was lots of fun and laughter!

It was a full house!  We started the evening with pizza, then played a game before opening gifts.

Of course, the girls loved opening gifts.  The funny thing was that Alaina opened hers right up, but Ruby was very careful, untying the strings and pulling the paper off slowly.

The grandkids came up with a brilliant idea for my Dad and step mom.  They bowl 3 times a week and love it.  So, all the kids are going to take them out bowling and for supper in January.  They both loved it.

A funny tradition we have is Santa letters.  If someone has "misbehaved" during the year, they may get a letter from Santa with a little gift that adds to the letter.  These letters usually go to the men, because they are the naughtiest, and also because we girls are usually the elves! Imagine my surprise when the first letter came to me! I haven't mentioned this, but I hurt my knee in November and have been wearing a brace.  I'm supposed to be doing limited walking and standing so it can heal.  I must admit that I'm not a very good patient and I don't like to ask other people to do things for me.  So, Santa sent me a letter telling me to listen to Bob and the Dr...  and I got a book titled "Little Miss Stubborn".  Tucked into my gift was a book for my sister Terri titled "Little Miss Chatterbox" which was pretty fitting.

Laura also got a gift from Santa.  She's has a history with these gifts, probably because she's so easy to tease. She has a thing about possums, she doesn't like them and a few years ago, she got a possum skin from Santa.  This year she got mug that looks plain white until you put something hot in it - then a possum shows up!

The last Santa gift was a little book for my sister Cheri.  She got a letter warning her not to get in the way of other peoples gift giving joy.  I don't know if you've heard of the book - The Wonky Donkey?  Last month, both Laura and Heather had found that book for me to read to the girls, and before they could give it to me, Cheri had found the book and given it to me.  So, she got her own book.

The Very Merry Cheri!  Laura did this, had a whole story line with rhyming words including a spot where she fell and had a 'Shiney Heinie!"
Yes, we laughed some more.

 Ruby had such fun with her Operation game.

Alaina is showing great Grandma how to do this craft.
We had such a fun evening.  Dad is 87 and Ann is 88 and we are thankful for each Christmas we have with them.

A Day in my Life

Hi!  Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and are ready for the new year!
I enjoyed my break and had a very nice Christmas.  Now here we are in 2019!
Here's how I spent the first day of the year.

I'm actually going to start with a photo from New Years Eve just because it's cute.
We spent the evening with Bobs brother Tom and wife Bonnie.  This is our annual tradition, and we followed another tradition as well.  We've been doing a traveling type outing every New Years Eve.  We stop at a restaurant to get appetizers, stop somewhere else for a main dish, and then make one more stop for dessert.  We figure we have all night, so this is the night to do it.

These carolers were on the street outside the restaurant where we had our main dish. After we ate, Bob, Tom and Bonnie joined them!  :)

We didn't get back to our house until about 9:30.  Such a fun evening!

Happy New Year!  I don't know what was going on with Bob and I but we laughed the New Year in.

Tom and Bonnie left shortly after midnight. Bob was soon in bed, I did a little reading and was in bed by 1.

We both slept in and had a relaxing morning.  I started some laundry and picked up groceries.
I got a message from my sister Cheri asking if I wanted to run out to one of our favorite stores as they were having a New Years Day sale.  I picked her up at 11 and we headed out.
We stopped at my sister Terri's house to see some work that's been happening in her living room and see if she wanted to come along.  She couldn't do that, but we had a nice little visit.

 We made it to this store - such cute vintage things are offered here. It's owner has been profiled in Better Homes and Gardens and some other magazines, so we're lucky to have her cute store near us.
I found a beautiful wreath for 75% off!

We stopped at Wendy's for lunch and then made our way back home.


When I got home I finished the laundry and then started to do some cleaning.

 This closet is where I store all my wrapping supplies and decorative items.  It's hard to see, but I sorted it all out and put it back in place, something that was badly needed.

Then I worked on cleaning out drawers.  It's something I really like to do, and it always makes me feel good to see everything clean and neat.


I also cooked up and froze some chicken and hamburger in preparation for later meals.

We had Chicken Cordon Bleu and green bean casserole for supper.

After supper I did a little reading.  Our Pastor is going to be doing a series going through the Bible this year, so we got a list of passages to read, that will have us go through the Bible in one year, and will follow his messages.  This is the schedule and I'm starting off on time.  Hope I can keep it up!

Then it was a quiet, relaxing evening.
Back to work tomorrow!