2010 sounds like a title of a sci-fi book. Maybe it has been the title of a sci-fi book. And you know if you had written a book twenty or thirty years ago about all the things we do in 2009 it would have sounded like a sci-fi book. We have Facebook friends we talk to via computers. We want …
Hanging on to the Christmas Spirit
~~Do you think it’s possible to hang on to the Christmas Spirit once all the wrapping has been pulled off the gifts? When you think if you ever see another piece of candy it will be too soon and the Christmas punch has turned sour. When the thought of another ham sandwich makes you cringe while pizza is sounding like …
My Favorite Gifts
These are my favorite Christmas gifts. Nine beautiful grandchildren under the tree. For the last several years we’ve added a new baby in the family every year or almost every year and I always take a picture of the new baby sitting in front of the Christmas tree. Grammy’s favorite gift. So this year we got all the kids to …
The Ten Best Things about Christmas
People are always doing lists. I do lists too, but mostly about things I don’t want to forget. You know, chores-to-do lists. Grocery lists. Christmas card lists. Gift ideas lists. Birthday lists. One late night comedian has made his lists of ten a big part of his comedy. So I thought I’d jump in on the idea. The ten best …
Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas!!
~I didn’t set out to be a Santa collector. It just happened. Mostly because my daughter enjoys finding neat Santas and giving them to me for Christmas. More than half of my Santas have been gifts from her and her husband. It all started many years ago when all the kids were still living at home, none even thinking about …
What’s in a name?
~Here’s my granddaughter with the puppy I decided to keep from the litter the neighbor’s dog had in our garage. She’s a very cute puppy and my daughter-in-law named her Latte. Since I have to admit that didn’t sound like a puppy name to me, I started calling the pup L.T. But that doesn’t fit either, so we’re having a …
Countdown to Christmas
~Right. This picture has nothing whatsoever to do with the countdown to Christmas. But it does show a little joy. My son-in-law loves dogs and they love him as you can see. The puppies thought it was very neat having a human playmate and Oscar looks like he’s wondering how to get in on the fun. All the puppies have …
A Time for Stories
~The holiday season is such a great time for families to get together and share stories – some old and heard dozens of times and some others new and never heard before. Here my little granddaughter is sharing one of the never heard before stories. She’s been making up stories since before she was two, so maybe someday she’ll be …
Shopping till I Dropped
Thanksgiving is over and I can no longer pretend Christmas is a long way off. Especially since we’re going to celebrate here the weekend before Christmas. AIII!!! –So I took off on a marathon shopping trip today. First you have to understand that shopping is one of my very least favorite things to do – unless I’m in a bookstore. …
Signing Books in London — Kentucky, that is.
–Did you ever think about how many exotic places we have in Kentucky? Paris, KY – London, KY – Versailles, KY. Although I have to admit the way we say Versailles with our Kentucky country pronunciation doesn’t make you think much of France. Then there’s California, KY – Washington, KY – Texas, KY – Moscow, KY – Newfoundland, KY. –I …