a blast from the past...

that's our son, Doug, cooking hot dogs for the other kids...

back in the early 90s...

"Christmas On The Square" used to be an awesome event for our little town...

and that's the A's...

our little league team...

Doug is the first on in the very back row, right next to his dad- the coach...

and Craig is the second one from the left on the bottom row...

and here they are in the last year...

they finished up number 1!

Craig is the first one on the left in the back row...

DH and I coached the A's for 8 years...

before I went on to be president of the little league and pony league...

back when I could move and do things...

LOL

Tom and Abby used to run our local paper...

and too soon, they were taken from us...

Tom first, in an auto accident...

Abby carried on alone for many years until cancer took her...

there is a new editor who found all these old photos...

and a couple of "kids" stepped up to download them all and put them on a new facebook page so we could all have the images...

that Tom and Abby took through the years...

for the paper...

for us...

they attended every event in town and caught it all on film...

and now its on the net...

I wonder if they knew?

that these photos would be so loved over and over again?

have a great weekend...

stay in and stay warm...

;0)

there's something blocking my view...

like this angel wind chime that Craig got me for Christmas...

but she's not going out until it warms up a bit!

she was covering up this...

can you see it yet?

no, not quite...

well, that's the best shot you are going to get of the island from in here...

cuz I ain't going out there!

polar bears would be freezing their behinds off in this...

and that's a lot to freeze!

Annie got sick last night...

so Missy and her are on antibiotics...

vet says they can catch colds and flu like we do...

they are both feeling better tonight...

but its been a long day...

the fuzzy one had to give up her kennel for Annie...

so been baby sitting her all day...

and she has tried to get into everything...

handed her off to Craig a bit ago so I can head for bed, so I had better get going...

got so much to catch up on tomorrow...

good sleeps!

its that time again...

time to freeze...

took these Sunday during the snow fall...

and we got more last night so the ground is covered now...

its bitter cold out, too...

but the good news is...

only 74 more days until spring...

and it will go by fast...

and we'll be back to swatting bugs in no time...

I am not getting back outside until the weekend when it warms up some...

getting a new exhaust put on the truck tomorrow...

Craig blew a hole in it right around Christmas...

and its really loud...

but we always now when he's home!

not doing much today...

still on the antibiotics and had a ton of drainage this morning...

so they are working...

I did get the baby bathed this morning...

fuzzball likes baths...

and blow dried her so she is so puffy right now...

I really need to get caught up on the blog hopping today...

and get a nap in...

after lunch...

so have a good day and stay warm...

;0)

Charlie's a butt...

we caught Annie nursing on the throw that Doug and Paula got me for Christmas...

(I have yet to use it)

then Charlie came from out of the blue and grabbed the end and rolled her up in it...

after he danced around on top of her, he dug her out...

to play...

but all she wanted was to take a nap...

he kept picking on her and she finally played...

these two are best buddies...

normally...

but he rolled her up again...

and danced on top of her...

again...

and then dug her out...

again...

because Charlie has claimed this throw as his...

as soon as I opened it up, he was on it...

and Miss Annie gave up on the soft throw for some peace and quiet...

because Charlie can't jump...

and she finally got her nap...

made a trip to the walk in clinic yesterday afternoon for antibiotics...

sinus infection and it was in my ears, too...

so will get this stopped before it spreads into my chest...

so many were there and so sick sounding...

hope I don't get that stuff...

rain and fog here all day...

really foggy this morning...

we missed the ice and sleet yesterday...

stayed warm enough for it all to be rain...

won't be so lucky later in the week, but nothing will be falling then but the temps...

I am going to head back to bed for a bit and try to sleep in this morning...

if the critters would just leave me be on the weekends!

;0)

my word for 2015...

is...

aware...

I have thought about this for a time...

and aware is what I want to be more of this year...

more aware of everything...

God's love...

what He wants of me...

the needs of others...

what they need and when they need it without them asking...

more aware of every moment that passes...

most slip by me silently...

of all the tiny blessings that happen around me every day...

not just the big ones...

more aware of the wrongs and standing up and being heard for those who cannot do it for themselves...

just more aware of what happens around me...

what is happening to others...

aware....