I have a new blogging buddy...

Beau Beau is fascinated with the computer screen!

He sits up here for hours watching us do our thing...

he loves the sounds in farmville...

the cows mooing are his favorite...

but he will watch anything...

and he loves visiting your blogs with me... 

the Christmas cards are scarce this year...

wonder if they won't come after Christmas...

without snow here, its been hard for some to get in the "mood"...

a little gift from a secret friend...

;)

I was cleaning today and guess what I had to dust off?

my camera!

can you imagine that?

so I had to dance around the kitchen for a minute and grab some fast shots....

you know, just to make sure it still worked...

there is nothing new...

just the same old same old...

DH and I rode down to the deli this evening after he got off of work...

a tub of BBQ and turkey breast for me...

a restaurant in Charleston used to make the best turkey supremes...

and I was so hungry for one...

Wranlgers, I miss  you!

they closed several years ago and the owner died last year...

it was a mainstay ever since I can remember...

they also had the best BBQ...

sliced turkey breast, mayo, tomato, swiss cheese & lettuce on a huge bun...

they heated the turkey and cheese until the cheese was ooey gooey good...

the juice would run down your arms to your elbows, it was that good...

well, we did our version of their best tonight and oh, my gosh...

it was worth the 8 mile drive to get the supplies to do it...

we also did a quick spin around town looking at their Christmas lights again...

it was raining going down there, but quit while we were at the deli...

well, we are making lists tonight to make sure we get everything done by Christmas eve...

steaks, baked potatoes and salad for Christmas eve dinner...

something we started with my father in law when he was on his low sodium diet...

and it turned out to be a big hit...

we are doing a smaller version of Christmas dinner then Christmas day...

chicken and noodles the main course...

then we will do a ham for New Years...

we are making new traditions...

DH has a whole week off next week!

that's going to be my best Christmas present this year!

Merry Christmas if you don't stop in again until after the fact...

and...

please remember Miss Wonderful in your prayers...

still no word...

help wanted...

I need your prayers again...

I have a friend...

call her Miss Wonderful...

who has been having some health issues lately...

but...

I haven't heard from her in over a week...

I am getting a little concerned...

so could you please take a moment?

and hit your knees?

funny...

hope you are having a good week so far...

nothing much going on here...

need to get a list made of things to do...

Merry Christmas and let the chaos begin!

let's go window shopping...

let's go back to window fronts of the 20s and 30s...

what catches your eye?

now, of course, its more fun if you pretend to be 9 years old again...

or 16...

what did you pick out?

its not too hard to imagine what his dreams were about back then... 

pretty much the same as mine were at that age...

and my kids...

when they were small...

the magic of Christmas never ages...

we do...

Merry Christmas...

naughty I've been...

about not posting...

but I have some really good reasons...

yesterday was not a good day...

but, I made it through...

today was better...

DH and I rode over to Paris because he wanted to take me out to lunch...

we were supposed to go Friday night for supper...

but it wasn't a good day for me...

we slept in this morning..

and I slept 7 hours straight through...

I rarely do this...

2-3 hours is tops for me...

this has happened 2 nights in a row now...

another reason for not posting...

sleeping through my computer time...

so we were slow moving this morning...

took us both a little bit to get going...

but we headed out and I wasn't sure it was a good idea, but I kept it to myself...

we went straight to Burger King for a large vanilla milkshake to share while we were out...

ok- if you haven't tried them lately- they are the best milkshakes ever now!

then we headed for Rural King so DH could run in and get stalked up on Bebe food...

we didn't take the chair so I waited in the truck...

parked in the sun shine...

catching rays and listening to jingle bells...

when he came out, he had this huge Santa in his arms for me...

he said their Christmas stuff was 40% off and he thought I would like it...

;)

then we headed for McDonald's...

(we snagged Craig a meatball sub at Subway on the way)

Big Macs were 1.99!

yeah, we nabbed a couple and he thought we could go to the park and eat...

I had a better idea...

let's go park at Walmart!

and that's what we did...

we sat there and ate...

and watched people come and go...

and the kids...

I watched the kids...

skipping, laughing and sometimes being towed right along...

it was a fun morning and I started feeling better...

and on the way out, I asked him to drive by the kettle...

you know the one...

I told him I needed to put  something back because we were so blessed...

you know, that man never blinked an eye...

and after going the wrong way in a couple of the isles...

we made it to the front of the store and he pulled up in front of the bell ringers...

I had my window down and held out the money and one of them came over and took it for me...

and he went back and dropped it in the kettle...

and no one honked behind us while we did this little thing...

I think they understood that someone needed it...

DH and I talked...

laughed...

poked fun at each other...

and we came home and took a nap...

then tonight, we took off for Newman...

where he works...

and drove around looking at Christmas lights...

holding hands and listening to Christmas songs...

then we came home and ate supper...

now, its about time for bed...

its been a busy day for me...

and I so enjoyed it...

hope you are having a fun weekend...

;)