ready...

got some tweaking to do...

but we are ready...

snow this morning...

it spit and sputtered a bit here this morning...

the sun is trying to come out now, but oh so slowly...

a new guy...

love this artist...

used her books when I crafted for a living...

DH had his colonoscopy yesterday and they found nothing...

no pre cancerous anything...

big relief...

he did very well and had no problems whatsoever...

it was awesome...

:)

on thing down and out of the way...

doesn't need to do that again for 10 years...

I probably won't get the chance to get back in here until after Saturday night and the first toy distribution....

we are getting there and are ready to go...

its going to be a another good year for these kids...

:) 

have a good week!

elifng it...

trying to get the last minute things done around here...

the old man is home through Wednesday...

colonoscopy on Wed...

should be fine and back to normal by Saturday night...

elfing the toy drive...

still have some holes to fill...

but its coming along...

got a million and one things to do...

have a great week!

oh, what a life...

got some exciting news...

first, I got a new camera...

and as soon as the battery charged, I had to try it out...

its after midnight and the guys are asleep and I am walking around shooting things...

:)

its another Canon PowerShot, but we kind of upgraded this time...

its my Christmas from the guys...

my old camera was starting to go...

and it was getting so hard to get a good shot of anything...

the other news is that we have found the perfect replacements for running the toy drive...

they accepted...

so we will work with them this year and then help out in whatever they need us to do...

but they will be in charge...

and will do a wonderful job...

they are good, hard working people with huge giving hearts...

other news is that my debit card expired and had to get a new one...

went into the photo editor I always use and had to put the new card in to get it to work...

went to check out and discovered it was up to $7.99 a month...

I started at $4.99...

yeah, backed out of there quick and started searching for another...

the first one that popped up as a free online photo editor was iPiccy...

and I love it...

it does an awesome job...

so been spending some time in there learning to navigate their program...

I highly recommend it...

I have also been begging for toys and monetary donations for Christmas Is A Child....

and designed this to be shared on facebook...

so, I am a tired old lady...

we did all that ordering online...

and it has been coming in left and right...

enough to make an elf's toes curl...

:)

have good days...

I will be in here when I can find time...

an elf's work is never done!

very busy day!

we heading up the fire station as soon as we got enough caffeine in us...

and set up the tables for the toy drive...

even sorted what we have already...

ran back home and started on our Thanksgiving dinner...

the guys helped so much...

Doug and Paula got here...

we talked and ate...

it was a good time...

I got in a 2 hour nap, too!

LOL

got up in time for supper and then we started in on the unpacking of Christmas totes...

and all is well with us this morning...

I even got out of bed without any help...

:)

and I kept up...

as best I could...

I'm not saying there wasn't pain and little breaks in there for me...

but we did it...

:)

the need for a shower is great...

so I must swallow down my tea and get my butt moving...

there's some clean up to do and we must go check the donation box again this morning...

(its a new lidded garbage can on wheels we sit just outside the door of fire station)

and we need to get a concrete block in the bottom of it...

so when the winds happen, it won't end up in the highway...

I am not sure if we are decorating outside today and we just let Craig do it on Tuesday when he is off...

probably waiting...

:)

have good days...