The stockings were hung with great care...in this chair ( Read more... )

Just a reminder from Ripley - the best early Christmas gift I ever got - that if you’re looking for that last minute perfect gift for someone, Terrific Tails: Stories From A Pet Guardian is still available on Amazon. A pet lover? A book lover? A supporter of charity? (yep, proceeds still go the local Humane Society). Terrific Tails makes a great ( Read more... )

I’m so on it this year! Christmas shopping is done. Most of it has arrived & is already wrapped. Just waiting for the tree to go up the day after Thanksgiving so I can put them where they belong. I’m still waiting on 3 gifts (have the wrapping paper cut & ready for them!), as well as 3 stocking stuffers for the fur bbs & 2 stocking stuffers for Sis ( Read more... )

Just popping in to say I hope your holiday season thus far has been jolly & that your new year to come is amazing! Have some holiday photos:

Pippin loves his pretty tree. “It’s pretty like Pippin,” I tell him.


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So, as you may have guessed, Winston has been living with us ever since Mom passed. He’s settled in nicely. We spoil him as bad - or possibly worse, yes worse - than we spoil the cats. He had a rough few years with Mom being sick and he’s 14 years old, so we are truly gonna make his retirement golden. To that end, my sister got him this bone for ( Read more... )

So, yeah, Sis tried wrapping up the cats. Pippin tolerated it. Hiccup loved it! When she let go of him, he just sat there. Then she unwrapped a corner so he could get out, but he just burrowed farther in. Then later she put his wrapping paper on the floor and he rolled around all over it. I mean, they opened a gift tonight and it was a flower ( Read more... )

Just making it under the wire for Christmas here! But I wanted to pop in and wish you all a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Amazing Kwanzaa, Wonderful Solstice, Fantastic Festivus and anything else you might celebrate ( Read more... )

It’s been a busy week, damn. Wednesday I went to three back-to-back appointments, Thursday - PT, Friday - Sis’ office party, Saturday - church concert and Sunday - Rogue One. I also spent all weekend waiting for news about test results and boy, doctors need to work on their bedside manners - more on that at a later date ( Read more... )

So, we had The Niece and Nephew this weekend and The BFF came down to give them their Christmas presents. She spoils them, you know. Her nephews live in Australia, so she adopted our niblings years ago ( Read more... )

Before the first month of the new year passes, I thought I’d write up about the books I read last year. I was aiming for 10, but only made it through 6. It’s just, the older I get, the worse the brain fog gets. I read a lot of YA & Middle-Grade books this past year - (thanks ceitfianna for giving me a word for books for like 5th graders, because YA wasn’t ( Read more... )