The Great Christmas Tree Hunt

Every year we go up in the woods and pick out our Christmas tree. It's not a perfectly trimmed tree, it's a natural straight-from-the-woods tree. It is my favorite thing to do. We've done it since before Joy was born. She loves going too. She helped Daddy drag the tree out of the woods...and she had fun in the deep snow.

Wow..it's almost February

Where has the time gone? Christmas was great. Joy had so much fun this year talking about baby Jesus, Santa, decorating the Christmas tree, everything was such fun for her. It brought back to me how much fun it was as a child. To see everything through her eyes is so wonderful.

We had the week off between Christmas and New Year's. The day after Christmas, we took the girls (Joy and her 2 cousins) to Stuff It in the mall. It's like Build-a-Bear. They all had gift certificates and were able to make their own animals. Joy picked out a pink bunny and named her Puppy. Then they played on the playground in the mall.

We had a couple snow days off as well. The weather here has just been COLD. We've gone for a week not hitting much higher than 10 degrees. The wind chill is below zero, and snow is coming. I have all the Christmas decorations to put back in the barn, but I can't get to the barn through the snow drifts! I'm ready for Spring!

I'll try to post pictures at another time. I never seem to be able to size them so that they fit. But I have tons of pictures to share. I'll try to do that this week sometime.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and this year brings you much happiness.
God Bless.

The laugh is on me...

I had an address label out to send something, but then didn’t need it, so I stuck it on my post it dispenser. I got up, came back and it was gone. I couldn’t find it.
Someone comes in the office and says “You’re working too hard…..you’ve got a label in your hair”……ROFLMAO!!!

I had thrown something in my recycle bin, and missed, so must be when I bent over to pick it up, my hair hit the label. ROFL!! Oh brother…is it 4:00 yet?

The laugh is on me...Scrap That - - the LABEL is on me!

Happy Hump Day!!

The weekend cometh!

Wahoo!!! It's Friday!!! And it's a 3-day weekend...BONUS!! So, what's up for the weekend??

Well....let's see. I have a painting project to finish in my kitchen. I've repainted my bottom cabinets and refinished my countertops. Now I just need to do the top cabinets and window trim. Hopefully I'll get to do that this weekend. It looks a bit odd now since it's green on top and red on bottom...LOL. I'll post pics when I'm done of before and after. :) I'm quite proud of it.

I know my mom wants to take the grandkids to the new playground near her this weekend. I hope the weather cooperates.

I also need to get some filing and cleaning up done with my desk. I've become so unorganized. I want to correct that, as it only makes my life miserable. We've also got to make room for the credit card machine in the shop, and get the office organized.

I just picked up some marigolds to plant in my big hog boiling pot in the front yard. Joy will be looking forward to doing that with me. She loves to get in the dirt...just like her mother.

Other than that, it should be a good weekend. I hope the weather is nice, that'll just be a bonus. :)

Mother's Day

I had the greatest Mother's day, I'm still in shock over it!! My daughter was the PERFECT angel ALL day long! It was so nice!! She must have known it was a special day, she was just so sweet. Helpful, loving, I think the aliens came during the night and switched her! LOL!! Not that she's horrid normally, it was just nice to have a day that she was very agreeable, obedient and pleasant. It was the greatest gift ever!

Sad day...I'm gonna miss you Sandie :(

One of my closest friends at work left today. She's moving to TX be with her grandbabies. The office will never be the same without her. She was my friend, my "work" mom, my sounding board...I am going to miss her terribly. I had the other girls in the office write down their goodbyes, memory, etc on journal boxes, took lots of pictures at the going away party we threw her and put together an album for her to remember us by. I hope she likes it. I wrapped it and gave it to her as she was leaving with a note to open it when she got to TX. I knew she was sad to leave, so I didn't want to make it any worse. I think this way, if she waits to open it, she'll get a good laugh instead of a cry. I hope she has a safe trip.

Made in the USA

Has anyone else noticed that Wal-Mart no longer sports the big "American Made" motto they used to? What happened to that? Did it die with Sam Walton? I'm not being down on Wal-Mart, don't get me wrong, but I just wish that we supported our own factories and manufacturers (what's left of them anyhow). And it's not like we can boycott Wal-Mart, around my area it's all we have. I've become a label checker....I bought two shirts and a pair of pants last night as I need clothes desperately and not a one was made in the USA. And I tried to find some. And it's not just Wal-Mart...it's just about any store. Even the company that I'm associated with has most of their product manufactured outside the United States...it's hard to avoid anymore. So, I'm kinda stuck there. However.....I'm going to make it my goal to start finding places we can shop that carry USA products...We all want to support our soldiers....let's support them by bringing business back to our country, and hopefully that will help bring them back to us as well. Let's support the USA as much as we possibly can.

And just as I was about to post this, I got an email from my SIL...how true is this:

Joe Smith started the day early having set his
alarm clock (MADE IN JAPAN ) for 6 am.
While his coffeepot (MADE IN CHINA ) was perking, he shaved with his
electric razor (MADE IN HONG KONG ). He put on a dress shirt (MADE IN
SRI LANKA ), designer jeans (MADE IN SINGAPORE ) and tennis shoes (MADE
IN KOREA ) After cooking his breakfast in his new electric skillet (MADE
IN INDIA ) he sat down with his calculator (MADE IN MEXICO ) to see how
much he could spend today. After setting his watch (MADE IN TAIWAN ) to
the radio (MADE IN INDIA ) he got in his car (MADE IN GERMANY ) filled
it with GAS (from Saudi Arabia ) and continued his search for a good
paying AMERICAN JOB. At the end of yet another discouraging and
fruitless day checking his Computer (Made In Malaysia ), Joe decided to
relax for a while. He put on his sandals (MADE IN BRAZIL ) poured
himself a glass of wine (MADE IN FRANCE ) and turned on his TV (MADE IN
INDONESIA ),and then wondered why he can't find a good paying job in
AMERICA ...