Away We Go.....

...Boomer Has Left the Mountain...!!

Happy New Year Bloggerville

Where's the........

...SNOW...!!

The weather Gurus said there would be 1-2" on the ground this morning...

Maybe those wind gust that reached 60 mph had a little something to do with non sticking snow...

Could it be.....?

Will we get thru the winter with just flurries...?

The parental units and i are leaving tomorrow morning for Florida...
My brother is getting married on New Year's Eve...

It'll probably snow while we're gone...
And i'll miss it...

Oh Well.....

Life is Good

Breaking with Tradition....

...i could not face another turkey or ham...
or mashed potato..
or sweet potato..
or green bean..

So

This year we broke with tradition and had...

Corn Beef and Cabbage..
with braised Yukon gold taters..
carrots and onions...

Yummmmmm..

and the best part...
No
left over ham...!!

We may keep this menu and make it a new tradition....

Life is Good

What'da you do....?

...when it's 4:30AM on Christmas morning....
You haven't wrapped your wife's gift....
You can't find the wrapping paper or tissue paper....
You can't find a gift bag big enough....

You use what you have on hand...

Inside the grocery bag .... wrapped in newspaper....

Was my new laptop from CityBoy....!!!

Complete Surprise...!!

No more Sharing....!!

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Mia goes back to the cute Vet today....
She ripped into Christmas like a pup yesterday...
She ate 2 doggie treats and her breakfast...
And tried to spit out her pills....

We're sure she feels better

Life is Good

Hey Guys....!!

....I don't think Santa's gonna fit....!!!

Merry Christmas Bloggerville...!!

Life is Good

Watching and Waiting.....

..that seems to be the theme for the cabin in the Twelve Acre Wood for the next few days...

The fur babies are watching for Santa..
And the humans are watching Mia...

Mia is in the early stages of congestive heart failure....
the good news is the "early" part...!

Our second Jack Russel developed emphysema and CHF at the age of 8...
(Mia will be 8 this coming year)
But....on the correct meds Adam (#2) lived to the ripe old age of 14...

So....Mia's prognoses is good..
She's now on heart meds and a fluid pill twice a day

She's on day two of her meds...
I think she's doing better....CityBoy doesn't...
He's a worrier...!!

Life is Good

Back Down the Mountain.....

...taking Miss Mia back for another visit with the cute Vet....
She's doing "OK".....but....her breathing is still rapid and shallow...
And we will feel better having her checked before the Holiday weekend hits us....

('Cause those ER Vet Clinics can be a little bit on the $$$$ side....)

I'm thinking of changing her name to.....Wheezy....

Life is Good

First Day of Winter....

...came rolling in with clouds....rain....and strong cold winds....

Yuck!!

Is the snow far behind....??

Stay warm and dry....

Life is Good

Clearing out the sinus.....

....pickled jalapenos...

that should do it...!!

CityBoy is at it again...

Mia and i are still recovering and sticking close to home...
I did go out with the female parental unit yesterday....
Hadn't been to Wal Mart in almost a week and i was showing signs of withdrawal...
Picked up the last of the Christmas gifts and got them in the mail....
Then came home and vegged for the rest of the afternoon..

Life is Good

New Day....

Thank you bloggerville for all the well wishes....

Miss Mia and i are both on the mend..
although the stairs are still a challenge for both of us...

Mia is breathing almost normal again...eating....drinking and as of this morning barking..!!
i'm having another spurt and decided to put up the small Xmas tree today....

but...

we're staying in.....little chilly up here today...
no snow.....just nice "cold" winds...

Life is Good

ps...Max makes a wonderful Nancy Nurse....

Inside day....

...Mia and i are spending the day in bed...

She has improved a little ...but... is still short of breath..
but she ate her doggie treat this morning...

Always a good sign...

I'm still sniffeling and trying to keep this mess out of my lungs...

Max has agreed to be our Nancy Nurse....

Life is Good

Just got back....

...from an emergency run to the Cute Vet....

The last few days i've noticed that our baby girl Mia...just hasn't been herself...
She had rapid shallow breathing....shivering....occassional hacky cough...
lack of energy.....this is not the behavior of a Jack Russell...

This morning the "mommy" intuition kicked in and the brain yelled in my ear...

"Somethings Wrong"

So down the mountain we went....

Mia has the beginnings of asthma and a possible enlarged heart...

She's now full of fluids....antibotics....and steroids...
she's resting on the sofa with Max and i'll be joining them soon...

My question is......where did all these germs come from....?

No ones been sick in this cabin for years....
Guess we were due...

Life is Good

Ugh...!!

Max and Mia are soaking up the sun puddles while they last....
the rains are suppose to start tonight...!!

They're keeping watch and keeping me company as i sit on the sofa and silently fight a winter cold....

Ugh....!!

Sinuses are swollen and hurt......throat fire comes and goes.....nose is beginning to drip....
I don't have time to be sick....!!

I think my friend ..... that has been home with pneumonia for two weeks.....sent me her germs inside the Christmas card i recieved yesterday....
Licking the envelope......germy tongue......Ouuuuuuuu.....!!

Anyway.....i'm blaming this on her....
Thanks Jamie....!!

Ziacam....here i come.....

Life is Good

Spurt #6....

...is brought to you by Misskitty..

Yesterday......with delicately placed claws...
she reminded me that i had promised her a Christmasy CatMat...

Sooooo...
After removing her nails from my left thigh...
we went to search of Christmas scraps...

She picked red with stars and yellow with little tiny Christmas trees for the front....

and a winter melody for the back....
We used a quick quilt as you go method...
"cause she wanted her new CatMat...

NOW...!!

I think she's happy....!!

Life is Good

Spurt #5

My front door is one very large sheet of glass...
and being so.....i've been leery of hanging a wreath every year....
since we live in a "high" wind area..
..hello..
..i live on the side of a mountain...!

Yesterday...while CityBoy was Xmas shopping a Lowe's Hardware...
what did i find in the knob department....
a kitchen/bathroom/closet hook....
and just what i was looking for....

CityBoy used the drill i gave him our first Christmas in the cabin and..

Viola..!!

There it is ...Spurt #5....my wreath hook...!!

Look...look.... glass front door and Christmas wreath....
No more...will that metal wreath frame be banging on the door in the middle of the night....
'causing me to get up and take it down....only to put it back up in the morning....

Plus.....i can use it all year....
Not bad for $7.00..

Life is Good

Parental Units have the Spirit.....

The stockings are hung on the front porch with care.....

Wait..!!

There are six stockings and only two of them....

They must be counting the cats....
Three inside and one outside side....

2+3+1 = 6

Yep....the stocking count is right....

Life is Good

Spurt #4.....

....Christmas Cards....

Signed...labeled...and mailed....!!

Life is Good

In the words of Jeff Foxworthy......

(if your a Foxworthy fan.....you know what i'm talking about)

....Christmas Presents....

Yep!

CityBoy came home from work yesterday and proceeded to make his Christmas Gifts....

Bread & Butter pickles in jelly jars...
Add a green bow and he's all set...

he did all the work .....i sat on the sofa and supervised....

My kind'a shopping....!!

Life is Good

Not Sure......

....which way the day is gonna go...
It's cloudy....cold....frosty....but the sun is trying to peek thru...
Sounds and looks like a quilting day to me...

This morning when i stumbled into the kitchen..
CityBoy had left the computer on with a note attached...

Seems someone in Moscow...using a mobile unit...was trying to use his Facebook account...
but...didn't have his correct password...

Do we know anyone in Moscow...??
Don't think soooooo.....but....i'll check.....

Could we "please" confirm or change passwords....

Hummmm.....

Since i'm the "Password Master" he had left this for me to take care of....

Wellllll.......let our little Moscow buddy try to get in now....!!

I've learned a few things from the password experts in Raleigh...
Confusion is the name of the game...

Now did i remember to write it down...??!!

Life is Good


ps.....maybe it was "Peggy"
pss....with my coupons...!!

Spurt #3...

....involved something i've been trying to do for YEARS....!!

I finally took the time and input the address list for our Christmas cards...

I also printed them...

But

As you can see the labels have not made it onto the envelopes yet....
maybe Spurt #4...

Life is Good

Another Spurt.....

The Pilgrims are down and put away for another year...

The...."Christmas Zebra..Wonky Star..Made by Elves" quilt...
is up and waving....

Life is Good

Bah HumBug......

Well...maybe not...!!

A small spurt of Christmas Spirit hit me on Sunday afternoon....

Soooo

Out came my Coca Cola Polar Bear cookie jar...

Life is Good

Jumbled Days.....

Would you call this frosty air....?

And these clouds look a little frisky this morning....!

Yep...!

I'm still here...but...the last two days have been a bit jumbled ....
i took a mini-vacation from Blogger....
It was frustrating me to no end....
Took forever for the pictures to load...
Plus....i was a little low in the thoughts department....

Anyway....back to the jumbled days...

We did the Saturday errands on Friday...cause...CityBoy had to work on Saturday...
Love those...."Buy One...Get One Free" deals and if i have coupons...

Whoa Mama....!!

Then yesterday.....i had planned to stay in the PJ's as long as possible.....finish reading a great mystery.....just sort'a veg....

Ring.....Ring....

Your mother needs help putting up her Christmas lights.....

Bah Humbug......where did all this Christmas Spirit come from....
It's too early...!!

Well.......the lights are up and the stockings are hung....
Not at my house.....at the Parental Unit Lodge....!

Guess i better get with the program....

The Good News....

The letter came.....the letter announcing cable, internet and phone bundles coming soon....
the letter with free hook-up and all kind's of good deals....

Hey.....phone company you don't need to send it twice.....CityBoy and i plan on seeing and signing with you tomorrow.....

Life is Good

Roll'n.....Roll'n......Roll'n.....

....those tree trucks just keep-on....
I always wonder where those trees are going...

Hey.....now that i have time on my hands...
i'm thinking of setting up an Etsy Shop..
with some of my reversible table runners....cat mats....place mats....etc...
not anything big or costly...

What'a think...??

Those of you that already have shops....
is it worth the time... effort and money...??

Undecided...

It's another "flip the coin" decision...

Life is Good