miss olive kind of day :)

today is a miss olive kind of day.

i put her in an old pink vest
thinking it would be cute for
a valentine photo contest...
yeah. not so much. ;)

i am amazed at how much company she is!
i love that at night she jumps on our bed
finds her spot at the top of our bed
right next to my head.
she curls up there and snuggles...

for you cat lovers
you know. :)

also, i keep saying i think she thinks
she is a dog.
she gets into my husband's socks
and drags them downstairs in her mouth...ha.

every morning we have a routine, olive and i.
i come into our family room
and open the blinds and she jumps to her
favorite spot and sits and watches
the birds and the neighbors chickens...
every morning without fail.

yes, today is an olive kind of day
i enjoy her and her quiet friendship.
she watches over the farm from her perch
and i watch her over my cup of coffee.
all is good.

hope you too are having a wonderful day.

blessings be upon you today.

phone friday

since i had so much fun doing this last week;
i decided to do it again-

what's on my phone?
insta friday~

just outside my window.

beauty

frost in the morning.

i bought this map over 6 months ago

finally framed it! ;)

i wore a pleated skirt with cowboy boots 

and jean jacket 

on a date with my hubbie-

boots and a flowy pleated skirt? what is not to love? :)

part of our date included

barnes & noble

their signs always make me sigh.

i want them all. ;)

a challenge to read the new testament.

reading it on my kindle.

this short story was really good.

i read it in an hour!

my favorite quote was the last paragraph of the book

"I told you every day, and showed you in a thousand ways...

How loudly must I whisper before you hear Me?"

my cousin whom i haven't seen 

for a few years

stopped by for a visit 

and played all night with my grandson! :)

little guy LOVED it.

my friend and i went to coffee

she brought this handmade bracelet for me

from costa rica while on a mission trip.

every morning i open the blinds

and olive comes running.

it is her favorite spot to sit.

bundled up-

we lost our chief of police from cancer

and the whole town turned out to honor him.

there was a police processional for thirty miles.

with a police helicopter hovering above the police cars

as they went by.

so moving.

i was blessed to witness

the love and support shown

for him & for his young family.

RIP chief R

may you have a wonderful weekend!!
let's shine, shall we?

monday with miss olive

hi every body!

how are you this monday?

i is fine.

this picture of me,

 was taken

 while i was staring at

our christmas tree!

i thinks

our tree is very pretty.

it has lots of twinkle lights on it

and shiny beads and glittery balls

hanging from the branches.

i really like to stare at it.

i think they put that tree

up just for me!

so i can stare at it !:)

sometimes when

i think 'they' are not looking... 

i quietly sneak up and stare real closely

at the glittery balls

&

i bat at them with my paw! 

ooooh, fun times!

i usually get caught though.

out comes the dreaded

squirty water gun.

i get squirted right in the face! 

eeeeeeeeeek. & hissssssss.

this is why i try to do it

when 'they' are not looking

and most of the time

i do not get caught! 

shhhhhhh.

i hope you are having a

good monday.

do you get in troubles

when you get close to your tree?

or do 'they' let you play 

and climb the tree?

i would love to do that

but, i really don't like 

the squirty water gun!

nope, not one teeny bit!

oh wells.

i will just go find 

some socks from the hamper

 to bat around instead. ;)

until next time;

this is olive

wishing you a good day

and merry cat-mas. :)