I thought...

...that perhaps I had more to say: more pictures to share, more musings to muse upon before I took a break for the holidays..

I was wrong.

I'm currently nursing a terrible case of something* -
ugh, my head! my nose! my ears! (I hate, Hate, HATE it when head colds get all stuck in your ears...) - and so I think I am going to say my "I'm taking a short break" farewell right now...

No matter which holidays you and your family celebrate - I wish you all a very Merry Everything and a Happy Always!

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And Capello? Did you somehow do this to me?

Let It "Snow", Let It "Snow", Let It "Snow"!

Last night, Schecky and I were on our own, so we decided to head over to Atlantic Station, where we heard that it snows each night at 7 pm.

I can't quite believe that I am saying this, cynical old me, but it was a great time - and yes, I dare say it, perhaps a little magical as well...



Schecky had the time of his life, twirling and dancing and romping through the "snow" - which was some sort of foamy soapsud-ish stuff, which actually performed quite nicely.

I've got lots of pictures, but it turns out that an ecstatic Schecky is a Schecky in motion - so I've got about 2 dozen pictures of nothing but blur...


Ho Ho Ho!

K is for Kiera, G is for Gwendolyn...

...and both are for Christmas!

I finished assembling the "Gwendolyn" bear this morning, so that she may join her sister and I can deliver them this evening...



A while ago - Autum discussed the apprehensive feeling you can get when you make and give a gift to someone, and you are not sure if it is something that the recipient will want. I've got a little of that feeling going on...

These bears are for the lovely daughters of James, my photographer friend who took our Christmas Card photos this year!*
James was so generous to share his talent and his time with us - and I really wanted to do something to express just how much we appreciated both. However, I also know that he doesn't want or expect anything in return....

So I decided to make this pair... I figure they can either give them to the girls as Christmas presents, or - if that is not appealing - I made them in kind of Christmas-y colors, so that they can haul them out once a year to decorate the mantel...

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On a completely unrelated note - kisses to everyone who YOPPED for me this morning, and then sent me concerned emails asking "WTF???" - looks like it is all good now! (I hope!)

I spent all morning at the laundromat, so maybe I can spend a little time playing around and seeing what's so swank about this new upgrade anyway. Oh - and for what it's worth: this pixie never did get invited to the party. When I logged in this morning, Blogger basically greeted me with: You need to upgrade now, loser, because now we're letting just anyone in on the fun...**

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*The Christmas cards which finally got all completed on Monday! Slowly, slowly, slowly (but surely) that to-do list is getting done!

**OK, technically, Blogger might not have resorted to actual name-calling. However, the "loser" was very much implied!