General Discussion & Chat: Best/Worse/??learnt today...Pt22 A visit with friends..., 1 by Sharran

Sharran wrote:
Ahhhh, geesh Liz, I'm gone for awhile and I come back to find you wayyyyy down in the dumps! I am sending some pictures though, so maybe they will cheer you up.

Laura, the shells are great....what a neat picture, also Riley, so grown up. will be thinking of you when you go to your meeting.

I am so far behind, I can't catch up with everybody...just know that I read all your posts and smiled and cried with you.

Betty, my dear.....you take care of YOU! We are all stressing over your aching body, and those headaches you had earlier, and all the miles you travel every day. we can't do without you, and when you are sick, we worry so much. these pictures are to cheer you, too.

I had a great week with Ethan. He loves being here, and I cannot imagine another 3 year old who would stay without a tear for 9 days with his Nana. we ended up buying a little tree for him to decorate all by himself because mine was so too big for him. he loves green so everything on it is GREEEEEEEN, Nana, GREEEEEEEN.

Never a tear....one night he got up at 2:30, came to my door and said really softly .....Nana, i need you. thought I was dreaming, so then he came to my bed and said......really loud....NANA, ARE YOU SLEEPING.......geesh.....anyway, never a tear.

OK, 10 foot nightmare of a tree is almost finished.....but am sending photos anyway, cause I promised I would. I didn't have the heart to go digging in the old ornaments, too soon after Bob died to stir up those memories, and I am determined to get through this holiday season without falling apart. So...ashley works in an interior design place, and she brought all new BIG ornaments for the tree....really lovely, and no associated memories. the colors are a deep burgandy/wine, salmon, and gold......to match the shades of rose/brown and red in my house, as well as all the brick.

I used some old greenery that was in the garage for the various displays that i will send you photos of.....I am not quiet through with the tree, the ladder seemed to grow taller everytime I tried to climb it.

Anyway, here are some photos, enjoy......

first....the tree from the den......