HOHOHO...ONLY SIX TO GO

hi ya Smiley! we're SO off with our timing lol oh well it's making us get our stuff done.

After the holidays we can all relax, huh? I'm still sitting here in my jammies. I have a really bad hair thing going on, too.

Can I have some cream of broccoli soup for breakfast? Is that allowed?

Good morning little gypsi elves! Just sitting in my igloo over here waiting for the big thaw, it better hurry I'm getting cabin fever.JJ good chocolate haul, bar the door cause that fat butte Dixie will come and eat it all LOL. Hi Martiool, come on back we won't bite! Lynnie have you got snow yet? Soup sounds yummy and perfect for a cold day.Venice that two box deal may be the trick, think I'll try that one myself. Hey Smiley girl! Guess we are gonna have to schedule a time for everyone to get on here to play. Moon is it still 70 degrees there? That just blows my mind, and you know that doesn't take much :-)

Morning, If I keep sleeping in I'm going to miss Santa :(

Venice the present I would have given DS would have been ME at the beach house when he arrived....with little extra surprise for his MIL
Both grocery stores I went into and the one is a big store only has a couple checkers and wally world only had a couple...maybe they were having a party in the back or something...My son said he went into Kohls and same thing only a couple open an people lined up. He left what he was buying and said he'd go back right before midnight.

I'll be listening Smiley...nothing like blowing the grocery money on chocolate...LOL
I didn't count the bags of chocolate chips, but thats a staple at my house and I ran out..

Better get baking and candy making..going to make the potato candy...

yes Smiley soup for breakfast is allowed. So is pb & j sandwiches, or like yesterday fishsticks and carrots. If it's good for lunch it's good for breakfast.

We got cheated! A few measley inches :( oh well I can still toss the kids around in it (one may get tossed further than the other at the moment.... AHEM....)

Just popped back to see if I could catch you guys....The temp is at 39 now that the sun is shining...BRRRR Bones are too old for that kinda temp swing...grin. Flowers, shoot the freezer...Jimmy Buffet says it relieves cabin fever...grin
Smiley, our dogs think fortune cookies are manna from heaven...ya might have a new taste treat for the boydog...grin Lynnie, B soup sounds wonderful...warm and rich with a chunk of French bread....yummy.

Have fun JJ and I'm with you, a beach vacation in all this weather sounds like heaven! Cashiers were off in the store looking for those candy deals lol.

Amazing how we can love our kids and want to ahem TOSS them isn't it. Grin

Hey JJ. Let us know how the potato candy turns out...I know Flowers swears by it.

There you all are, I was getting very lonely!!! I gave the freezer to daughter Moon, will the fridgerator surfice? lol Lynnie, my daughter and son are having the same problem with bored kids, hang on Santa or Grandma is coming!

I think anything is fair game to get shot during cabin fever...we may not get the snow, but rain can give ya a milder case....no shooting...just kicking...grin

Aren't you the one that says do not open til Christmas? Grin Man, Having real trouble getting msgs to load....it took almost 2 minutes on the last one...guess even the threads are chilly....gotta run...time is scooting by...sorry I didn't catch Lynnie and Smiley....Too glad I caught you for a second Karen...take care and stay warm...lay a blanket in front of the fire and turn on all the lamps...make believe it is the beach...grin Miss ya guys...hope to catch ya later today...Moon

All I know is I've never ate so many cho. cherries at one sitting lol. I gave the remainder of box to one neighbor yesterday and I'll be dad jim if another neighbor didn't come in the door with another batch of goodies. It's a shame we can't freeze all this stuff and make it stretch out for months. :-)

Ok Moon, understand, gotta make hay while the sun shines! Will catch up later,and am trying to live by my own words-----DON"T PEEK! LOL

This kid isn't bored, she lost a piece of homework and is blaming me....big lecture on responsibility, loss of computer & phone, and next step is extra chores.....after that I will turn her upside down and use her to mop the floor *grin* just kidding. Temptin' though.
mmmm hmmmm

oooh choc covered cherries would be good in BROWNIES....

OOOOOh Mama is on the warpath, bet she finds that homework quick now LOL Catch Lynnie heres ya a cherry I hid lol.

Some punisment, ok kid go push the button on the robot LOL

Well I could trip over the dog, get a concussion and not remember anything for months--------- hummm better go look in that bag, may have bandaids in it :-)

JJ you will love the potatoe candy, take care buddies, will catch ya later on!

Flowers you're gettin' a little mouthy too, I got 3 bathrooms need cleanin' Missy!
and i'm not too proud to take that choc covered cherry either.

Thats me Lynnie "Mouth of the South" LOL I don't do bathrooms just push buttons on robots he he he. bye

bruck bruck!

Here is a picture of the snowman that sons kids made, thought it was so cute and BIG! Hope it comes in for ya.

pics too small....can you fix it?
very sportin' of ya to come back after the bathrooms are cleaned, Flowers
*grin*

I have got to get a camera, these e-mail pictures just won't travel well lol

Well no Lynnie, can't even fix my hair LOL Did I do a good job on toilets?

they're "sparkling" as the daughter said ;)

She is a sweet daughter appreciates good help. Gotta go tell neighbor their truck is getting ready to slide down bank into my yard. Be back later.

Love that snowman!!! and yes it is sooo big!!!

I can't believe that someone would try 3 times to make fortune cookies. I hope they had good fortunes in them.

For my package, it is much cheaper to send it USPS. Priority mail is $35.70 and if I divide it into 2 packages it would $23.35 for each!!! For UPS it would be $93.26!!! Big difference!

I am wrapping today also.

I'm done wrapping!! yay!!

I just tried the fortune cookies twice, Venice. Couldn't stand the thought of it getting the best of me..

Off to the grocery store (( groan ))

Good evening everyone,hope you're all having a happy sunday.

Hidey-ho what ya know? Toilet duty is a just revenge, Lynnie....grin Hope the neighbor's truck didn't slide into Flowers. Congratulations Smiley...job well done...now check the top of the linen closet...one year I hid some things that didn't get remembered until March when I was cleaning the closet...put them away for the next Christmas and darn near forgot them again...grin

UPS is just ridiculous...Venice....what cost me almost $100 at the Post office would have cost almost 3 times going UPS or Fedex.

Hi Joy. Great picture, I love blackface sheep. Hope you had a good weekend.

Hi Moon,yes a good weekend thanks,hope you did too.These sheep are on a farm not far from where we live.Snow's covered quite a lot now and still keeps having a go at present.8.20,here and i'm just clearing away after dinner,so hopefully will be back later.I love sheep too:}

Afternoon Everyone.
Joy is snowing like crazy here again and 25°.

Flowers what a giant snowman, hope that truck didn't make it to your yard.

Good deal Smiley now RELAX.

So far I am doing good...peanut butter cookies, chocolate chip cookies and pumpkin fudge is done....if I can keep DH out of it. Snickeroodles half done going to start the potato candy, potato is baked.

Better get back at it.
Moon, Dixie and Lynnie hope you're having a good day.

Sounds like you are going to have a White Christmas like so many here. A tiny dusting of frost this morning, but temps are supposed to start rising again tomorrow. Got to watch some herding trials at a Renaissance Fair a couple years ago. I found it fascinating watching the handler control his dogs with nothing but a whistle and hand signals. DH wondered if perhaps after a while the sheep aren't as trained as the dogs. Grin I thoroughly enjoy watching the working dogs go through their paces. We had a dog named Abby, who was a German Shepherd/Border Collie mix. She would actually try to herd the children when they were playing in the yard. Very protective and woe be to the child that ventured too close to the street...grin

Abby and my oldest son played together the most, and if he ran from her, she would take after him, leap into the air and plant her hind feet against his back, taking him down to the ground. She loved to chase squirrels and could actually run a few feet up the tree trunk behind them....really confused the squirrels....grin. One day a squirrel only ran about 5 feet up the trunk and Abby in hot pursuit ran over him. Unfortunately the squirrel got trampled and did not survive, Abby never chased another squirrel after that. She was a lovely dog and lived just past her 14th birthday...still miss her. I think she would have adored sheep.

Good on you JJ. How productive. Guess I am going to have to find my apron...grin

Moon my (GS) dog's name is Abby. She's a white Boxer.

Off my rear and back at it.

Moon,Abby sounds like she was a lovely dog:},i think it's so sad that most animals lives have to be so short,compared to ours and we always miss them.I like to watch Sheep dog trials and yes,your DH may have a point about the sheep being as trained as the dogs.That type of dog has such a perfect harding instinc,though,and the sheep/children,just let themselves be herded:}
JJ,it's a little warmer here,28f,and keeps just lightly snowing on what we've already got,but heavy falls forcast for overnight!!!

Hi Joy, Wheres the sheppards??? Yes I too am amazed at the border collies ability to follow direction and signals just like a human, I could watch them all day. JJ sounds like things are going as planned smells great! No moon, truck is in same spot, guess they figured it wasn't going anywhere, but won't surprise me if its not in my back yard tomorrow evening lol. Think some snow has melted as it got into the lower 40's today, but sure can't tell it by looking out my door.