frozen fog

 Dec 4th we had frozen fog... It is so pretty and love the Juniper trees in the fog  (these are not them, but were pretty all in a row) with the cyclone fence

I mean, look at that!  it brings out the dark bark and the needles? and all of the under bush is cool too

Sade and i drove around town looking for special trees

Just shows off all the twistyness

And here are my Christmas balls on the tree outside the front window.  Love the way they look.

I have been busy making cards, gift cards and treat holders.  Sewing, made lots of pillowcases, i feel they are a cheep, yet great gift to give something special made just for that person.  there are of course ALL kinds of fabric out there to suit most anyone.

This is the Humble Home set and think it makes for cute treat holders.., made LOTS of these! some brown with hearts on the door.  the cute little peppermint wreaths on the door were hard to come by and they finally got more in to order in late October.. some have kisses in them and some lindt truffles

Gift card holders

And here is the snot.  She will NOT get used to wearing that harness, she just lays down and won't do anything, when i try to walk her, she is excited to be outside BUT she still lays down in the grass or the road and won't move, she does eventually, but it is on her terms and not what i want, and forget putting her cute little coats on to be warm when she goes out to potty, she just rolls around trying to get it OFF and in doing that gets it all dirty and filled with twigs or grass.. maybe some dogs just will not wear them?  i don/t know, but leaving it on all day does not work, she does not "get used" to it. and then when i finally take it off, she is all over the place as she has all of this pent up energy from doing nothing all day.  Guess she will just be cold to go outside..  and when there is snow or the frozen frost, she did not want to go out AT ALL and would hold it, then poop somewhere in the house... no matter how many times i threw her out to do her thing... Maybe i am just frustrated and it is not as bad as all that and she will eventually be trained and do as i want.  there is always hope, right?????

I did get my tree up... Brian has not gotten outside lights up yet, and they are in prime pkg time and going to work 11:30 at night or tomorrow they start at 2am.. and working over 8 hours a day.  Last week they were 20 (freight) trucks behind.. but think they are getting pretty much caught up or at least staying even, they said it was a nightmare there.  hee-hee (UPS)

Have gotten most everything done, just have a couple things that i want to pick up....  went to Costco today and wow!!! lots of people and traffic out there.  

This week end we have a xmas dance recital Saturday and the Nutcracker Sunday, so that should be fun!!!

Take Care all and God Bless

Getting ready

 

 

 Wednesday  had Rylie for the day and we spent it in Bend, shopping, then to redmond to Joanne's and E bar and Grill for lunch, it was a fun day

 

 

Thanksgiving was a quiet, beautiful day ... spent it sewing.. and could say whatever i wanted

Sade and i went to Joanne's, again. Starbucks for coffee and pupcup and walk at our favorite park.  And a little drive o get pictures of the mountains.

Been sewing LOTS of pillowcases and tons of potholders and jar openers

You could see all the way to Mt Hood, which is about an hour away.

Mt Jefferson

Trying to get Sade used to her harness and when it put it on this is all she does, hides... it is going so well.

Latest painting project, completed. I really like going to these, but for some reason don't always get the notifications until after  the class if filled.   It's the comradery  and self expression and having something to show and tell... hahaha...  you get to meet people.. even people you might already know.  And you become friends and are welcomed whole heartedly every time you show up.  

Got matching Santa pj's for the 3 of us.  :)

Been watching lots of u-tube for ideas on card making. 

Made a xmas stocking out of jeans for Brian... It was fun and turned out cute, i thought.

Have dun getting ready for the holidays

Take Care and God Bless

goofy

 Went to another paint class, there were 40 people there!  She gets a huge turnout.. there are a couple more i would like to do, there is a church, deer and a highland cow.  there is always something else you want to do, right ?.. never done or satisfied... 

watched "Our Girl" on Prime, part of BBC and there were 2 seasons, but different stories.. thought it very well done, kept me interested and was really exciting/scary in places.. it is military show... taking place in Kenya and Afghanistan..  and only 5 episodes long, so not a huge investment of time  :)

We had SNOW last night, one time, when letting Sade out, it was really coming down, but turned into just a skiff and was gone by mid day.  Stayed up until after midnight to finish that Prime show, so slept in today, well went back to bed after letting whozit outside for morning pee.  

Made a chicken soup for dinner today, with crusty bread.. It was yummy...

Well, that is about it... going to start my xmas sewing... pillow cases and then little things, potholders,  jar openers, and want to do a stocking for Brian out of old jeans, sounds horrid, huh?  the pattern looks cute on Pinterest.

Take Care and God Bless All

cleaning

 Been making xmas cads.. all different, get tired of making the same thing over and over.  BUT then have a hard time remembering who got what, hahaha

Oh well, it is fun and makes for interesting times trying to get them all to turn out...

and finding an envelope to fit! and not get too bulky, as don't want to pay extra postage for all of them!

also made some, favors? the house holds a hersey kiss and the sled/skates hold a full size kit kat bar. These were fun to make

those ones above are 4 boxes of varying sizes, lots of measuring, cutting, scoring the 1st one remarkably well then the 2nd one, was a nightmare, don't now what happened.. but had to make them twice... so, those will be the only 2 i do of that one!  I love watching uTube and getting ideas and they go thru things step by step and normally easy to follow.

I cleaned house today!!! even pulled up the big rug and vacuum under it, mopped... moved the couch, huge footstool and both chairs to get under, lots o rawhide chews under there! wiped down walls and base boards, yes i totally went over board, but once i got started.... washed rugs, then had to put it all back, by that time Brian was home and he was able to move that footstool, it is hard to move things on the rug, that's why i folded up one end of the rug, that way the couch and chairs just scoot on the hardwood floors..

Tomorrow i have nails , then go to walgreens and stand in line and wait as they have not refilled my calcium....i have probs with that every darn month! they give me enough for 3 mos, BUT i don't take one a day, i take 3!!! and insurance does not seem to understand......

I made some really good date bread, and Brian informed me that he isn't eating sweets as he needs to loose weight and eat healthier for his new job.... finally worked his way up in seniority to apply for the air driver job.... thank heavens.. the application process goes on forever and has specific steps and training for it, he got so frustrated... and i could not get the computer to work properly, so that was my fault, they finally had him use one at the warehouse office, thank goodness!!!!  anyway, so i am left to eat my good date bread... ah well.... (and he just came home home with burgers from McDonalds)???

Take Care All and God Bless

October

 Lovely day today.  almost warm, had a light jacket on and did not feel cool at all. Went to 3 Christmas bazaars... had Sade with me and let her out a couple times and it was just too interesting, as she wanted to sniff and not tend to 'business'... but did not whine either, so guess she just had no need.  Found some interesting things and did not spend too much money.. :)  

These were outside Highland Baptist, they were having a Christmas Mkt they called it, went there last year and it was the ladies and all their little crafts and some of  them were quite the seamstress's and really reasonable, but none of that this year ...

I am tending the chickens for my niece, just go over there once a day to gather eggs and check on things.  a white one was out, ( Jeri said that happens sometimes and they always get back in somehow) they have 13 right now and was able to gather 10 eggs from ONE nest, they had all been in there tho as they were all different colored and two hens were sitting on their nest.  Wellllll, one had some showing and i gingerly got some of them then tried to get her off  and she was not moving, so sort of pushed her with an egg carton and she was pecking at it quite aggressively i would say, did not want my hand down there.  the other was not moving no matter what, so don't know how many she had.... hope tomorrow i can get to both nests, they have 4 but only use two... 

I did go to 2 painting classes..

May not be the best, but it is fun, the top one Jeri and Rylie went with me

Bagged all the leaves in the backyard and loaded them into my little truck, took to the dump, then unloaded them all by myself!! and managed to not hurt myself or even get sore, took LOTS of vitamin C.. a friend told me long ago to do that after strenuous exercise or movement and it works! Got 14 bags of 100 gal bags !!

Sade doing much better at potty training, BUT i still think that i just know her 'tells' then get her out at the right time. sometimes, she just sits and looks at me and i know.. maybe i am the one trained!

Take Care all and God Bless

(its been almost a month since my last post, geez,,,, see, nothing to say as do nothing cept regular every day 'stuff')

oldladydom

 Think i have entered a new realm of oldladydom in buying this 'themed' sweater for Halloween.  Geez.. BUT it is warm and cozy, so, it will be fun... See even that i would think that.. ah, well..

We are all yellow around the edges, with the changing leaves and we again have smoke, there are about 6 fires burning around here, one, East of us is up to 7,000 acres.. so the air is smokey, but not as bad as it could get.. yet

And i worry and complain about that, while that horrid hurricane is heading towards florida, the second one in the last couple of weeks,  how do hose people live with that? and then then the reconstruction.  I follow a doctor who lives in Tampa area, and the things they have had to go thru!! stripping the house down to the studs and now she has been called to work and has her kids with her at the hospital, she has an office and they are in there while she is working, in the ER.. and leaving their house again.. and already she has water in the house...

As a side note my grandpa and family (from Iowa) were down there in the late 20's, my mom was born there in 1926 and went thru a hurricane, when it was all over there was an alligator under the porch and that was enough for him, took the family back to Iowa ( then on to oregon in 1934) 

Trees by Starbucks

Already have the pick up filled with yard debris, and have not really started raking the leaves yet, did once and filled the debris bin and that has been picked up already, so it is ready to fill again.

not much going on other than that... just the usual, cleaning, (oven) card making (Halloween), reading... the newest Nicholas Sparks and Hilary Clinton.  She writes really well. Interesting. 

Trying to get Sade to do what i want.... still think i am doing well in the potty dept, but i think i just read her cues, because then she will pee right in front of me, maybe because i am not paying attention to her?? hard to tell.. but wish she would  tell me she has to go out!!! right now she is on my lap/arm while i am trying to type and she is getting pretty disgusted with me as my arm keeps moving....  Took her out with me this morning to the post office and chiropractor and we got coffee and pup cup.  Then i had to go to Michaels and left her home, so this is the 1st she has had to nap haha and i am disturbing her.... she still has a fit wearing a harness and being in a leash,, think i need to find a dog training class.

Latest picture... living her best life

The chiropractor really, really decorates for the holidays!!!! there is stuff everywhere

Take Care All and God Bless

Nails

 Got Sade's bear claws trimmed today, missed last month as groomer was ill, so had a make up day today. She just goes crazy around other dogs, wants to play so bad... and then she gets excited and pees, so have to clean that up.  It took TWO people to hold her down... to get them trimmed and dremeled.. (sp) geez. going to still go on the 2nd friday to try to get them to where they should be and not be so long.... wish i was a better person to do it myself, but just can't do it... and there were many there, in the same boat, so it is not just me that is lacking.  The grooming lady, TJ, is very understanding and patient tho, so there is that. fortunately. 

Her is the little princess b4 the ordeal, just living the best life, after a pup cup...and had to get up at 7am for a 9am doc appt in Bend... it was just upper 60's today, tomorrow to be warmer they say... am sitting really good with the yard work tho, so grateful for that..

Take Care All and God Bless

Had to turn on the heat this morning..