MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL. I HOPE YOU HAVE THE MOST BLESSED DAY. REMEMBER WHY WE CELEBRATE -'AWAY IN A MANGER NO CRIB FOR A BED THE LITTLE LORD JESUS LAY DOWN HIS SWEET HEAD'

Our tree all ready for our family tomorrow. We will have brunch at 11 and then presents. That will give us a free evening to go to church and with our friends to midnight mass. We do that most years. Although we are not Catholic it is a beautiful service.

The main candle. I love candles.

A few weeks ago after viewing in the paper and magazines we ordered the Amish made heater to look like a fireplace. It is working wonderful. It was really a good buy. Its electric heat some how. We looked at another one that was more like a space heater but I love this.

Pistol wondered what it was. She eventually curled up in front of it. It is set on low and the living room and into our bedroom is warm as toast. We set the furnace at 60.

I made 5 dozen baking powder biscuits earlier today and have the table about half set. If there were one more of us we could not sit down. It will be crowded but i like sitting down at one table (well actually 2 put together). I have to finish cleaning off the tops of the counters yet and lay some things out handy in the morning. It will be an exciting day.

Cameron came and worked with Liberty today and Bob helped him worm Liberty and Abby. He had never done it before. Just Rusty left and even Bob is having trouble catching her. Bob helped Cameron do some things with Liberty that he was having trouble with. He is a real novice but wants to learn.

Have a wonderful blessed Christmas Eve.

2 Days to go

Two of our silly dogs sleeping. Pistol rarely sleeps anywhere except curled up either with Bob or I or Skeeter. And Maggie, well Maggie sleeps like that all the time. I should never have let her start getting on the couch but I did.

I did get the cookies made but not decorated. I guess that is tomorrows job. Sorry "Farmer" no pictures. You will have to just imagine. I am done baking cookies. Tomorrow I will made baking powder biscuits for our brunch on Friday. We will have biscuits, an egg/sausage/lots of stuff casserole and fruit. I will nuke the biscuits just before we set down so they will be hot.

It is snowing this evening. Maybe it will cover up the ugly dirty snow. After this next weekend it can all go away.

I put the horses out this morning because Bob was helping a neighbor. We have put Rosie back out in the pasture and Amelia in the stall. She was losing weight and it was time. I am keeping an eye on Ditto too because she will probably have to come in soon too. Pepper is doing well, he is stalled at night on a diet. He was really naughty when I put him out this morning. He took after the other horses kicking and squealing. I was about to go get him and put him back in but he cooled his jets so I let him stay out. Sage is so sweet and acts like she really likes to see me when I go down there.

Blessings

Busy Day

Today did not prove to be a day that I accomplished much that I had set out to do. For one thing I woke up about 3:30AM and could not go back to sleep until about 5 and then I slept too late. I needed to go to town for a couple of errands and that took longer than I had thought. I just have been dragging because I need to sleep more.

Bob is a retired plumber, drain cleaner ect. I have a plugged up kitchen sink. It has been about half clogged for weeks. I keep reminding him and he has not "had time". He just plunges it for a temporary fix. Love that man but he is driving me nuts. I am about to call someone to come do it.

Nothing else happening. I did not get the cookies baked today. Tomorrow, tomorrow, maybe tomorrow.

Blessings

On Our Way to 1000 Blessings

572 - Andrea Bocelli - The Lords Prayer
573 - Bob home safely from his visit to the coast
574 - Flowers from a sweet granddaughter just because
575 - Sunshine on the snow
576 - New Friends
577 - Its A Wonderful Life
578 - Andrea Bocelli - O Holy Night
579 - The little Chinaman Christmas ornament that was my grandmothers
580 - Pepper got well
581 - Fun Baking
582 - Bob's Search and Rescue group was successful, they found the elderly man
583 - A safe trip to Pullman and back
584 - Hallelujah Chorus
585 - Holly Trees
586 - The Washington Palouse covered with new snow.
587 - Christmas With Grace - at church
588 - Hugs and kissed from a great grandbaby girl
589 - An invitation for Christmas evening
590 - Advent Wreath
591 - Josh Groban music
592 - Driving around looking at Christmas lights
593 - Bob found his cell phone
594 - The Dollar Store
595 - Gladys is better
596 - Hearing from people I have heard from in a year
597 - Christmas caroling
598 - Gingerbread men
599 - Hit cider
600 - My new permanent

Christmas Week

Russian Tea Cookies without nuts. I was ready to add them and didn't have any in the cupboard. Oh that upsets me. But they are good anyway. Tomorrow is sugar cookie day and then I am done baking. Need to give the house a good cleaning for Friday and then I will be ready for Santa.

Went and had a permanent today. I was just sick of the straight hair even though it seems to be the style. It is a little curlier than I expected but the first time I wash it it will loosen up.

This afternoon went grocery shopping so I am ready for Friday. I hope I did not forget anything. I probably did though knowing me.

Blessings

No pics sorry

Today has been kind of a lazy day which probably wasn't a good thing the last weekend before Christmas. I have most things wrapped but wanted to bake more cookies and the house needs a good cleaning. I did get some laundry done, took a nap, changed our bed and that is about it.

Bob lost his cell phone today and has been walking around calling his phone with mine. Then he realized it was on silent. He just found it in a boot that was under where his coveralls were hanging. I am so glad he found it because we would have had to go get him a phone today

Pepper's little red hen layed her egg in his manger today and he just ate around it. Bob put her back in the chicken house for the night. They free range during the day. I am afraid Pepper is going to step on her accidentally.

Hope you Sunday was blessed -