My Christmas Fairie

Good Morning Everyone,

 It is a chilly Sunday morning at 54 degrees. Perfect sweater weather for me. I love these cooler temps and wish that it could stay like this year around, but soon it will be really cold and blustery and this year I am really hoping that we have it cold enough to have a fire in our fireplace. So far we havee not had the chance to use it so I am hoping for a cold Christmas so we can. Last year we had the patio screen door open part of the day. It was hot in here because I suppose of all the cooking that we were doing. Since we are not doing all that cooking this year then it might not be so hot.... at least in the kitchen.... and that is IF the kids don't change their minds AGAIN for what they want.

 I woke up to several things this morning. Some pleasant and some not so great. First of all I woke up sneezing my head off. I think allergies are kicking in. I have these sneezing attacks and can sneeze 20 or 30 times before they stop. I have already gone thru a whole box of Kleenex in the last 3 days. The box in my bathroom is getting low and the one here at my desk won't last much longer either.
 Second thing was that I usually make my coffee ahead the night before so all that I had to do was plug in the coffee pot and soon I had my coffee without making too much noise. I forgot to do it last night so I was trying to be quiet but not quiet enough. Have you ever noticed that the quieter that you try to be the louder you are? Well Nathan was the first one that I woke up by trying to be quiet.
Third of all while I was busy making all that quiet noise I was letting my PC boot up.... Well it updated during the night. I had to wait and wait and wait for it to get to the point that I could get into my browser. UGH.... It kept saying that there were a lot of changes that I would be excited to use.... So far I haven't found any of them. It all looks the same to me!
 Last of all is that with my bedroom window cracked this morning, the lady who lives in the building next to us.... well she is so loud. She talks on the phone all the time and I can hear every word that she is saying. She sits out on her patio a lot. Cisco for some reason gets really aggitated as he can hear but can't see who it is. I got him quiet and he is now snuggled deep into the blankets and is out to the world.

 Now for the good stuff.... It looks like the antibiotics are working. The wound is not as red nor is it as swollen as it was. Rapid improvement since Friday! I will take that and feel that the MRSA test will come back negative since it really looks so much better.
 When I finally did get online after the updates were installed a designer friend of mine sent me a kit and a free QP. Oh it is sooooooooooo pretty. I had fun downloading that one. I think that I will use it for Thanksgiving.
 Then I found out that a friend of mine who sent me an email just became a grandmother... Yay to baby and Mama... 6lbs and 4 ounces. After a hard 12 hour labor they finally decided to do a C-Section but all went really well.
 My blue jays are back. Boy were they noisy but oh so pretty! And there were 3 of them. I spent a good ten minutes watching them before they took off. And we have a whole family, cousins and distant relatives included of Squirrels. Watching them scamper put a big smile on my face and Guess what.... Our raccoon family is back too. Thank goodness that grumpy old man finally moved out. Good for my raccoon's.
 And last of all.... I am totally enjoying my coffee while listening to my Cisco baby snore. He will wake up soon ready for a potty break and breakfast I am sure. Took some time to read a couple of blogs that I haven't had a chance to get to until now and now I am here... But going to take my leave and go and do something. Laundry could be the first thing on my to do list today so I will plan on that. You all have a great day. BB

Veterans Day... A Day Of Honor

Some Gave All.... a new kit by Lins_Creations.... This is a wonderful kit for all of our Veterans, those on active duty and those that have gone on and paid the ultimate price.

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 Hi Everyone.

 This is going to be a short post. I am so very tired but before I just up and run I want to say that this page is done for my Brother James. I would love to do one for my other brother but unfortunately I don't have any pictures of him in Uniform. I did 3 pages with this kit and you know I have uncles that I would also love to do pages for. I have just ran out of energy. I have not posted this one on Facebook yet. I will do that tomorrow. I am just really tired now.

 I scrubbed my bathroom down and disinfected as if there is any lingering virus or infection left I really want it gone. I cannot believe that my energy level has fled with just this one job. But it has. And no dinner tonight. I asked a child of mine to do one thing for me today. Just one... empty out the dishwasher so I can clean the kitchen and cook dinner... It did not get done and so I had some thing to tide me over. Now I am so ready to call it a night.

 We turned the air back on today. 88 degrees here and so humid you could cut it with a knife. I gave up and said to heck with it and turned on the air. Now I am cool and ready for bed. So I will say Good Night.... bb

Holly Jolly

 Hi Everyone,

 So this is my latest Christmas Page. Done in greens this time. I love these shades of green. Some of the colors are not the traditional green of Christmas but I remember when these colors were all the rage up North about 6 years ago. I had a friend who had a white flocked tree with these colors for bows and decorations. Oh my was it so pretty. I have never been able to find these colors here down south in the Christmas decorations. A few bulbs here and there but that was all.

 So reading my friends blog, (Hi Edna) she gave a count down to how long before our Thanksgiving and Christmas. I was flabbergasted as put in her perspective there is just not that much time left for either holiday. The grandkids of course want a tree at NaNa's house and this year we shall have one. It was a rather bleak Christmas last year. We all got sick the day after Thanksgiving and it hit me the worse of all. Then as I was getting over the virus I caught the flu. It felt like weeks before I was over that. Jonathan and Nathan had it bad too if I recall. I think that we each went thru a 3 pack of Kleenex each...

 Karyn is supposed to be coming to spend the week with me. We will finalize our Thanksgiving because the boys have changed their mind once again. I told them that once this menu is finalized then that is it. No more changing. Kind of like a wedding. Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace!
 I know that I am doing the Turkey and Stuffing. (Dressing for folks down South) and I will do the gravy but the rest is up to them.

 Unless things change we are having BBQ and ham for Christmas. Mmmm I can already dream of the BBQ from Rudy's. It is the best I have ever had in my life. It is also my little granddaughter Cathy's favorite place other than Chic Filet....She cries every time we leave that one place. Why no one is sure but if you ever ask her where she wants to go it is Rudy's.

 My friend Patsy is in the hospital. She has a disease called Scleroderma.... this is from the internet:

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 I looked it up because I can never remember how to spell it. She is very sick. I have been worried about her all day and she did call me but was too weak to talk and I totally understood. 

 I am sure that they are giving her medication to help her sleep. It started out as a low grade fever and then she said that she was throwing up and that it was just a virus. She has had this disease for several years so I wanted her to go to the hospital but her husband has been a Navy Corpsman for many years and he was taking great care of her but finally he said it's time for the hospital so he took her in and they admitted her. I want to post it on facebook but she hasn't asked me to inform the groups yet so she might have already contacted them on her own. I dont know as I have not really been online to check.

 Time for me to go. It is getting late and my baby is looking at me wanting mama to come to bed. The things that I do for my little guy. His needs come before mine so I will say good night on my end and Good Morning to you on your end... Have a great day to everyone.... BB

Racism Is Such A Horrible Thing!

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 Hi everyone,

 Since I have not felt well I am really far behind in my CT pages, but this kit came out today so I want to show it off.... Here my little Princess is playing with baby dragons while Mama dragon looks on. Thank you for looking.

 Folks let me talk a minute about my designer friend. Lins is a special lady. Not only is she hearing impaired but she has undertaken her love for animals to a remarkable level.
 Lins has 9 doggies, 3 cats and I want to say 2 birds, (Parrots)... there may be 3. Not sure.
 If an animal goes missing, Lins is the first one to go in search. She passes info on the internet, hangs posters and does her best to find the lost animal. If no home is found she will rescue these animals until they are claimed or has found a good home.
 A round of applause goes to my friend Lins.

 Now here is another detail about Lins. Today I posted an article on my facebook page and I really wasn't prepared for the criticism that I met. Only one comment but several phone calls today asking why I posted such a horrible photo and article.
 You see Lins lives in South Africa where violence is a way of life. Many times she and her husband have had to call the police, or have to watch every where they go. They have to have someone stay at their home if they have errands to run. Lins has been afraid. Recently she had to call the police on 2 men standing outside her gate watching her house. Afraid of being raped, robbed and murdered.
 We do not hear of this violence that she experiences here in the U.S.... why I ask do we not hear about it? Our Govt. helps so many other countries but turns a blind eye to South Africa. And it is based on race. They tell Lins and other whites that were born and raised in SA to go back to where they came from.... Does this sound familiar?
 Racism is such a horrible thing. We all bleed red! We all have needs, we all have emotions and we all have the same human trait.... regardless of our skin color, we are all HUMAN. But these people that are racist don't see the human beneath the skin color. Why is that?
 So if you happen to see an article that I post and you are offended, then I genuinely want to apologize and feel free to scroll on down. Dirty and offensive remarks will not be tolerated and I will report as abuse. Everyone has a story and this is Lins story.  I will scream it at the top of my lungs because she and her family and others do not deserve this abuse. Her sister and family fled to another country but Lins cannot leave her pets behind or her parents. I just pray that one day she will not have to live with security cameras and fear.

 The color of our skin, our culture and our beliefs right here in our own country is also an issue. I don't understand it. I am sorry but I don't. I have white friends, black friends, mexican friends, and even know of a wonderful chinese lady. Every culture, every society has bad apples but that does not mean that everyone is bad.... Take a look around you and ask yourself how we can all change our outlook on life...

 I know my eyes are open... Be safe Lins... Have a blessed day everyone BB

Hello Everyone

 Hi,

  I am not sure if I posted this page or not. Sometimes I just do a page and here lately I forget to upload it. I want to share different pages on my blog because I also post them on the internet so it is a little hard doing pages and not remembering if I posted this one here or not.

 You might notice some changes to my blog. I added a subscribe me page and a few little gadgets. One that I like is a new puppy page every day. I think that it is at the bottom of the page. A calendar and a translation for those that cannot read English and would like my blog translated and I dont know what else... Oh Yeah, Pete the Penguin that I adopted. He is supposed to be here for me to play with but I dont see him. LOL.
 I might like these changes and then again I may not.... who knows. I am not much for change when it comes to my blog because I usually end up having problems.

 So far the storms have missed us! For that I am grateful. I am feeling very optimistic that they will pass us by according to the radar, I didn't see anything that looks even close to us. YAY.... round one for us! But still too early to get overly confident.
 It has been really hot and muggy today. 81 degrees and the humidity has been thick enough to cut with a knife.

 So I have been really lazy today. I am coloring a swan page and trying to take my time with it so I spent an hour or so on that. I settled down after lunch and watched 48 Hours and got sleepy and took a nap. That was really nice. Then after that I cooked dinner and decided to play around with my blog some and here I am.
 I am thinking of going to bed early tho. I am tired from doing nothing lol. Actually it is my meds. I know what it is and I am alright with it because it gives me more time to heal. My infection is a hit and miss.... one minute it looks ok and the next... no so great. I go back to the doctor on the 13th so I really hope that I don't have to go back before then,

 Cisco has been a handful all day long. I made my bed and came into my room to find that he got up by the pillows and pushed all of the cover down to the bottom and somehow managed to bury himself under the top sheet.
 I remade the bed and he bunched up the top comforter and throw on the bed and tunneled in so I have just left him where he was at.
 Then he started barking and running to the door. I went to the door several times and there was no one there. After I showed him the empty door way he would go back to my room. Five minutes later he was back at the door.
 Cooking dinner tonight he planted himself into the kitchen right in my way. I accidentally stepped on him. He knows the kitchen is off limits but he wouldn't leave. Then he tried nosing in to the trash and knocked it over... so I put him in my room and shut the door. Right now he is laying on my bed like a Boss and is snoring so I hope that tomorrow is a little smoother for him and myself.

 And that my friends is the end of my post for now.... You all have an awesome day. I am headed to bed to watch some Netflix and I hope drift off to a good sleep.... Talk to you tomorrow.... BB

Never To Early For Christmas

 Hi Everyone,

 So many people are complaining that Christmas is coming way to early, way to fast... HumBug  I say! For me it is never too early for Christmas. It is my favorite time of the year. So I have started my Christmas pages. I know that I should be working on Thanksgiving pages right now but I really need a break from all of the fall/Halloween right now.
 Season wise, this is my favorite time of the year where it is not to hot nor to cold, just beautiful Autumn days but I am really looking forward to Christmas this year.
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 I am better. Physically and emotionally. I should be getting back to myself soon I do hope. I am still taking some time, going slow and dealing with things as they come. That is all that we can do really. One day at a time and some times it is one minute at a time but that is alright.

 We are preparing for round 3 of the storms. They should be moving in our area in the wee hour of the morning. Hopefully it will not be as bad as last Friday but the forecast is for heavy rain, high winds and hail with a possibility of tornadoes so I am just going to keep my fingers crossed that it will not be as bad as foretasted.

 I know this is short, but short is better than nothing at all. Cisco has my spot ready and keeps looking at me as if to say Mom it is time for bed, so I am off to join him. Good Night to everyone on my side of the world and Good Morning to all my friends on the other side of the world... Hugs to all. BB

Peace

 Hello Everyone,
  I know that it has been a little while since I have been here. Some things in life are so hard and out of my control and that is as it should be.

 Someone that I loved dearly died and I found out yesterday. It is very devastating and I cannot talk about it right now. Maybe sometime later but not now. The pain is too raw and I am too emotional but I know that he loved Christmas and this page is for him.... I Love You CLJ.... with all my Heart....

 I am going to go for now. Please understand that I just need some time to be able to deal with a few things... I will be back... Soon I hope..... xoxoxo.....BB