saturday

It's 12* here today. I mean it's cold!
We stayed inside.
 As a matter of fact, I stayed in PJ's all day!

I'm cooking Tomato soup and grilled cheese for supper.
Yum!

We booked our Florida beach house today.
I'm very much looking forward to our trip.

I used some gift cards to Barnes and Noble today online.
I bought a John Grisham and a James Patterson book.
I also bought a 2018 calendar.

Son gave me a John Grisham book for Christmas.
I'm going to start reading it tonight!

friday

He's so flipping cute!

thursday

Mr. Bojangles and Woody enjoying the Cat Nip Santa left for them!

Woody keeping an eye on me.

my newest and smallest owl. he's so cute in person!

wed

It was a nice Christmas and Christmas Eve but I'm tired and really don't feel like blogging!
Will be back soon.

wed

We shopped today for Christmas Eve and Christmas dinner.................I'll have dinner with my adult children, boyfriend, and my dad here on Christmas Eve. Then all of our family will go to my dads on Christmas day.

I also went to the cemetery today to put Christmas wreaths on my moms and my daughter-in-laws graves. They were pretty.

Tomorrow I will clean the house and maybe do a little more decorating.

Tonight I signed up for huntakiller.com.

I'm not totally sure how it works....but.......I'm really looking forward to it! It sounds like fun!!

7 weeks without a cigarette.
Yay!

tuesday

It's been a difficult year.
I'm not sure if that's why I feel so angry
most of the time
lately.
When I'm not angry, I'm tearful.
I'm losing my freaking mind.
I dread Christmas at my dads house. (I feel guilty even saying it.)
I wish I could skip it..........I'm worried of not having
control over how I react to how I feel.

saturday

My daughter and I went to see The Nutcracker today.
The dancing, stage set, music, and facility was beautiful.
It was a great time!

tuesday

Nothing much going on here!
I've got my Christmas presents wrapped, though I still have a few things to buy.
I'll put bows and ribbons on the presents when it's closer to Xmas!

We went to the grocery store today for just a few things.
Stopped at the alcohol store for a bottle of wine. I don't drink Wine. It makes my heart race.
It's part of the Christmas gift I'm giving to my dad.

I put up the Christmas tree.
I was sure my cat Woody would try to climb it. So far he hasn't.
He just messes the tree skirt.

I quit smoking again.
I had my last cigg Nov. 1.
Since I quit, some of the time I feel
like I'm jumping out of  my skin. It's an awful
feeling!
On the other hand, I'd rather feel the way I feel than be smoking.

I was trying to post a link in my blog to some houses I walk past
most days during my walk but ever since I let go of my AOL and began using google I don't know how to put a link in my blog.
But anyway, I walk in Tower Park in Ft. Thomas most days. In the back of the park are some old and vacant army officer homes. Even though they are dilapidated I love the look and feel of them. The history of the houses and neighborhood is palpable to me.
 I've often wondered why they haven't been restored, brought back to life.
I googled them and found that the VA has sold those houses to the city and the city has hired a builder to restore them.
This makes me very happy. They're going to be beautiful.
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There are ten of them...............

Even though he makes a mess and tears things up, I think he's cute and I love him.

A little marker for where we buried Weeping............................