Well here it is, the middle of the day on Saturday.  If the weather hadn’t turned horrid this week, my sister and I would be enjoying our Christmas visit with Mom and John (far left and center).  Kathy and I…

Well, I can offer no excuse.  I kept telling myself that once the holidays were behind me, and the house and schedule back to its pre-Christmas status, I would have so much more time. I never before realized how delusional…

Yesterday was our annual BEEF DAY!  My uncle (back right in tan vest) raises beef cattle, and every year several families band together and split a cow.  HOLY COW!  This one was #6, and we spent the day cutting and…

The most amazing thing happened today.  Santa misplaced two of his reindeer and they landed – plop! – right in my yard.  I went to breakfast with Nathan, Autmn and Christina, and when I came home, Prancer and Comet were…

Probably close to 30 years ago my mother took great effort to make two complete nativity sets, one for my family and one for my sister’s family. This display if far and above my favorite – it’s the first thing…

TODAY is ELF day!  Every year – the last working day before the Christmas holiday – I become Santa’s favorite helper!  I get all decked out in my green and red elf costume – complete with bells and Santa hat…

This has been a cultural weekend for me.  Thursday night I attended Autmn’s 6th grade band concert at Harold Middle School.  She plays clarinet and did a great job with her classmates.  Autmn is almost directly in the center of…

Although the picture is a bit blurry (my hands aren’t always that steady!), today’s tribute is to my amazing ‘boss’ – CEO and owner of Smail Auto, and the person I have worked for since 1967. Bud and his wife…

Well, it’s officially DECK THE HALLS at my house.  The halls, the rooms, the windows, the dishes, the rugs….  Not a square foot is untouched! To some, decorating is a chore, and just ‘has to be done’ – to me…

    Well, as in ‘not a creature was stirring’  – these guys were stirring last night.  Ron and I spent the better part of the evening last night creating a family of little chocolate mice.  If it had been…