Thursday, December 30, 2010

A Birthday Post…..

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Just popping in to say hello and to let everyone know we had a wonderful Christmas.

Today is my birthday and I am doing absolutely nothing…nada…squat…zilch…zippo…

diddly-squat…jack…no ioda…zip…zot….goose egg!! And you wanna know why? Well…because

it’s my birthday and I can do that today!! Ha ha

I am really old today….56…I guess I feel about 46 and some days younger, and some days older.

One year ago today I was recuperating from a heart attack and I was four days without a

cigarette. I am very proud to say I am  368 days without a cigarette and I am pretty sure my heart

is doing good! Yay! What a flipping miracle.Smile

My next challenge, will begin on January 3rd. I will begin, along with my husband,

to eat better and try to lose weight, slowly. I know we can do it. I have been succumbing to

all the fattening foods that the holiday brings with it. My plan for 2011 is to get healthy

and try and get off my duff more. I have terribly bad knees and plantar fasciitis in both feet.

It makes it hard to exercise without being in pain. I am guessing if I lose weight, that may get

a little better for me to deal with. So…say a prayer for me will ya? I need it. I wish you all a healthy

and happy 2011….filled with wonderful things…..Happy New Year Everyone!!

Friday, December 24, 2010

Merry Christmas 2010

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The stockings are filled and hung on the mantle.

The tree is up and decorated, AND so is the house.

The last bit of crown molding went up!

My cookies are all made and ready.

A few last minute presents to wrap and I think I’m done!!

Whew!! I thought I would never get to this day without

complete chaos and it’s here and we’re fine. Everyone is coming here tomorrow.

It should be a blast.

The menu is:

Penne Pasta Salad with roasted vegetables, basil, feta, and spinach.

Creamy Southern Pasta Salad

Spiral Ham

Shrimp Dip and crackers

Mixed Olives and pickles

Seafood chowder (made by Alice) with cod, crab, cusk, shrimp and haddock.

Vegetable platter and dip (carissa)

Appetizers and either Chicken parmesan  or meatballs (my brother in law Joe)

Cookies and plenty of “junk” food!!

Cran/raspberry/ginger ale punch….with fruit.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL

HAVE A HEALTHY & HAPPY HOLIDAY

I’M GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO RELAX AND ENJOY THIS HOLIDAY.

US BLOGGERS, TEND TO BE TYPE A PERSONALITIES! GOING TO TRY AND SLOW DOWN……WAY DOWN….TAKE IT EASY…..ENJOY ALL THAT IS IN FRONT OF ME……

AND HAVE FUN WITH MY KIDS AND MY FAMILY….SING A LITTLE…EAT A LITTLE….NOT GET TOO

EXCITED IF THE FLOOR GETS DIRTY OR OBIE GETS CRAZY….JUST REEEEELAAAAAXXXX.

I’LL GIVE IT A GOOD TRY….AND YOU KNOW WHY?? BECAUSE WE ARE ON HOLIDAY!!!!! YAY!!

XOXOXO ………SOME HOLIDAY LOVE GOING OUT TO YOU ALL…… HAVE FUN AND SEE YOU BACK HERE AFTER THE BIG DAY!!    DEBBIESmile

 

Friday, December 10, 2010

Finally Getting In The Spirit…..

I am finally getting into the spirit of Christmas.

Somewhere I found my holiday mojo?

I went out and purchased some of these….

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these….image And I decorated our

Maple tree outside. They were on sale at Rite aid…. 100 mini lights

in each box and they were 2 boxes for 5.00. I even bought a poinsettia!

Honestly….I ended up in a slight depression there for a bit and I was

wondering if I was going to bother even decorating. Last year we had a

gorgeous tree. The problem was it was so dry, that it shed its needles every

day and what a mess. We decided to have an artificial one this year. My father in law

Woody, showed up here a couple days ago, with a 7 foot blue mountain spruce

artificial tree!! My mother in law decorated that tree for years and it was beautiful.

She did many themes over the years. Anyway….my husband asked if he could have it

as they no longer use it and they said YES! So….it’s on my kitchen floor in a

box right now and will be decorated this weekend…..thanks to Woody and Alice!! It’s my first one and I know there is NOTHING like a REAL tree but they are getting quite expensive and some of the artificial ones are gorgeous!

image I want to apologize to all of you in blogland. I haven’t been very good

at visiting lately. I’ve been in a slump. I promise I will be back soon. Our reno is coming to an end after today.

The crown molding goes up in the dining room today, and we will stop until after the holidays. We have a wonderful Christmas

party coming up at my brothers on the 19th. We are doing an old fashioned Yankee Swap! I can’t wait. It sure is a lot less expensive

buying two gifts versus 7 or 8! image Do any of you do this? I am told a lot of people are this year.

Christmas is being held at my house this year.  It should be fun! I am on the lookout for a nice vegetarian Christmas dish for

my daughter. I am hoping to cook a spiral ham and I have some other ideas. We usually do pot luck. Here are some pictures of my “old” country themed

house before we started renovating last year at Christmas…DSC04547  Here’s my old country beam that we cut out decorated for the last time!!  DSC04555  And my snowmen….  DSC04548  and xmas cards all over my mothers hutch……

DSC04542 Kathleen’s card is in there!!!  Let’s get closer….DSC04567 And even closer….DSC04571There it is….see the pink and white one with the deer? I loved that card Kathleen!

When I look back, this year, on all of the decorating I did last year, I have a bitter-sweet feeling about it all.  You see…this was all done within 2 weeks of Christmas. A lot of the greenery I got from the woods at my husbands parents farm. I filled bags of it for myself and for Alice.  Although it dried out quickly, it was really pretty. I was having a bit of a hard time getting this all up so I asked my husband to help me with some of it. Because we ended up with a dry tree and dry greenery, we decided to take it all down the day after Christmas. I started doing just that on December 26 of last year, 4 days before my 55th birthday. While doing that, I noticed I was not feeling well. Once in the ER in Portland, I was told I was having a heart attack. So….I have an uneasy feeling about it all I guess, for no reason. It’s been a long and very different year for me….but a good one. I am very grateful to be alive this Christmas. I am going to decorate the blue spruce Alice and woody gave us and as many other areas in the house as I can and enjoy the season. Hopefully I can take down the decorations after the holiday and NOT end up in the ER this year!! I’ll be back with new pictures soon……meanwhile….enjoy the season you all!!!                    debbie2   image   

 

       

 

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