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words to live by...

Traditions

One of our yearly holiday traditons

is I take a Friday off

near the end of November

grab Kat & Sam after school

and we go shopping for their Christmas presents

from Trevor & I

I used to get off pretty easy

a trip to Wal-Mart

a painful 2 hours in the toy department

then a quick pick of an outfit

and we were done

my how times have changed!

Although yesterday was Black Friday

in the states

Canada has not quite reached the pandemonium

of our neighbors in the south

and thank heavens for that

off to the mall we went and after 4 hours

and a food court supper

I dropped them off ~ a little poorer

but my ~ what a great time we had

we did go to Wal-Mart

and goofed around a bit with the Santa hats

as you can see

they make my heart sing ~ these 2 girls of mine.

Today the Christmas music is on

and I am in the midst of getting the decorations out

in an attempt this year to simplify

I am once again failing miserably

I guess I am much too attached to some of my material things

but you know what ~ that's ok

I will be fa la la la laing!

I am throwing around the idea of going out to the 

local craft fair tonight ~ still up in the air on it

I may just have a nice long bath

and snuggle in with a movie.

Hope you are having a wonderful week-end

and that your heart is full of joy.

xo

~Thankful~

Taking a moment today to wish

all my US friends

a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Hugs!

Wordless Wednesday ~ Forever Friends

this last quote says it all...

can't wait to meet up with my forever girlfriends tommorrow

night for supper ~ it has been too long.

Happy Wednesday!

Happy Monday!

While out driving yesterday

I was disappointed to see

the trees are almost totally bare ~ naked

ready for old man winter

although I am not

the weather has been incredible

so warm that we are just bracing ourselves

for that first blast of cold air

which we all know is coming

game night was a success

good friends ~ good food and fun

what a great way to spend a Saturday night

Sunday afternoon was coffee with my cousin

planning ~ what cookies to make for Christmas this year

we came up with 3 kinds ~ shortbread, almond fingers and birdsnests

yummy yummy yummy!

I will also make gumdrop and date cookies

I need those!

this week is going to be a busy one

although I have no big holiday meal to plan

I am meeting with my book club girls tonight

then with my forever girlfriends on Thursday night

figure I will call them that since we have been together

since we were 5 years old

so it's almost forever....

I have Friday off ~ my last vacation day of the year

and I have plans ~ I do have plans for that.

Hope you all had the kind of week-end

that put a spring in your step

and a smile on your face.

Happy Monday!

Friday Potpourri

Hello friends

it's Friday

as the leaves crunch beneath our feet

the sun shines down on our faces

it has been a gorgeous week

sitting on the bench reading my book at lunch

kind of gorgeous

it has been a good week

a not do a whole lot of anything week

which is a good thing because next week the fun starts

getting together with girlfriends for a pre-Christmas catch up session

lattes on Monday night with some

then dinner on Thursday with others

but that's next week

 

this is the week-end baby

game night tomorrow with the neighbors

and their 4 legged kids ~ it's been too long

some shopping tonight

checking things off my list

my goal is to get the bulk of my shopping by the end of November

and by golly ~ I am off to a good start

thanking you for taking the time to comment this week

 they lift my day ~ they really do

Wishing you a wonderful week-end!

You Had Me At Woof

You know I have gone on and on and on 

about my little baby girl

this is one of my favorite baby pictures of her

 

while I was away I picked up this book

and although I am not even half way into it

it makes me smile and laugh

for someone that once thought this breed was ugly

I love them now!

 too cute for words!

 

all these except for the 1st and last were found on Pinterest

so if you want a chuckle ~ laugh out loud belly laugh

whether you are a Boston Terrier lover 

or just a dog lover 

I think you will like this book

Miss Molly ~ asleep on Papa's knee

pure Boston love

Happy Wednesday!