Ho Ho HO !!!

Here we are....4 days 'til Christmas and I still haven't done all the stuff I need to do!!

We have had a couple of fun events here in the building....Last Tuesday evening the cub scouts came to serenade us with carols...they are so darned cute.,..They love to come here because they can eat all the cookies they want. They always bring us little gifts they have made...this year it was a holiday tree decoration.

then on Thursday it was bingo night and I won the "big" pot...it was 14.50, actually - which bolstered up my quarter supply quite a bit. Gotta have those quarters to do the laundry you know. Friday was lunch out at the Olive Garden in South Center. There were nine of us and it was fun...and tasty.

Sunday was the evening Michael came to treat us. He, as you may recall, is the fellow who comes to treat us with a light buffet abnd a ton of groceries to pack home...,.I understand that he also provided the big TV in the social room....quite a magnificent fellow ! We had lots to choose from - everything from produce to candy...it was amazing!

So-----now, I am off to volunteer today - then do a bit of shopping and home to sew - and sew - and sew! I will be spending the night at Joceyn's house on Christmas Eve and everyone else will be there on the Day! Very best wishes for you all for a Merry Christmas...probably won't see you until next year!

It's Friday - again!!

Hello, everyone....Don't have a lot to report this time, but am trying to be more communicative and thus post more often .

Saturday, Dian came and within an hour and a half had my apartment all cleaned up! Boy it sure does feel good....we celebrated by going down to Sam's Club and came home with a great wreath (among other things, of course) which she installed in my window along with the one string of lights I have...so now I am presenting the Christmas spirit for all to see! Very festive!!

Marcia came down on Sunday and took me to lunch at the Snoqualamie casino buffet. She had a two-for - one coupon -- and it was a wonderful treat. Of course we stayed to play a while - and Dian joined us - and I ended up with a nickle more than I brought....not bad, huh??!! It was fun!!

On Tuesday, Dian and Marcia and Jocelyn and Brooke & Grayson joined me for dinner...being's how that day would have been Mort's 82ND birthday.....then Dian and Marcia took off for the airport for the red-eye flight to New Hampshire to visit Susie. They arrived safely and they are having a good time back there. They will be home Monday afternoon...so it is a short trip.

Yesterday I finally got Fritz to the groomer....his hair was way too long and was getting matted as well as messy in the rear end area, if you know what I mean....He is now beautiful again and is sleeping off the trauma today

With Christmas just two weeks away, I am frantically trying to finish up all my projects. I swear I start them with plenty of time to spare and then here I am - frantic again....All of which tells me that I had best get to gettin' instead of writing on my blog!

Snow is gone!

Thank goodness for that....I do not like the snow much!!!!

Thanksgiving was really nice..we were all there except Susie, Alex and Scott & Leanna and their family...We tried to skype Susie but they were having network problems....so weren't able to stay on the line for much time -but enough to say Hi and they were able to see Grayson and we could see all of them.....boy those kids have grown since I last saw them! Marcia and Dian are making the trip back there for a few days...should be an awesome trip for them. They leave Tuesday night.

Big news in our family is that Jocelyn will be traveling to Germany In February for six months or so. I am so excited for her - and so proud of her. T-Mobile will be sending her there so she can train her German counterpart in whatever it is that she does for T-Mobile,....sorry I don't quite know exactly what that is! but I know she has saved the company tons of money. whatever - I am proud!!

As a matter of fact, I am extremely proud of ALL of my kids! They all seems to excelling in their jobs...they have happy marriages (those who are married) , wonderful kids and seem generally happy in their lives....I couldn't ask for more than that, could I?!!

:I tripped the not so light fantastic again (ie..fell down) last week....I get so angry at myself when that happens - not to mention embarrassed . twisted my ankle a bit and had a bruise or two but otherwise did not suffer any damage, I sure do have good bones! I hear rumblings about needing a walker but I am ignoring them for now....but I suppose I will not be able to ignore them forever!

I have a friend - named Sharon - who lives in the building here. She is confined to a wheel chair -actually it is a Scooter - and she is quite large, so it is difficult for her to get out much. We communicate via computer usually....and I sometimes see her down in the social room. We are going to have Mexican food for lunch on Monday.....she can drive her scooter and I will walk along - She obviously doesn't get out much so - providing it doesn't rain - we will make the trip....should be fun.

I actually got my Christmas stuff down to see what I had....not much, any more....I do have my front door decorated and a couple candles and some lights to put up in my bedroom window and I will call it done.

We have Bingo tonight...so guess I will wander down....Hope there are ore than 5 people there!!