CHRISTMAS GAME, TOY AND FAMILY

HAD TO TELL HIM WHAT ROOM! BUT HE FOUND  "ELI THE ELF"

TO PUT A LITTLE FUN INTO OUR SAD CHRISTMAS SEASON, MY HUSBAND AND I DID THE ELF ON THE SHELF FOR EACH OTHER!

HE HID THE SECOND TIME

I FOUND!

"YOU HAVE SO MUCH STUFF EVERYWHERE", HE SAID, "TELL ME WHEN I'M HOT OR COLD"

 SEE WHAT HE MEANS!  BUT HE MADE IT!

HE WENT FOR MY CHAIR IN THE FRONT ROOM THIS TIME!

I SPIED!

MY FUNNY HUSBAND ACCUSED ME OF TAKING THE ELF'S CLOTHES OFF THIS TIME!

THEY DO LOOK SIMILAR!

"WONT NEED TO TELL YOU WHAT ROOM THIS TIME"  HE SAID "YOU'LL JUST RUN INTO HIM!"

"LOOK WHO'S BEEN SLEEPING IN MY BED!"

WE THOUGH TASHA WOULD LIKE A NEW TOY THIS YEAR, BUT NO!!

SHE SAID PLEASE NO SQUEAKY CHICKENS JUST A NICE SOFT TOWEL THANK YOU!

WE GOT TO SPEND SOME TIME CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON WITH OUR SON PAUL AND  TRACEE

WE TREASURE THESE TIMES AS HE'S THE ONLY ONE WE HAVE LEFT!  HOPE YOU HAVE A HEALTH AND HAPPY 2015! BLESSING ON YOU FRIENDS!

A BEAUTIFUL HOMECOMING FOR BOB!

THE FAMILY SANG HYMNS, CHRISTMAS CAROLS, AND SHARED MEMORIES AROUND BROTHER-IN-LAW BOB'S BED AS HE WAS PREPARING TO ENTER HEAVEN AT THIS MOST SPECIAL OF TIMES CHRISTMAS!

CROSSROADS HOSPICE NURSES & AIDES WERE ANGELS MINISTERING TO BOB AND THE FAMILY!

THIS LITTLE CHRISTMAS DOGGIE SAT ON HIS BED.

A GUARDIAN ANGEL HAD LIGHTS PUT ON HER HOUSE. FIRST TIME EVER!

GOD IS SO GOOD!  HE HAS BEEN WITH US THROUGH THICK AND THIN, SENDING HIS ANGELS TO MINISTER TO OUR NEEDS. WE KNOW IT WILL CONTINUE AS JUDY STARTS A NEW CHAPTER IN HER BOOK OF LIFE!  WE ARE CONFIDENT BOB IS REJOICING IN HIS NEW HEALTHY BODY SINGING PRAISES AND SERVING HIS HEAVENLY FATHER IN HEAVEN!!

A VISIT TO SISTER JUDY'S HOUSE AT CHRISTMASTIME.

TO CHEER JUDY UP WE WENT SHOPPING AT HOBBY LOBBY FOR A CHRISTMAS DOOR DECORATION.

IT IS SUITABLE TO LEAVE UP ALL WINTER.

I FOUND SOME POINSETTIAS IN HER CLOSET AND STUCK THEM IN THE CROCK. CHRISTMAS!

FOUND THIS PRECIOUS LITTLE GOLD TREE  ON  SALE FOR HALF PRICE $5.00! YEAH!

SISTER JUDY TURNS IT ON EVERY MORNING AND ENJOYS HER SPECIALTY COFFEE WHILE LOOKING AT IT AND LISTENING TO  CHRISTMAS MUSIC. IT'S STILL DARK OUTSIDE!

NORMALLY THERE IS LIVE GREENERY AND DECORATIONS AND  CHRISTMAS PILLOWS BUT THIS YEAR JUST ARTIFICIAL GREENERY

AND THIS IS WHY. HER HUSBAND BOB HAS BEEN VERY SICK AND IN THE HOSPITAL FOR A MONTH. PICTURED HERE IS HER GREAT GRANDSON RYDER IN HIS DOCTOR GARB  LISTENING TO  HIS GRANDPA'S  HEART?

DOCTOR RYDER'S  DIAGNOSIS - - - SICK!

THE FAMILY DECIDED TO BE TOGETHER WE WOULD EAT THANKSGIVING DINNER AT A GOLDEN CORRAL CLOSE TO THE HOSPITAL. SO AT 11:00 AM IN LINE THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE!  IT WAS VERY COLD TOO!

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BUT WE GOT A PLACE TO SIT TOGETHER EVEN THOUGH WE HAD TO VISIT OVER THE BACK OF THE BOOTHS!

WE WON'T FORGET THIS UNUSUAL THANKSGIVING!

I TOOK A BREAK ONE DAY AND VISITED ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES, BARNES & NOBLE WHICH WAS PRACTICALLY NEXT DOOR.  GOT A YUMMY COFFEE AND LOOKED AT BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS  ISSUES!

OOPS!

JUDY CHANGES THE DRESS FOR THE SEASONS! THE TOP BIRD HOUSE HAS BEEN CHANGED THIS PAST WEEK TO A LIGHTED CHRISTMAS HOUSE!

HUSBAND MAURICE HAS BEEN CARING FOR THEIR DOG VICTORIA DOWN AT THE FARM ALONG WITH OUT DOG TASHA TILL THINGS CALM DOWN . BOB IS NOW HOME WITH HOSPICE COMING IN DAILY.  I HAVE BEEN STAYING WITH JUDY A LOT THRU ALL OF THIS

ONCE VICTORIA GOT OVER BEING FRIGHTENED OF THE BED SHE HAD LOADS OF KISSES FOR HER DADDY!

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THE PICTURE SAYS IT ALL!

THEN BACK TO THE FARM TO STAY WITH TASHA AND MAURICE. AS VICTORIA HAD JUST COME FROM THE GROOMERS AND SPORTED A CHRISTMAS BANDANA I HAD TO CUT OUT A FAST ONE FOR TASHA TOO! MERRY CHRISTMAS FRIENDS AND BLESSINGS ON YOU!

GOODBYE TO FALL

OUR NORTH ROAD. MAURICE WALKS THIS EVERY OTHER DAY.

THE TWO TABLES SET UP FOR THE FIRST PARTY OF THE SEASON!

 AFTER THANKSGIVING WITH A FEW CHANGES THIS WILL SOON LOOK LIKE CHRISTMAS!

DESIGNING MY HALLOWEEN OUTFIT.

THE JOCK AND HIS BOHEMIAN DIVA!

MY COTTAGE  IS FINALLY  MINE AGAIN AFTER OVER A YEAR!  BUT I  WAS SO GLAD WE HAD IT FOR OUR GRANDDAUGHTER JACKIE AND HER SON ELI TO STAY IN WHEN NEEDED! SO I PUT UP THE SARI RIBBON GARLAND TO CELEBRATE!   DON'T KNOW THAT I LIKE IT THAT MUCH BUT WILL LIVE WITH IT FOR AWHILE AND SEE! 

MOST BEAUTIFUL CONTEMPORY BLDG. I'VE EVER SEEN! and MOSAIC WORKSHOP

JUST DISCOVERED THIS  BEAUTIFUL BLDG.  W. OF NALL ON 135TH ST IN K.C. AREA  ON WAY HOME FROM THE DOCTOR. IT IS THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. HOPE TO TOUR THE INSIDE SOON!

THIS IS A CUTE COLORFUL DRAWING OF WHERE WE SPENT SOME OF OUR TIME THE LAST 3 DAYS! IT IS IN LUCAS, KANSAS, FAMOUS FOR OUTSIDER ART. I AM FORTUNATE TO HAVE A COLLECTION OF MY ART HOUSED THERE ALSO!

MY FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR HOPE (IN DAVEY CROCKETT HAT) AND I TOOK A MOSAIC CLASS WITH A VERY TALENTED LADY, MRI PILAR IN HER COLD GARAGE!

I EVEN PULLED A LAP QUILT OUT OF THE CAR!

PILAR WAS DEMONSTRATING HOW TO PREPARE THE CENTER PIECE.

WE SURE WELCOMED LUNCH TIME IN THE WARM OFFICE OF THE GRASSROOTS ART CENTER DOWN THE STREET!

HOPE STILL DIDN'T KNOW HOW ATTRACTIVE SHE LOOKED! lol

I WAS SURPRISED THAT MY VICTORIAN STYLE MOSAIC TURNED OUT LOOKING  MORE LIKE WHAT HOPE WOULD HAVE DONE!

AND HOPE'S LOOKED MORE FOLK ARTY LIKE SOMETHING I WOULD HAVE DONE!

THIS IS OUR CUTE LITTLE BLUE CABIN ON THE PRAIRIE WHERE WE STAYED. AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAD LOTS AND LOTS  RAIN!

LIMESTONE FENCE POSTS ARE VERY PREVALENT IN THIS AREA!

JUST THE RIGHT SIZE TABLE FOR MEALS AND CARDS AT NIGHT!

LUCAS IS HOME OF THE FAMOUS, GARDEN OF EDEN.

THEY WERE HAVING 3 HR. TOURS (TO RAISE THE DEAD LOL) DURING THIS HALLOWEEN SEASON!

HOPE IS ENTERING THE BOWL PLAZA RESTROOM AREA  FOR THE FIRST TIME! SHE SURE HAS A TREAT IN STORE!

MEN'S RESTROOM

MEN'S RESTROOM!

JUST A LITTLE SCENE FROM THE WOMAN'S RESTROOM! I JUST REALIZED A LARGE GROUP OF MY PICTURES I WAS RESIZING DISAPPEARED! WILL PUT MORE OF WOMAN'S ROOM NEXT POST!

SOME OF THE MOSAICS WE MADE A YEAR OR MORE AGO LINE THE SEATING BOWL OUTSIDE.

MORE!

FUN WAS HAD CREATING THE WALLS BY MANY VOLUNTEERS HEADED UP BY MRI PILAR

ONE OF THE MANY CREATIONS MADE BY FOLKS ALL OVER TO CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF THE BOWL PLAZA! WILL SHOW SOME OF MY ART ON THE NEXT POST.  FOR VEIWING MORE OF OUR 3 DAY TRIP CHECK OUT www.mcreatesdaily.blogspot.com  HAPPY FALL!