Yesterday!!

My dinner last night at Santa's Workshop

You have seen this picture several times, but I don't change much every morning.  Off for a refill.  I'll be back.

And the candle stays lit for Jock and those in the hospital recuperating from surgery.

December is here...The first day of our winter month..think it is the 21st of this month that it will be officially w i n t e r!!!

Good morning.   Someone said snow, hopefully up in the mountains and not here in our streets of hills, big ones,  slippery slopes in bad weather.    I am having my seconds on coffee, thinking about the pizza left over from the Santa Workshop of last evening.    We had at least fifty little tubes to wrap, tie ribbon on, fill with goodies and be ready for the upcoming December Tea.    We started a little after five o'clock and ended up a little after eight o'clock with muscles tied up tighter than a drum and cramped up hands from all the ribbon cutting.   Why thinner ribbon was not purchased for this job is beyond me;  seems someone had an idea and got carried away...but we did the job and it is now at the ready for tea time.

News that Jock came through the back operation a whole hour earlier than anticipated and doing good.    He will have to obey doctors orders and be still for awhile and that is not an easy task for Jock who is one of those folks up with the birds, off and running for the day and ready for all kinds of good things to do.  He loves to fish, to hunt, to walk his dogs at three in  the morning, a real go- getter,  and a hard man to make stay down.   Now with this operation behind him, he will be able to do all of that with a smile and no more pain.  

Hey, I got to Macy's in the big mall . . . it was fun to shop and better still to find a couple of items that will make someone happy on Christmas morning.    A lot of folks are out there buzzing like hungry bees, looking for that perfect gift and finding it.  It makes it so much easier when you know what you need and want rather than second guessing.    Now to shop for some wrapping paper and ribbon.   I thought I had some here in the house but find there isn't any so one more trip out...or maybe two more..you know I"ll forget something.

So, off you go, have your breakfast and wake up and enjoy today.   Make a list, check it twice and go out and conquer that list . . . If you are looking for the perfect tie, Macy's has some really nice ones.   I didn't price them but if it is like most of the merchandise, it is high.  Wonder if they have a mark up fairy behind close doors.

Be good, be kind, be gentle.  Look for someone who needs a hug today.  Cheer someone up.  Visit the sick.   Light a candle or two.   Be a person of good cheer today;  one that walks into a room and everyone looks up and smiles.    Quite an accomplishment , something to be proud of.   Go.....smile with your eyes;    those are not wrinkles, they are laugh lines to be admired.    BE YOU!!!!! Hugs to all.