Celebrating On New Years Eve

Time to bring out the vintage party decorations I bought last summer-and bring in the New Years in Style!!!

Chocolate Mice

My Angel friend from work made these for the managers-aren't they kinda cute...for a mouse. Chocolate covered cherry with almond ears and hersey kiss faces.

Very Yummy too!

Googly Eyed Doll

My BF Tete from Beyond the Garden Gate gave me this wonderful Googly eyed doll for Christmas. It is exactly like one she has that was her mothers. Look at her wooden shoes. What a treasure and special gift I received for Christmas!

I'm joining Vintage Thingie Thursday at http://coloradolady.blogspot.com/

It Snowed Finally

I walked out yesterday morning at 5:00 am to a white wonderland with big, fluffy flakes of snow. Two days earlier and it would have been a magical Christmas gift. I was still glad to see it though. I love the first snow of the year-everything so calm and pretty at that hour. I took a quick picture as I was leaving that morning to go see my grams(who is still holding on). The snow was all gone by early afternoon-it didn't even look like it had happened, but I really appreciated the gift of snow that God gave us yesterday morning-everything looked so beautiful.

I'm joining White Wednesday at http://fadedcharmcottage.blogspot.com/ and Outdoor Wednesday at http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/ and Rednesday at http://suelovescherries.blogspot.com/

My Grandma-Ella Mae

I went and saw my Grandmother, Ella Mae on Christmas Day. She has become so weak and has lost a lot of weight from not eating. Yesterday my mother called me to tell me that Grams had been put on a IV. I left from work because I wanted to be there with my family. Hospice has been called in. She is alert and talkative. Talking about seeing her parents again and holding her baby that was stillborn. But in the midst of all of that-she said she wanted to stay with us for as long as she could. This is a difficult time for all of us, but especially for my mother. We all know that Grams is going to a better place, but it still hurts. I woke up last nite at 11:30 and went to the couch with the dogs(they seem to comfort me). I realized that she is my last grandparent. I've always been really close with her since I was little-dressing up in her red high-heeled shoes. I have so many memories of staying with her when I was little and when I was a teenager. Memories that I will treasure.

Please pray for Ella Mae-and her journey.

Fun Christmas Gifts

I think my oldest niece got the cutest items this year... look at this fun hat!

She wanted a sock monkey-and then she pierced it's ears!

Happy Christmas

I'm wishing you all a Happy Christmas. I know that Christmastime is not easy for all of us-but I have to say at the end of the day that I am blessed with friends and family who understand me and go out of their way to make things easier for me. Thank you all so much for you love and thoughtfulness-you mean so much to me!