quiet time

Well, all the kids have gone home and the house went to instant quiet, it was nice for a few minutes but I miss them already. I finally got a chance to make the white christmas pie that is in the story "White Christmas Pie". It was a lot of work but the pie is quite taste, but you must love coconut. I have not be able to figure out how the Amish (who don't use electricy) can whip both whipping cream and egg whites fast enough to make them stiff and peak. They must have every strong wrists!

cats

We have two cats. Bugsy, who is sweet and loving and comes in the house at night so she doesn't get hurt in a fight like she did a few years ago. The other cat is Boingo, which is actually my son, Paul's cat but he has a huge amount of animals already at his house. Anyway Boingo is a good mouser and loves to kill anything he can get his paws on. He is not suppose to come in the house at any time. The other morning when I was letting Bugsy out I saw a flash of black & white out of the side of my eye come in the sliding glass door. I knew Boingo had come in and I knew the only way to get him out was to get a piece of lunch meat and throw it right outside the door. I went to the refrigerator and got the lunch meat, turned around and there was a dead bird laying at my feet with Boingo looking at me with a smile on his face. He picked up the bird and started flinging it around, feathers everywhere. I grabbed a paper towel and picked up the bird, went to the door and threw both the bird and the lunch meat out the door and there went a black & white flash back out the door. Don't you just love cats!

picture

Well, I got a new picture up but it might be too big? and does anyone know how to get rid of the funny blue square on the bottom? The picture is one I took at the bird sanctuary in Willows, a beautiful relaxing place.

Wait a minute

I was reading the newspaper this morning. There was a story about the black churches(on Sunday)in the country celebrating King's birthday and Obama's becoming president. The one paragraph really made me stop and say wait a minute. The paragraph said. " More than 300 people filled the pews at First Catherdral in Bloomfield, Conn, to praise King and Obama before many headed home to pack for bus trips today to Washington." Aren't we suppose to go to church to praise God?? I am having a hard time with worship being placed on the wrong things or people but this seems to be what a lot of churches are doing right now. This to me is both sad and scary.

Christmas

Christmas has come and gone and it was a wonderful time. We had a great trip but I have been sick since we got back and have not been able to have Christmas with my mother yet. Boingo must have had a fight with something,his one side of his face is weird looking and swollen. We will keep a close eye on him.It is great to be home but lonely, yes, Terry is out in the desert again. I do want to wish everyone a healthy New Year.

Here we go again

We are packing and will be heading north again on Tuesday. We are concerned about the weather. Expecting a storm Monday and Wednesday so we hope Tuesday is the good day to travel. If we have to (if the grapevine is closed) we will go up the 101. THen the trip will be about 12 hours. We are determined to get to Chico with a full car of presents.

almost ready

We had a wonderful time visiting for Thanksgiving and I look forward to seeing everyone again at Christmas. I am almost finished with the shopping except for one person I seem to be having a hard time deciding what to get. I won't do any decorating at home since we won't be here and we will celebrate with my mother at a later date.