Monday, November 21, 2011

The Christmas Tree is up...

And it all started with this...






I don't drink much but I learned when I had a toddler and a Kitten a few years ago that drinking a few beers while you put up a Christmas tree makes everything not so bad...


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This year Fred and I had decided Not to put up a Christmas tree. Our house is small and our tree is huge so it takes some rearranging to make room for it, and the main reason is me having surgery and not being able to walk for a couple of weeks right before Christmas when I normally put the tree up. We just didn't see it happening this year. We told Michael and he started crying, he was afraid without a tree Santa Clause wouldn't come. We told him it didn't matter if we had a tree or not Santa would still come but Michael wasn't having any of it. He wanted a tree...So with his help I put it up tonight, way too early for me but it's done!



With Michael's help the tree itself is up and put together. Michael did a terrific job of helping me!
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The Lights are on...
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The tree is up and that's as good as it gets!!
Ho Ho Ho...Let the Holiday Season begin!









Sunday, November 20, 2011

Feeling buggy

With the Macro...



Pipeline swallow tail caterpillar

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Beetle
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Beetle with bugs
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Stag (boy) beetle...
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Quiet day at home with Michael and Fred. I cleaned the pool, Fred watched the Dallas Cowboy game (they won!) and played a game of Monopoly with Michael...In fact as I type this they are still playing and it's been going on for 4 hours straight, ekk...