It's Never Too Late

Or maybe it is too late to share a few Christmas photos with you all! Whether it's too late or not, that's what I'm offering ya today. I don't think I ever even posted a picture of my Christmas tree. #epicfail

So, here are a few shots of my tree. I was really excited to put up a Christmas tree again this year, since my last one I put up was 2010. So I was overdue to pull all of my stuff out and get crackin'. Sadly, I lost a few large ornaments due to all the moving those things endured.

It's really hard to take pictures of a Christmas tree in the middle of the night, I tell ya! It was way more beautiful in person than these pictures give credit for. I boycotted the ribbon on the tree this year, simply because it made me mad when I went to redo the bow for the top and it ended up looking like it had been maimed in some horrendous accident. Nope. Just me and my lack of Martha Stewartness.
David got into town on the Friday before Christmas. So, we were able to have a little Christmas time on our own.

 If you notice, Oscar is very interested in what David is doing. He's waiting to open a present himself!

 Finally, he gets his opportunity to open a present. I'm sure he was very thankful to David to let him open his present!

Oscar had been a bad boy a few days prior to this. While I was at work, he got into the presents under the tree, found the ones I had wrapped for him, Moxley, Brutus, and JR (yes, I wrap dog toys and yes, it's weird, but they love opening them!). Needless to say, when I got home, there was wrapping paper everywhere, two bones eaten, and the stuffing pulled out of a toy. He got put on the naughty list :-)

Oscar was all into the opening of the presents this day, until he realized that all David had gotten was a toothbrush. Not interested in that one!

Ok..guess due to picture overload, I will break this up into several posts. So you may see the next one today, or you know, June sometime.

Lazy Dog Days

My time for blogging has really taken a back seat. This is the reason why:

Work keeps me super busy. So busy, I usually end up taking it home with me in the evenings. Hence, not a lot of time for blogging. But I need to rectify that! I still haven't even blogged about Christmas yet. (Sorry mom!) Anywho....

I thought I would blog about our little trip to the marsh this weekend because I want to remember it. David and I have become very geriatric and hermit-like it seems. We are perfectly content to stay at home and relax on the weekends and I am perfectly a-ok with that one! We did take the boys out for an adventure to the marsh. David lives right on a tidal marsh and when the tide was low, we took the two dogs out and let them run around and explore.

I am a true Florida girl through and through and thinks that my part of the world is the prettiest, but I do appreciate the beauty of coastal Georgia and its marshlands. Moxley and Oscar really appreciated running through the mud, rolling around in it and chasing the fiddler crabs!

I think Oscar has missed being at his grandparent's house and getting to be a "country" dog and getting dirty. He had an absolute blast. I have never seen so many crabs running around in my life. I wished I had brought my good camera to capture all of them and the pictures I took with my phone didn't really capture them that well.

Thankfully, neither he nor Mox ended up with a crab clamped down on their noses! After our romp in the marsh, they of course were filthy! Luckily, a quick swim in the pond out front rectified that and they both came out clean enough. Oscar did have to get in the tub due to his short status and the grass he picked up on the way back from the pond, which he was mad about, but I think his trip was worth the dreaded bath! I too got a little muddy, but it was worth it to walk around such beautiful scenery with some of my favorite boys. Plus, I got a good mud exfoliation on my feet. Added bonus. That's a spa treatment for free, my friends!

Ferris Bueller Called and He Wants His Glasses Back

Glasses? Glasses? Glasses?

An empty case. That's all I have to show. Because what goes in the case has now disappeared. Vanished.  Yep. I am filling out a missing persons report on my Wayfarers as we speak. I'm praying the worst has not happened.

The only explanation I can come up with is that Ferris Bueller magically appeared, went through my purse, and stole them. The two deviants are now enjoying a fun day off from school together watching ball games, dancing at parades and the like. It can't be that I lost them. Nah! Not just two short weeks after I bought them. Impossible!

I think that after this incident, I have learned that me and Mr. Ray Ban are not compatible. The last pair I purchased were aviators and those wound up committing suicide by jumping off my head and shattering the lenses into a million pieces on the tile floor. Now these have decided to up and walk off. I give up.

I've had colds that have lasted longer than those sunglasses. Sigh...

How is it already 2013?!?

I saw this ecard and it made me laugh. It is so me! So, this year no lists were made, resolutions decided upon, or goals that I want to accomplish. I appreciate having a new year and the thought that it is kinda like a restart button. To stop, reflect, regroup, and refocus. I have done those things to some extent, but not to the point where I feel like I have to make some unrealistic resolution to accomplish the things I want to do. So, I'm boycotting this year. We will see how I feel in 2014 :-)

I can't believe how quickly 2012 passed by. I remember as a child, the year seemed endless. Summers stretched on and on and the school year, stretched even longer. But the older I get, time clicks away with a furious pace. I'm sure 2013 will fly by as well!

So, here's wishing you all a very happy {belated} New Year!

Go Tell It On The Mountain

Before I post about my Christmas, I thought I would brag a little bit on my little nephew, Barrett. He was Joseph in the Christmas play that the little kids put on at church Sunday night. His cousin, Rendi played Mary. We were worried that it would turn into a WWE (WWF?) cage match with the two of them brawling over baby Jesus.

Thankfully, all was calm and they both (and all of the kids) did beautifully.

Here's my little Joseph and Mary:

Adorable, right? Rendi wanted her little brother Rawlins (who just turned 1 yesterday) to be baby Jesus. Yeah, umm...no. You can use a baby doll.

Barrett's favorite song was Go Tell It on the Mountain and boy did he sing his little heart out. He had to get the word out that Jesus "Price" was born. We may need to work on his speech skills. Although the day he stops saying "I Lub You" might break my heart a little.

Seeing the birth of Christ through the eyes of children really is something special. I'm glad that I was able to be there to watch Barrett and Rendi and all of the other children sing and tell the story of the birth of Jesus.

And on a side note~ after the play was finished Rendi comes up to me and says "hey Sissy, where's Stacey? Why she not come with you?" Guess Rendi is so used to Stacey being with me when she sees me that she figures we come in a set, kinda like salt and pepper. You never see one without the other. I of course answered Rendi and told her that Stacey didn't like her and refused to watch her play. I kid.

See any children's programs over the holidays? Hope you did because they are something special to behold!

And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them. Mark 10:13-16

Hello and Merry Christmas!

Good morning, faithful blog readers! It's been awhile since I have taken the time to blog about anything. Life has been moving at a rapid pace here lately. Work has been keeping me super busy. And needless to say, when I get home, I want nothing more to do than crash on the couch and snuggle with Oscar.

However, I did want to post some pictures of my nephew that I took a couple of weeks ago. I never got around to posting them, and I know my mom wants to see them!

If you notice, Barrett wanted his picture taken in front of his Christmas tree in his "room" at my parent's house. If you notice something else, he is holding something. That is his new friend, his little turtle.

Boys and their critters!

Mom decorated Barrett's tree with a hunting/fishing theme. Turned out really cute!

The picture quality is horrible. It's hard to take a picture of a tree at night!

Guess I will show a few other pictures of some other decorations that Mom did. She always puts up two trees. One in the living room that she decorates with her fancy, schmancy ornaments, and then just a regular tree with all of our family ornaments. She switched up the family tree and stuck it in an old, antique cotton basket. I thought that was a good idea!

I love that tree. We even make her put colored lights on it. Right there in the breakfast room. She's more of a white light kind of girl. So we like to make her throw up some bright blue, red, green and yellow ones up!

She also has out some very special decorations. She put out the nativity scene that she hand painted years and years ago.

She also has out our reindeer "family" that she sewed years and years ago. Each reindeer is for each one of us. And dressed in either Brad's or my clothes from when we were little.

And one of my favorites: my grandmother's NOEL candles that she put out every year.

There is no telling how old those candles are!

So, there are a few festive Christmas pictures. I will have to get some photos of what I did to decorate at my house. I haven't even posted a photo of my Christmas tree!

I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!

"And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,


“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”

~Luke 2:8-14