Oh Dear- Oh Dear- Oh Dear!

Oh Dear!

I am SO very far behind.

I need to take a blogging break

so that I can finish shopping,

and wrapping~ and cooking, 

I would hate to have 

Crying Grandkids on Christmas morning

because Nana couldn't quit blogging

long enough to make 

Christmas special for them.

So, bear with me.

I will be back soon to show you

what I made for 

YOU KNOW WHO

I just don't want to post those pictures 

before Christmas.

So...I will leave you all with a very

Merry Christmas.

And...just so you know 

what has happened here

 it appears we might have had a 

little miracle of our own.

Can you BELIEVE it?

I guess I missed the wedding completely.

Barbie- Don't roll your eyes up like that-

like you had NO CLUE what was gonna happen.

Seriously!!!!!

As you can see-the nut doesn't 

fall far from the tree.

That kidelf looks pretty naughty to me!

Anyway- Have a blessed few days and I will

be back soon.

Santas Santas Everywhere And Not A One To Spare & Oh! That Elf

Yes- I do have a few Santas left

after I gave away my collection last year.

My four adult children snatched politely picked 

out their favorites before 

their siblings could take one

they wanted.

There were no arms broken in the process.

However, I kept a few of my favorites.

Here is one I got from a co-worker many years ago.

Isn't he pretty?  The little wooden box is a miniature cedar chest

that belonged to my Mother.

The little basket in front was sent to me by a dear blogging friend.

I also love this Santa.

He sits on the little Paris table I painted last year.

He is more folk-artsy.

Here is what keeps him company.

A bird's nest in a cloche and the mix sign 

from the old stockyard my Dad took me to when I was a child.

There is a sweet bird painting by my friend, Laurie.

Yes- I know you can see the "wires" -

That's a No-No I am told.

Close your eyes and ignore them , okay?

Forgive the lighting. 

I am using a different camera and 

can't figure out what I am doing.

No- It has nothing to do with being blond!

Here are a couple more Santas that I 

painted on slates back in the late 80's.

I think I saw these images on Christmas cards

and copied them as best I could.

One more

Again-sorry about the lighting.

I will never get the hang of it.

AND-Just so you know,

just when I thought things were calming down in

ELF LAND.

There seems to be a new development here, folks.

Isn't there an old song called

Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places?

Whoa!

He's a fast mover!

Pop in tomorrow for the continuing  soap opera saga of

As The Elf Turns Bad

I will be sewing today!

SOMETHING SPECIAL Is Going On Around Here!

I don't know about you

but I have been REALLY busy!

I was going to post a list of all the running

I did this week but ....

EVERYONE is busy this time of year!

I will have some dance class pictures 

for you and some 

pre-school program pictures

in the next few days.

However, today I am working on

SOMETHING SPECIAL  

for SOMEONE SPECIAL

Can you guess what it is?

Well, I have to have SOMETHING SPECIAL  to go with these!

And something REALLY SPECIAL to go with THESE!

I have some SPECIAL fabrics 

that I have tucked away.

Yep!  This is a LABOR OF LOVE for 

SOMEONE SPECIAL!

Want to know what ELSE is SPECIAL?

Do you like to drive around and look at 

Christmas decorations around town?

We do, too!

Do you want to see 

SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL?

It's a feast for the eyes!

source

No This is NOT MY HOUSE!

Thanks for asking.

Here's today's question.

a)Is the red house in front leaning to the left?

b) Is the house behind it leaning to the right?

c) Both A & B are correct.

d) I don't care! I want to see what that

    crazy elf at your house is up to.

Papa's Back Went Out- Poor Papa- Heaven Is Watching

I picked Sweet Cheeks up from

school the other day.

She came out all smiles.

She had an assignment to write a

LETTER TO SOMEONE.

She chose a get well letter for Papa

because his back has been bothering him.

Here is what it says:

Remember-This was supposed to be a letter to SOMEONE.

The letter reads:

Dear sumone.

I hope you fell better soon!

And if you are going to die 

I hope Hevin is rete for you!;>)  

(Dear Someone- I hope you feel better soon!

AND if you are going to die

I hope Heaven is ready for you)

As you can see there are three angels

there to escort him to the 

Hevinly gates!

I hope he takes that 

danged elf with him!

Hope you have a great day!
I am off and running until late
tonight-so don't think I have
abandoned you- I'll be back tonight!

Please Please Pray For This One Month Old Baby

I just got home from a late meeting

and had an email asking if I would

post a prayer request for this sweet 

little girl,  Kalea.

Roxy @ Living From Glory To Glory

asked me to request prayers for Kalea.

Kalea's grandmother and Roxy are 

good friends.

Here is what Roxy wrote:

Hello Sweet Blogging Sister's

Please help!

This sweet precious little girl needs prayer!

Her name is Kalea.

She is one month old.

She has a vitamin K deficiency.

Her symptoms;

Bleeding on the brain.

Seizures that have been controlled by medication.

Liver 

Retaining fluid

Kalea's Momma and Daddy 

have asked for prayer!

Please pray for this sweet baby.

We experienced a miracle two weeks ago

thanks to the blogging community

that prayed for our little CJK.

Please pray that God would heal this

 dear sweet little girl completely

and 

provide peace for  her parents

and grandparents.

This is the first grandchild so

you can imagine what they are 

going through.

Thank you so much-I know that

many of you believe in

miracles~

and that is what I am praying

for right now.

A Santa I Painted And Elf Turns Peeping Tom

I have 500 things to show you.

Okay- I lied- I might have 100 things to show you

but I am running out of time here, folks.

So-

Today will be short and sweet 

because I am off and running for the day.

I have this little Santa crock that I painted back 

in the 1980's.

It sits in our first floor powder room.

I copied the idea from somewhere I am sure.

The chair is one my kids sat on when they were little.

As you can see,

the chair and the crock got a bit banged up

over the years.

Now as I was sitting having my coffee 

and minding my own business-

the Elf on the Shelf jumped down

from the tree.

I followed him blindly like 

any other dumb blond

would do.

Where is he headed?

 OH MY GOODNESS!

Say it isn't so!

Why did I get the NAUGHTY elf?

Can you believe this?

He's a shower peeper!

MyHero is NOT gonna be happy about 

THESE PICTURES!

No sirree bob!

That elf is gonna be in BIG trouble now!

You should have seen the one he 

WANTED TO POST"!!!

X-Rated!

Seriously!

Elfie better hide REALLY good 

when MyHero gets home from work...

and that's all I'm gonna say about that!

Have a great day.

I am trying to get around to visit

as I can.

Let It Snow- Let It Snow- Let It Snow- Let It Snow- INSIDE

What do you do when the weather is 

too cold and miserable to go outside?

Well, at OUR house we bring

the snow INSIDE.

Yes. We. Do.

Two weeks ago today this was one sick

little boy.

Today he is sitting here and preparing to 

play with snow for the first time.

He's not quite sure he wants to touch it.

Tentatively he reaches out.  

What is this cold white stuff?

Oh- Yeah, Baby- This is COLD!

Look- He has a helper-his cousin, Ria.

He DOES NOT like the snow sticking to him.

This little boy eats ANYTHING but he is 

offering Daddy the first bite.

Ria had so much fun watching him play.

She is such a good girl and she loves to 

hang out at Nana's house.

She is our only little girl with "smiley eyes"

She is always smiling.

Do you know what makes ME smile?

The idiots people in this family that

 snowmobile no matter 

how cold and miserable it is.

Does it look COLD out there?

Do you think I want to freeze to play in the snow?

No. I. Don't.

That is why I bring the snow inside!

Looking to warm up now are you?

How about this?

It makes me so cold I could cry.

It's called a 

TEAR JERKER SNOW CONE.

You can get yours here!

Have a great day. 

I am out of town on business all day but

I will check in when I get home.

Behave yourselves.

The Elves are watching!

You might see what MY elf

is up to tomorrow.

You won't believe it!

Another Mark Roberts Fairy Hanging Around

From the main level of our house

you go up a few steps to

the old master bedroom and

two other guest bedrooms.

There is a sliding pocket garden door

that closes the upstairs off 

for heating and cooling purposes 

when no one is up there.

When we rehabbed this house

we had them build in a seeded glass

side wall and at the end of that

there is a block provided to 

hang a fairy.

The fairy changes with the season 

but each one is a 

Mark Roberts Fairy.

This is the Christmas fairy that hangs

there every year.

Isn't he dear?

This is a wider shot of that wall.

Do you see the two little hinged doors?

Well, when the grandkids come to visit

they ring a "fairy bell" that is outside our door.

The fairy flits down and brings them a sweet

little treat of some kind.

It is always a surprise to open the door.

Since I took these pictures a couple of
days ago the good fairy made a small change.
There seems to be some "confusion"
about which "hidey hold" belongs to
SweetCheeks.
Well, now it is obvious-

She is a GULL (girl) and her cousins
are BUOYS (boys).
Never again will SweetCheeks eat
her boy cousins' treats by "mistake".
(gulls/buoys-we live on the waterfront-get it?;>)

Anyhow~They never know what the treat will be.

Today it's a Tootsie Roll Pop.

You just never know what that fairy might 

leave there for them to find.

But it is NEVER anything BAD-

Unless THE ELF is involved!

If I've told him once I've told him a hundred times-

WE DO NOT LET THE KIDS 

PLAY WITH MATCHES!

It's A White White Mark Roberts Fairy World

What a whirlwind week

this has been.

I've been shopping

and wrapping presents

and drinking lots of coffee

for energy.

I am surrounded by fairy helpers

but I will only show you one today.

This one is hanging over my

kitchen table.

As you can see when I move back a bit

the landscape LOOKS cold!

Yep- We have snow.

We also have temperatures that are

barely above ZERO!

The fairy doesn't seem to mind though.

I love his sweet little face.

You can see the cold little winter playhouse here.

Does the cold make you tired?

It makes ME tired.

Apparently, it makes MyHero tired, too.

It seems he has fallen asleep whilst reading.

Luckily for him Elf and his new friend joined him

BEFORE the book fell down and 

clunked him in the head.

I'm blaming it ALL on that elf!

AND

Just so you know-

It might, or might not, be dangerous

to fall asleep when I am around.

Happy Birthday To Me- I'm Not Dead Yet- But If I DO DIE------

This will be short today.

It is good for

ONE QUICK LAUGH.

Last night my family and I went to

Olive Garden to celebrate

my birthday.

Lulu gave me a beautiful barrette.

My daughter gave me a lovely scarf and 

gloves with some bling on them.

SweetCheeks and Ria gave me a

BLINGED UP BROOCH

to wear on my coat.

Sweet Cheeks said she picked it out herself.

Me:  I LOVE IT.

SweetCheeks:  Is that REAL diamonds?

Me:  No-but I love it.

SweetCheeks:  Nana?

Me:  Yes, honey?

SweetCheeks:  

Nana, when you die you can give that 

to someone else cuz 

                      I don't want it back!                     

Me:  Thanks, SweetCheeks!

SCheeks:  You're welcome, Nana!

I thought MyHero was going to 

choke on his salad.
On the way home MYHERO said:
Those girls are really gonna miss you
when you're dead!
yeah-Thanks- I so needed to hear that!

PS. Today is Friday the 13th so

if you are STOOPIDSTICIOUS

(as SweetCheeks calls it)

don't leave the house...

unless it's on fire.

"Please Don't Hang Me" Cried The Gingerbread Man

You know how a front door says 

WELCOME 

when you come in?

Those sleigh bells are off the horses my 

father drove as a young man.

So -there's my 

Happy Hello!

BUT I like my door to say

GOOD-BYE

when someone leaves, too.

And I like to say it NICELY

Unlike some people that will say-

Don't let the door hit you in the butt on the way out.

How do I do that?

I let my visitors take a little memento

of their visit with them.

It is called 

Cut and Run Take

Here they are my sweet little

GINGERBREAD BOYS

hanging in a row.

Here's how to make this sweet little door hanging.

Roll out Saran Wrap about 2 feet longer than the side of your door.

Lay your Gingerbread Boys in a line on the center of the plastic wrap.

leaving about 4-6" between them.

Flip them upside down making sure that they

are still in the center

Pull the plastic wrap to the back

overlapping it so they are enclosed all the way around.

Gently flip them over and using ribbon

tie a knot above and below EACH one.

Hang some children's scissors on 
some curly ribbon from the top
to cut the saran wrap.

When you cut them apart 

you will cut between the ribbons 

leaving each one fully encased in plastic wrap.

Here I am making a cut between the ties.

You start with the bottom one and 

each person can cut off a gingerbread boy 

to take along when they leave.

I hung them on a nail hidden on top of the door jamb.

shhhhh-MyHero hates nails anywhere

I dressed the top with some greenery and red balls.

I love those Gingerbread Boys, don't you?

Sometimes I even feel sorry for them.

Poor things.

pinterest image

The one on the right hears about like 

MyHero does-especially when it comes

to trying to get a chore done!