Just a Pretty Little Christmas Tree

I thought my sister & mine's Christmas tree was very pretty this year. Here's our tree plus the buffet that's all decorated, too. I don't use the buffet per se; it is stuffed with linens, dishes, and whatnot. It's mainly used for display, lol.

Christmas 2009

Well, this is certainly a Christmas Eve to remember. Dogsitting and separated from my family. But stll having a good time!

Thought I would put up a picture of the dogs I'm watching. Barkley, Libby and the newbie, crazy little Maizie. Maizie is obssessive about looking up at the skylights. She sees her reflection up in the glass and thinks it's another dog.




Barkley ^^^^^




Libby ^^^^^



crazy little Maizie ^^^^^



Maizie looking up at the skylights ^^^^^

My Dog Watch-ees - Pt. 1

Dogsitting began for me as just helping a friend out. This was years ago, lol. Now I have several regular customers and a new one scheduled for next year already.

Molly and Lucy are border collies. Jingles is a Yorkie. Molly & Lucy are two of the best dogs ever. They know phrases/words like if you tell them you're going to "work" or "to the store". Jingles? Jingles is a different story. He's pretty bad. He likes to make his mark in the house, if you know what I mean. And he is the horniest little dog. He is always looking to hump something, lol.

I have been watching Molly and Lucy for quite a few years now, not sure exactly how many. Maybe 5 or so? Anyway, border collies are great watch dogs and they sure seem to love to chase the squirrels. And Molly is great at catching a frisbee.

Here is a picture of Molly and Jingles at the door, most likely looking at someone jogging or walking along the sidewalk in front of the house.

Chloe & the Major
Well, I had to show off Chloe & the Major. Chloe is the dog & Major is the cat. They are new "customers" of mine that I just started watching last summer. Chloe is a beautifully behaved lil' dog and the Major? Well, he's finally warming up to me. He's 15 years old and so he's kind of set in his ways. But I love him. Here they are. One of them is Chloe modeling her cheetah-skin coat, lol.




^^^That's the Major! Now, here is little Chloe in her coat. I think she's embarrassed, lol!





I get to watch them in later June. I'll have to introduce you to some of my other clients. Next up will be Libby and her brother, Barkley, who I am watching this weekend.

My Christmas Toys

Well, one has to have some kid in oneself, right? Here's my kid at Christmastime, well 1/8 of the kid, anyway, lol. My Christmas toys. Little odds & ends that I've picked up along the way of antiquing and heaven knows where else. My cubemates must've thought I was looney today when I was sitting in my chair on my lunchbreak, snapping pictures & closeups of things on my desk. My favorite is my Santa in the car. I can still remember where I saw him; at an antique mall in Osage Beach, MO. He really goes, too. He can race across a desk in nothing flat. And I included a shot of part of my lunch today - yogurt!!! Key Lime, mmmmm! It's really good and I'm not kidding. Anyway, let the slide show begin!!!

Deer Alert!

We had been shopping on Saturday since 9:30 am, came back to the room around noon to eat lunch. We left Robin's Resort around 1400 to go back to shopping and as we reached the main drag, my sister said that she couldn't remember if she turned the stove off from cooking the baked beans. So, heavy sigh, we went back and the stove had been turned off. But I did have her grab my camera in case I needed it.

We set back out to leave again and lo & behold, as we headed for the main drag, my sister spotted a deer moving back midst the trees. These resorts are set back pretty far from the main drag because they are on the lake. So there's alot of wooded area. We see deer everytime we stay here. Sure enough, there one was, laying in the leaves near a tree. There was another one beside it but you couldn't see it very well. Anyway, here it is, using my zoom lens. It is so cute.

Another Osage Beach Holiday Open House Weekend

Well, it was indeed another fun November weekend at Osage Beach, Missouri. It's a trip that a girlfriend, my sister, & I have done for probably 20 years. Osage Beach is a growing lake centered town/city in the Lake of the Ozarks. The gift shops preview all of their Christmas holiday decorations and women descend upon Osage Beach in droves - packed into vans & SUV's. It's a Chickfest - men rarely seen or put up with, lol.
Anyway, this is the 3rd year in a row we've stayed at Robin's Resort, which is on the lake. They're condo-like rooms with kitchenettes so we can grill/cook our own meals if we want.
I'm posting a few pictures (hopefully!!) from this year's trip.

Here's the view from the living room of our place. You can see it has a nice deck with a gas grill. I don't know how to operate one, but my friend, Cherry, does. She grills the dogs & the burgers on it.

Oops, my picture went to the top. I'll try another picture. This is a view of the lake.

Darnit! I'll have to work on that. Okay, the view is the first picture. The second picture is a view from the living room, lol!

I better post my deer pictures in another post.