Post #215....2019

Well the year is almost done and so I will only have posted 215 times or so and not 365 by years' end.  Oh well I never knew when the year began that I would be working so much. I'm happy enough with the amount of posts I did write this year.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas who celebrate it.  And best wishes for a wonderful 2020!

Christmas was nice with the youngest and her hubby here for a visit.  I actually had off today and yes it is Saturday but I have been working on Saturdays a lot this year.  It was nice having off but strange as well.  When one is so used to working all the time, it is as if something is off when not. We did have a dog grooming appointment and took advantage of the time without 2 of the dogs so we went shoe shopping.  Hubby got a much needed pair of sneakers and I got two pair of boots.  I only had one pair of boots that went just above the ankle.  I used to have some good cowboy boots, but I didn't keep them well and they started shredding last time I tried to put them on. LOL.  I had gotten them when I still lived back east so they were at least 15 years old.

Anyway here is a picture of the two I got.  I was going to only get one pair but it was buy one and get one 50% off.  They are nice and I plan to wear them even if just around the house.  :)  They make me feel more like a Texan too :)

Blog #214..2019

Yikes!  It has been 13 days since I blogged!  Did you miss me?  I didn't think so.

Something has to give when the holidays are approaching and there is so little time.  I have been working 7 days a weeks still yes, and since some folks are taking time off, we have more work added to our load to cover others who are out.  

Then there is the Angel Christmas Card Project that I do every year.  So when I could I worked on those and met my goal of sending out 100 cards this year.  I usually do a lot more than that but there were over 500 names on the list this year.  It wasn't going to happen.  I'm sure that everyone will get cards though as several people volunteered to send out cards.

I have used up any days off I had left too.  This week I worked every day.  Tomorrow is the last lunch of the year for my ladies group.  And then there is work.  I didn't take on as much as I usually do as I have to carve out some time on Sunday to bake cookies!  I bought some Hickory Farms goodies but I have to make some sort of Christmas cookies, otherwise it won't seem quite like Christmas.

The youngest and her hubby are coming for dinner which will be nice since my other daughter never gets here at Christmas.  Maybe some year...

See?....you didn't miss much, as there wasn't a whole lot to blog about.

Blog #213....2019

Here I am finally posting the Christmas photo of the dogs. I probably could have gotten a little better picture but I actually like how they all are so expressive.  Ditzy on the right looks bored and wants to get the photo shoot over with.  Bella in the middle doesn't love her Santa outfit and kept jumping down.  Tika sat there and was being really good about the pictures except when she turned around to look out the window right when I was snapping the photo.  So yah...just kept this one :)

Today was the ladies lunch group and we had a great turn out!  There were 12 of us and that is I think the most we've had.  There are 3 ladies that used to go to the Wednesday group that came.  That group disbanded but I never had anything to do with that mid-week group other that get it formed in the beginning.  It was sad but at the same time made me proud that our group has been going for over a year and a half!  A few of us including myself handed out small Christmas gifts.  I do hope some come for the lunch we have yet this month in a few weeks but it will likely be a light turn out since that is right before Christmas.

Blog #212..2019

I'm tired but going to post a short one.
It is December already, yup!!
Christmas lights are now up and the furkid's annual photo is done.
I'll post that picture soon, as I already have everything but this blog
turned off.

There was a short story on the Today show this morning about
women who color their hair and/or use straighteners have a higher
risk of getting (breast) cancer.  That is not really the reason I made
this decision, but I decided to let my hair go grey.  I have colored it
for years (probably about 35-40) and it is time to see just how bad
my natural hair looks.

It is scary but I'm also curious how it will look.  Hopefully I won't
look bad.  We'll see.  I was suppose to get my color today but I told
my hair dresser about my plan and she's fine with letting it go and
seeing how I like it.  She said it is darker in the back toward the lower
third of my head and lighter gray at the top (above forehead).  So
anyway we'll see.  I can always color it again if I don't like it.

I had off today and did get some things done today which was nice.
But I'm tired now and have to work tomorrow so I'm off for the night.