Yo, Where's the Kitchen AT?

It's Stuck.
On My Broken Laptop.

I Was putting the Whole Thing Together,

[BEFORE Christmas, Acutally]

You Know,

Pictures of the Old Kitchen,

to show how Barfy It Was,

Then Throw It Against,

Pictures of the Dazzling New Kitchen,

To Make the New Do,

Look WAY Awesome,

When 3Yr. Old

Decides to Close My Laptop.

On top of A Book.

and Lay On it.

Monitor?

CRUNCH.

Pictures?

STUCK.

[Sob, Sob, Sob!]

WAH!

I Mean, Sure, I Have Pictures of the NEW Kitchen,

But What are THEY without Pictures of the OLD One?

[Sigh]

So, for Now, I'm on the SLOW Desktop,

Waiting for the Laptop-A-Rooni

to Get Fixed.

[Double Sigh]

01.02.11

First Day of Primary:

Our Little

Sunbeam

Yep.

Pretty Much Went Like This.

[The Little Devil]

HaPpY NEw YeAR!

01.01.11

Spent the Night with Ma & Pa T,

Fondue-ing,

Chucking Confetti,

Rattling Pots,

and Getting Our

2011

On!

And In the Morning,

They STILL Let Us Stay for Breakfast!

*I'd Like to Make Special Mention Here about How

Grandma and Grandpa T Highly Encourage the Wild Throwing of Confetti

and Banging of Pots!

How Fun are THEY?!*

[WAY FUN!]

None of Those Pictures turned Out,

but use Your Best Imagination!

{CHRISTMAS}

12.25.10

{Happy Birthday To Jesus}

{T Family}

What Did THIS Lucky Girl Get?

A Coffee Table,

that I found on the Local Classifieds,

and WANTED.

So. Bad.

(I Have Big Plans for It!)

But Was Tricked into Believing it Was Already Sold.

I was Sad, Sad, SAD!

But THRILLED,

When I Got It for CHRISTMAS!

And Another Total Surprise:

A NEW Camera!

{Merry Christmas}

Christmas Eve

In Keeping with Tradition,

We Met for Breakfast with the T Family,

at a Local Country Diner,

Then We Broke Up the Party,

and Headed Out,

for those Last Minute

Christmas Eve-y Things,

to Rejoin Later that Day,

for What Turned Out to be

a VERY Memorably,

Wonderful Night.

We

(the Entire T Family, Plus Other Family Extensions)

took the Opportunity

to Volunteer and Serve Dinner,

at a Local Women's and Children's Home.

[I Cannot Take Credit for Organizing

the "Troops" or Any such Planning,

Only Fulfilling My Assignments]

We were Lucky,

In that Many Items were Donated

for Our Use,

Including Christmas Stockings

and a Santa Suit.

Forgive Me If I get Long on Details and Pictures.

Pictures of the Women were Not allowed,

but If So,

I would Have tried to Capture

the Events of the Night,

as We Served Dinner,

and did several activities,

Including a Hat Swap,

a telling of

'Twas the Night Before Christmas,

The MOST Endearing Visit

from Santa Claus,

and Christmas Stockings filled with Goodies.

I think at one time or another,

Everyone got a Little Teary-Eyed.

The Women, and the Volunteers.

At the End of the Night,

there were Lots of Hugs,

and a Special Feeling of Family.

I LOVED Spending My Christmas Eve,

Like This.

*******

Our Christmas Eve Night

was Spent at My Brother-In-Law's

Doing the Things that Happen Before

The Jolly Ol' Elf's Arrival

Shhhhhh...

[Whispering]

Merry Christmas to All,

And to All,

A Good Night.

Merry Christmas

Operation: Fill the Bag

12.22.10

Last Night,

We Invited Several Friends Over

to Help Us

"Fill the Bag"

Our Goal:

Feed 50 Hungry People

Then We All Drove Downtown,

Jumped Out,

with our Arms Loaded with Sack Lunches,

and in a span of Half a Block,

All the Bags Were Gone.

Not One too Many,

Or One to Few.

The Feeling We Got from Their Tender

"Merry Christmases"

and

"God Bless Yous"

was Unbelievable.

That All the World Should Be Taxed..

We Went Up To Bethlehem

To Pay Taxes,

Mingle,

Eat,

And Ponder.

[Ward Christmas Party]

Cookies GA-LORE

GrandMa T, Aunt K, and Aunt L

Hosted a

DELIGHTFUL

Cookie Making Party

for all the Grandkids

{Have You EVER Seen}

{So Many Frosted Cookies In Your Life?}

[Probably Only In Your Dreams.]

Just Sayin'

And Look,

It's Dad and Mom,

Aren't We Dashing?

[Mmmmm....Cookies]

Delish.

12.17.10