Pink Trees

Having many little odd collections started - some on hold, some forgotten about, some over done - this is a little assemblage (three!) of pink trees on greeting cards. The first one is rather recent, but the last two are moderately old, possibly from the sixties. (yikes) Before I tuck them into a box with my other old cards, I thought I would post them.

Christmas

Visiting Grandma Snyder at the nursing home. WHO SAT ON MY HAIR??



Somewhat of a group shot.



Missy, the soon to be bride of Tad



Ron and Lacy, where is the brace?? Out of compliance!



Nicole, Robert and Lainey's Christmas Card



Erik, Nicki and Collin's Christmas card




Karlie, with her new vest and the flu.



Erik and Nicki



Tad and Missy



New Hobs from Santa






Billy and Collin watching the John Deere movie.



Collin with his "sugar pop", a treat on Christmas.



Where is Carsten, avoiding the camera as usual. It was a fun and hectic day. Grandma collapsed on the couch about 9 pm. all worn out!

Merry Christmas

It is Christmas morning, early and no one is up but me. I have pretty much made it, with a few odds and ends to finish before the big kids arrive. Enjoy your day and your families. Merry Christmas!

Patient Update

Before I Sleep...

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
by Robert Frost

Whose woods these are I think I know,
His house is in the village though.
He will not see me stopping here,
To watch his woods fill up with snow.


My little horse must think it queer,
To stop without a farmhouse near,
Between the woods and frozen lake,
The darkest evening of the year.


He gives his harness bells a shake,
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep,
Of easy wind and downy flake.


The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.


Robert Frost wrote this poem in 1922 after struggling all night with another work. This gentle poem symbolizes for me a Christmas ideal and then along comes Christmas reality. I love the season, it is my very favorite. So as I recite this poem, I remember how wonderful this time of year is and I do need to stop along way.

Tech Christmas

This is a techie Christmas from the Davis'. I sent out Christmas cards this year with the blog address imprinted on the inside page. Now that you have arrived here at this site you are wondering, so what...

Let's back up a bit. My step-daughter Nicole started me on the blog road. She has a great site with our granddaughter Lainey as the featured item. Soon I had to try my hand at blogging. There was no stopping me.

There are zillions of blogs out there in cyberspace so I don't claim to have hit on the uniqueness of it, but I sure like how it keeps us updated in this busy world. I have the ones I look at daily in my favorites and if they are not updated I've only lost a few seconds of time, but when the blogs are splashing something new, I am delighted. Every now and then I will offer a comment which, after you have a google account, it is pretty simple.

If this is your first visit to a blog I hope you like the concept. It is an outlet for all of us frustrated and eager communicator/writers. My late Dad would be so eager to get on this fasting moving ship. He loved computers and each and every new thing that came along he had to be a part of. I think of him so often while I'm blogging.

A few little directional tips if you're a new blog visitor. When you get to the end of the page - which is way on down the line - and still are interested, it will say "older posts" and is underlined. You can click on that and it will take you back to more, and more, and more!! Now back to the opening page, I have some favorite sites listed on the right. Click on them to sail further out into the blogashpere. If you see a little TV set looking thing, similar to the YouTube look, click on the arrow and you will be able to view us in YouTube style. My old friend Susan gave me a flip video to take my blogging, as she stated, to "another level." We should all have a Susan in our lives. I love and appreciate all of her!!

How great it would be to add some new blogs to my list, from friends who are already blogging or those wanting to start. Give me a day or two to update this, I try to put something new on every few days, but it can be trying at times. So check back later and if you have questions and don't want to do the google thing, our email address is: rlmldavis@msn.com.

Have a wonderful Christmas. Love Mary Liz and Ron

All I Want For Christmas...

Ahh, that would be a shoulder. Yesterday Ron went under the knife: partial acromionectomy and rotator cuff repair. It went well. He will come home today. Nurse Ratched will be waiting.

Top Ten

Top Ten Reasons I haven't started shopping:

10. I live in North Dakota, all rivers and lakes are frozen so therefore my ship can't come in, and probably won't until spring, if ever!

9. Their lists keep changing.

8. I can't seem to finish decorating the house.

7. What with the economy the way it is, I am waiting for more slashing of prices. Next to nothing would be nice.

6. Naptime.

5. Everybody keeps asking, "What's for supper."

4. I can only find one glove.

3. Laundry.

2. I love to see the horrified look on the faces of those people who have been done since Memorial Day when I blurt out, "I haven't started."

And the number one reason I haven't started shopping...

Tom and Jerry's!

The End of an Era

On Monday night I said farewell to the last of the Elementary Christmas programs. Lacy and her friend Shaylyn (BFF - Best Friends Forever for all the uninformed) are seen sashaying out of the gymnasium after the the Velva Elementary Program. Not much of a big deal you say... Well, I have been a mom in attendance for thirty years - say it with me, "30 years." Next year she will be in the 6th grade band and chorus, they perform at the High School Program.

Tad's first Christmas program was in 1978. He was ORKNO, some Star Warsy creature in the Christmas play, a big role for a first grader. By the way, 1978 was the first go round of Star Wars.

So as I said before, an end of an era.

On Wednesday I will go to Collin's Sunday School program and start the beginning of the Grandma programs. We may have our first hitch - Collin announced, at the ripe old age of 4, he didn't want to be in the Christmas program anymore. Hmmmm.

It's Begining to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Downstairs TV Room - naked tree.



Would someone please get the cat out of the tree!



Complete!



Living Room - naked tree.



Ta Dah!