December Birthdays

There are so many kids that have birthdays in December that come to our home. It has been one party after another. Lately though it is all HOCKEEEEEEEEY! The boyz all come over early to watch the games with all their own hockey equipment - You should see it downstairs with all the bags of equipment - you can hardly move. Whahoooooah ----- and then head out at midnight to go out to play hockey at our local rink till 2-3 in the morning. They then show up at our place to CHILL until around 5:30 a.m and then they all head home to sleep and then come back the next day in the evening. Mind you its quiet - Me and my hubby are glad that they come back here to chill. One of us gets up to let them all in. Mind you --- I do enjoy my afternoon sleeps. LOL! Tomorrow night, New Years Eve should be hockey heaven for alot of jocks. Team Canada is playing Team U.S.A. at 7:30 P.M. Last night during one of the Jr. Olympic games a few gals showed up for Chad and brought him a bunch of balloons for his birthday. And then it was off to play hockey. I am so glad that our community has the facilities for the boyz. Here is a pic of Chad with his birthday balloons:

They Are Too Cute!

I opened the front door to air out the Livingroom - Nice cold air. ------ and the puppies both jumped up to watch out the front door. They are tooooooooooo cute!

Christmas Dinner 2009

Hubby is exhausted from making the dinner. It takes 5 hours to prepare and is eaten in 15 minutes. I remember sitting around the table for hours talking and sharing. Next year - that will happen again!

Chevalier & Babe Christmas 2009

Nana bought Chevalier and Babe T-Shirts.
CHEVALIERS TOP SAYS "GO AHEAD AND PUT ME ON THE NAUGHTY LIST" - He suits that one. Such attitude
BABES TOP SAYS "SORRY SANTA, I ATE YOUR COOKIES" - Food is his life

Christmas Morning 2009

Picked up mom at 9:30 and then went to 2 graveyards.

A wreath for my dad's wall











We visited Bruce Cameron wall and found a most beautiful spray that my cousin had put on. We added a sprig of Poinsetta.

Christmas Livingroom 2009

We leave our decorations up until Little Christmas in January. I have my computer in this room and just love to be here every year when it is decorated.

Odds & Ends Done - The Day Before Christmas

Got all the presents from mom's - Mom and Chevalier













An artist in mom's building always paints a pic on the foyer mirror










A checkout girl in her Flannellett P.J.'s













Got the table all set for Christmas Dinner.

GUESS WHO SHOWED UP EARLY AT OUR HOME - SANTA

SANTA AND HIS MAIN ELF ARE SO EXCITED THAT TONIGHT IS 'FIGHT NIGHT' AT THE TRAVIS'S
MAY ALL YOUR CHRISTMAS WISHES COME TRUE BOYZ OF ALDERWOOD!













SANTA, I WANT A GEORGE FOREMAN GRILL - WAIT SAYS STEWIE - NO - TO COME TO MY HOME TO TEACH ME
HOW TO COOK! BETTER KNOW HOW TO DO GREEK GEORGE!













SANTA, I WANT A LUMP OF COAL - SANTA RESPONDED - NO LUMP OF COAL BUT A LUMP ON YOUR HEAD - LOL, SAYS SANTA













OH SANTA, I SO WANT A CAN OF CORN FOR CHRISTMAS, PLEASE SANTA - A CAN OF CORN!













SANTA, I WANT MY TWO FRONT TEETH FIXED - YA, DAT WHAT I WANT!













SANTA, I WANT A POLISH BLUE SCARF NOT A RED ONE BUT A BLUE ONE!













SANTA , I WANT A WORLD SERIES MAIN EVENT TICKET













SANTA, I WANT A CORVETTE













SANTA, I WANT A MCLAREN F1













SANTA, I WANT A FERRARI!

For Babe & Chevalier

Puppies Christmas 2009 - Babe & Chevalier

My friend Margie - who loves animals sent me this song - It sure could not be more truer for me - When I leave - as I do everymorning to have a coffee and get stuff for our family - they are always waiting for me to get home and are so excited when I walk back in the front door. Thanks Margie - xxxooo

GET TOGETHER

BUCKWHEAT - APRIL 14, 1995 TO DECEMBER 4, 2009

After a long time of not feeling well, one of our pets (2 dogs and 4 cats) - Buckwheat - died last night at 7:30 P.M. Friday, December 4th, 2009. We do not believe in putting our pets down and Jim and I have taken turns watching him this past week.
Last year I put Mr. Buck into a photo contest for one of the local newspapers and he won - take a look at those eyes - none of the other cats have those green eyes:










He had a couple of strokes this year but maintained quite well until September when he lost a tooth:













He reluctantly celebrated Chevaliers Birthday:













He loved to sleep with us on our bed still looking ok!:










In the middle of November I was able to get a pic of all our animals in the bedroom - that is Mr. Buck looking at us at the end of the bed and still ok!










Mr. Bucks fav spot was on the back of the chesterfield. It still has a dint today where he used to sit - This pic was just last week so weak and frail:










Two nights ago I sat up with him - thinking this would be it. I held him in my arms and put on Christmas music and rocked him. When I let him down he walked over to the cat house that sits under our T.V. to rest:










That was the last pic of our Buck - Yesterday, Jim and I got mom's place set up for Christmas and got her presents wrapped in the early afternoon. We got back to our place around 1:30 P.M. and found Buck sitting - in the bathroom - slowly breathing - Jim swaddled him in the burgundy towel you can see in a pic and rocked him for the rest of the day. At 7:30 P.M. Jim who was in the livingroom came to me - I was resting in the bedroom and told me that Mr. Buck was gone. I wrapped him in the burgundy towel and buried him.

Animal Stories:

Yesterday morning his brother Bubbah saw him in the bathroom slowly expiring and went back into our bedroom and thru up. His mother Lucille has for the past 3 nights woke us up in the middle of the night crying to get out at 3 in the morning - almost a screech like sound - even A.T. got up to find up what up. After Buck died Babe was sitting in the living room with Jim and I and started to pant, shake and howl.

Yep, Pets are responsive and feeling and caring - and maybe they are responding to our feelings about a pet dying but still they are amazing and do respond to the death of one of their own. As I am writing this - all the pets are in the livingroom. Somehow, I know they know.

We love our pets and have buried 2 other Tuxedos - Bunny in 1991 and Minnie in 2002 thereabouts. We always plant something in memory of them. Bunny is under a Rose of Sharon and Minnie is under a Princess Spirea. Buck was not a birder but loved to chase butterflys so in the Spring 2010 will get 3 Butterfly Bushes for his spot.

Here is his memorandum:









Pet Lovers - Tonight, Bubbah is resting under my feet, Lucille is resting on the chesterfield while Babe snores away and Chevalier huddles up with the gang on the chesterfield (the little one) and awaits for me to leave the computer (always alert to where I go) - Lennox is sitting at the foot of Jim's head on the bed! Ya gotta love pets eh!

TDOT WEATHER

What an amazing season we have had in TDOT. The weather has been amazing. It sure has made it easier to decorate. We should see some snow soon. Personally I hope so. It makes the whole Christmas season so much more real. But, we may not see an abundance of snow. I do know that my friends in diverse places are seeing the white stuff.

Michael (meanderings) has been one of the selected to be voted for the best blog - His site is - http://www.michaelsmeanderings.com/

A RARE PHOTO

I looked out the back door and all the pets were waiting to get in. This truly is a rare photo of all our pets together. Note our puppy Chevalier with his Mohawk. Our Mr. Buck is not well and was not in this pic. Anyway, just a joy to see our pets all together in one place.