Wal-Mart Closed!!....

I can't believe it! Wal-mart closed at 6pm on Christmas Eve! What about all those really really last minute shoppers???? So we drove down the road...someone had to be open....not that one....not that one....I see cars, GO!!!! YIPPEE for Albertsons they don't close until 9pm! Now I have milk for my morning glass of chocolate milk, Christmas will be alright after all!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! things are going good here, I am trying to take some pictures so I can do some posts! Hope everyone has a fun, safe, and loving Christmas.

Christmas Carol History....

I got this in an email, hope it's true!

There is one Christmas Carol that has always baffled me. What in the world do leaping lords, French hens, swimming swans, and especially the partridge who won't come out of the pear tree have to do with Christmas?

Today, I found out.

From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly. Someone during that era wrote this carol as a catechism song for young Catholics. It has two levels of meaning: the surface meaning plus a hidden meaning known only to members of their church. Each element in the carol has a code word for a religious reality which the children could remember.


-The partridge in a pear tree was Jesus Christ.

-Two turtle doves were the Old and New Testaments.

-Three French hens stood for faith, hope and love.

-The four calling birds were the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke & John.

-The five golden rings recalled the Torah or Law, the first five books of the Old Testament.

-The six geese a-laying stood for the six days of creation.

-Seven swans a-swimming represented the sevenfold gifts of the Holy Spirit--Prophesy, Serving, Teaching, Exhortation, Contribution, Leadership, and Mercy.

-The eight maids a-milking were the eight beatitudes.

-Nine ladies dancing were the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit--Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self Control.

-The ten lords a-leaping were the ten commandments.

-The eleven pipers piping stood for the eleven faithful disciples.

-The twelve drummers drumming symbolized the twelve points of belief in the Apostles' Creed.


So there is your history for today. This knowledge was shared with me and I found it interesting and enlightening and now I know how that strange song became a Christmas Carol.

Texas's Sister....

When they were puppies...

This was taken Feb.'07

Can you tell them apart?

That's right, Texas has a sister, her name is Annie and she lives with my in-laws, it is so fun to get them together because you can totally tell them apart! They have different personalities and coloring, Annie is a more lighter fawn color and her body is more narrow and longer. First two are Annie.



One of the biggest things is their tail, Texas has a half curly tail and Annie's is straight.


I kept trying to load more pictures (for two days now!) but it won't let me so I may need to do a part 2 but I will post this for now....

Good News....

How about some good news? I know for some of you this may not seem like good news but to me it is! I gained three pounds! in 2 1/2 weeks!!! I guess Thanksgiving dinner was good! Now I only have 15 more pounds to go, wish me luck!

I love this picture of me with my niece and nephew, we are playing tic-tac-toe, I miss them!

Snow Again...

One week later and it's a repeat! Except this fell in TWO HOURS! There was nothing but grass before I took a nap and then afterwards.....


Remember Chugs isn't as big a fan of snow as Texas, I took a video of Texas and I will try and load it.

It worked! Pay attention she likes to EAT the snow!!! I stopped it just as she started barking.

Naughty Puggle...

We sometimes take the dogs collars off when they play because they grab onto it and pull the other one around! Well we had their collars on the back of the sofa and this morning my husband found Texas chewing on Chugs!!! She totally chewed off the clippy part! We have bones all over the place why does she want to chew on plastic? Not only that this is the second time this happened (you think we would learn to put them someplace else!) last time she chewed her collar (not the plastic part, the material part, but clean through!) and it was my favorite collar, it had the state of Texas all around it! When my nephew was here I caught her chewing a toy car as well, and a bone was right next to her! I still love her to death:) How could you not love this?

My cute dogs...

It's been awhile since I posted some pictures of my cute, adorable, loving dogs. I love them so much and realized the other day that if I didn't have them I would be so lonely since my husband is at work and school for 10 hours a day, he takes the car so I am 'at home' literally all day every day! It's not human contact or talk but at least I don't feel lonely, and they love me so much, they always come over for cuddles when I sit down or when I take a nap they are curled up right next to me (need to get a picture of that). How could you not love these two?
They love to snuggle in blankets:



They hate taking baths, but are very good to hold still:

Sudoku...

I love numbers and when the craze of Sudoku came out I thought I could do it so easily! But NO! I tried over and over and could never get it, I was at the dollar store a month ago and thought I would pick up another book to try and do it yet again, they had the best book there! And for $1 (or course but it makes it that much more wonderful) it is spiral bound so easy to use, has a hard cover and 124 puzzles divided into three, beginner, intermed., advanced, and in those catagories it has five different levels of difficulty, you can also record your time. Well as you can see from the picture I am still in the beginning they still give me a lot of numbers but I have finally got the hang of it! I have done four in a row without help and in just a couple mins. each time!!! I can't believe I can do it now! I know that I am not a pro yet, only two more puzzles and then I'm in the intermediate but I feel like I was able to teach myself something new and that I am finally getting it! Just had to record this for me, go Ro!

The touch of a simple card...

I have had this card hanging by my computer since I got it from my parents, it is a simple card yet means the world to me, I know my parents love me and are thinking about me and worrying about me and will do anything for me, but my Mom still sent this card.

I think we underestimate the power a simple card can hold since being sick now over a year they mean so much more to me, I don't get to see friends or people like I use to (okay pretty much never!) and so a card means they are still thinking about me, I haven't been forgotten, I am missed. So please, send a card to any friends you haven't seen in awhile and to those you know that aren't doing too well, a simple little card can lift and brighten their entire day! (this is not a shout out for cards to be sent to me, please do not take it that way).

Snow is here!!!!!!

It finally snowed! And not just a little! Yippee!!!!





I like that it shows the snow still falling...


What is with her keeping her front paw up?


I like how the only prints in the snow are doggie prints!