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But due to some recent health issues and my brother Bill passing away suddenly yesterday, we will be taking a break from blogging to spend time with family. Stay healthy and happy everyone.Bassetmommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016708510665819531noreply@blogger.com124tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186691755378506201.post-86998716410212010082013-01-14T09:15:00.001-05:002013-01-14T10:02:08.579-05:00Monday Mischief - Better Late Than Never<div style="text-align: justify;">
Since we had a late Christmas with all that was going on, Fred was a little peeved. Oh, he was worried about Emma but those unopened presents from our gift exchange buddies Wally and Sammy from <a href="http://wallaceandsamuel.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">The Chronicles of Wallace and Samuel,</a> way over in South Africa, just ate away ate him and put him in a sour mood.</div>
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Finally the week after Christmas I decided regardless what was going on, I had to <strike>shut Freddie up</strike> let them open their gifts.<br />
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"Come on Freddie. You and Gloria can open your gifts from <a href="http://wallaceandsamuel.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Wally and Sammy.</a>"</div>
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They both had no problem diving right in!</div>
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"What is it Freddie? What is it?"</div>
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"I don't know Gloria. Get your big snout out of there and I'll see!"</div>
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"Rawhide!!"</div>
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"Okay, take it and buzz off Gloria and let me at the rest!"</div>
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<i>rip, rip, rip.........</i></div>
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"Ahhha! Finally, new toys!"</div>
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"Back off Gloria. Don't you see what it says?"</div>
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They got three new stuffies!<br />
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Which Fred would not share.<br />
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"I don't care! I'm not sharing!"</div>
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And lots of yummy treats! Look, they're for Best Friends! Awwwww!<br />
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That were lick curling good.<br />
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So Freddie hoarded the toys.........<br />
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and Gloria hoarded the rawhide.....<br />
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Thank you Wally and Sammy for the wonderful Christmas gifts for Freddie and Gloria. You're the bestest friends ever!<br />
P.S. - The package we sent to South Africa for <a href="http://wallaceandsamuel.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Wally and Sammy</a> still hasn't arrived yet but we are holding out hope that their gifts will still arrive safely!<br />
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Update - We just heard that Wally and Sammy's parcel arrived in South Africa! Yay!!<br />
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I'd like to thank everyone for all your well wishes for our granddaughter Emma. She is doing very well and we are so glad she is home!<br />
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I know this is "Wordless Wednesday" but since it's my first real post in a few weeks it was hard to keep my mouth shut. Oh heck, who am I trying to kid.......it's hard to keep my mouth shut anyway! hehehe<br />
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I going to take the next few days and try to catch up on everybody's blogs. I know I've missed a lot. We will also be sharing some of the highlights of Freddie and Gloria opening their gift exchange pressies from Wally and Sammy so stay tuned!<br />
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I just thought I'd do a quick post to wish everyone a Happy New Year. I haven't been on the computer nor have I felt like it so I thought I'd give a quick update as to why. Our New Year has turned out extra special as we can thank God our little granddaughter Emma is still with us. We almost lost her in the wee hours of Christmas morning. She contacted a virus that turned into pneumonia which triggered a life threatening asthma attack. Emma wouldn't be here now if it wasn't for the fact that her Mom (Brandi) was so worried about her after having her to emerg twice (the last time just getting home at 5:30 p.m. Christmas Eve) that she took her into their bed Christmas Eve and seeing she was in distress rushed her back to emergency at 2:30 a.m. because she couldn't breathe, the doctor and team in Woodstock worked on her and saved her life. Once they got her stable they sent her by ambulance to Sick Kids in London where she then had an allergic reaction to the meds they gave her and spent 3 days in ICU before being moved to the pediatric ward. She is now home and still recovering but it is something we will never forget. I still feel a little shaken and tear up very easily. We are looking at this as the best Christmas and New Year's we have ever had as we are so grateful we still have our Emma! </div>
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This was Emma the day before she came home from the hospital after they removed most of the tubes and wires. Her Mom sent me a picture from her phone so I could see she was okay. She was such a little trooper through the whole ordeal. Five days after Christmas when she was able to come home she sang Christmas carols all the way home because she thought it was Christmas day. And I'll tell you it was the best feeling in the world to see her, as weak as she was, to be so excited to come home and open her presents with her family.</div>
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This was Fred and Gloria waiting for Emma. Little do they know it will be awhile before they can see her.</div>
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I'll probably be back to my regular blogging and catch up next week but while I'm gone remember, life can change in an instant, so go give the ones you love a great big hug! </div>
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Happy New Year from all of us to all of you! </div>
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And yes, Fred and Gloria won hands down on the Christmas cards! We want to thank everyone for their cards and a special thank you to our mail lady Liz for delivering them all. They received 63 cards and 12 ecards. (I still have about 10 to hang up) We received 16.<br />
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This Santa ornament we bought when our kids were little. We told them Santa was always watching them. After all, it never hurt to have that extra leverage at Christmas. hehehe!<br />
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"Freddie here. Just chillin' waiting for the big guy. Bring on the pressies! I'm a little bummed out that our parcel did not arrive for Wally and Sammy over in South Africa in time for Christmas, but I guess when it does arrive they will still have pressies to open after Christmas. I however will still be ripping and tearing mine tomorrow!"</div>
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"I've been whining a lot as my legs have been pretty sore in this cold damp weather we've been having and Gloria has been sticking to me like a tongue to a frozen flagpole."</div>
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"She thinks she has to watch over me just because she's older and quite frankly it's getting on my nerves. A dude needs his space!"</div>
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"I'm going to sign off by wishing everyone a Merry Christmas filled with lots of Ho, Ho, Ho!"<br />
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We are going to be taking a short bloggie break for Christmas and will be back next week. I have scheduled a post for tomorrow with Ornament #25. Have a wonderful Christmas everyone from our family to yours!</div>
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Since my Mother passed away on this day in 1999 and is now a star shining brightly on us from above I thought the next ornament only fitting for today.<br />
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The crystal star off of her tree.<br />
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.....of course we still put out your stocking! Merry Christmas Mom!Bassetmommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016708510665819531noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186691755378506201.post-48001445086882760632012-12-22T00:00:00.000-05:002012-12-22T00:00:00.249-05:00Guess Who?Look who came to town and stopped at our house!<br />
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Is this not your typical "kid with Santa" shot or what! LOL!<br />
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Next is a picture of Emma with Santa Thursday night.<br />
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I even got in on the action and look what he brought for us.<br />
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This is the only Christmas ornament I have left that was my Grandmother's. The rest have all gotten broken over the years. I used to love seeing her tree when I was little as it was one of those fake silver ones and I just thought it was so beautiful! Like fancy smancy beautiful!<br />
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'Cause the Mischief Master Class book we ordered finally arrived!<br />
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Freddie sniffed around to see if he could smell his pal Snoopy, after all if it wasn't for Snoopy and the help of his Momma, there would be no<a href="http://snoopysdogblog.com/2012/12/monday-mischief-we-did-it-the-paperback-is-on-amazon/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Mischief Master Class Book</a>. <br />
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The hounds waited patiently for me to sit and read to them. I think I heard Freddie telling Gloria that even she could learn how to get into mischief following <a href="http://snoopysdogblog.com/2012/12/monday-mischief-we-did-it-the-paperback-is-on-amazon/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Snoopy's</a> rules. when I finally got the chance to read to them Freddie was feeling pretty proud to show Gloria rule #1 'cause there he is! Right there in Snoopy's book!<br />
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Getting up to some mischief and using his puppy dog eyes to get out of trouble! You can read about lots of our friends and how they have gotten up to and gotten out of mischief all thanks to Snoopy and the mischief rules he has created. You can check out Snoopy and his book<a href="http://snoopysdogblog.com/2012/12/monday-mischief-we-did-it-the-paperback-is-on-amazon/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> here.</a> <br />
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My "Grandma" ornament I got after my first grandchild was born. I guess you know your getting older when........hehehe!<br />
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In memory of my Dad who passed away four years ago today.<br />
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Yes, we still put your stocking out. Merry Christmas Dad!Bassetmommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016708510665819531noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186691755378506201.post-31087198249577143122012-12-19T00:00:00.000-05:002012-12-19T08:04:35.480-05:00Wordless Wednesday - Pre-Wash Cycle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is the ornament my three year old granddaughter Emma made us this year. :)
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This Santa is one of three hand painted ornaments my sister brought me back from a trip to Mexico years ago. I think they are so unique!Bassetmommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016708510665819531noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186691755378506201.post-42881524776459993362012-12-17T00:01:00.000-05:002012-12-17T08:16:35.706-05:00P&G eStore Savings<script language="JavaScript1.1" src="http://oascentral.blogher.org/RealMedia/ads/adstream_jx.ads/ReviewBadge/PG-eStore-Program_017/@x13"></script>
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So grab a cup of tea, put your feet up and check out P&G's eStore. You don't have to leave the house. You can even order it from work and just have it delivered right to your front door. Don't forget to order lots of<a href="http://www.pgestore.com/Duracell/duracell,default,sc.html?cm_mmc=Blogger-_-Site-_-Site+Placement-_-0017" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Duracell Batteries</a> for Christmas.<br />
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They have some special offers and sweepstakes on right now for Duracell too! Just another way to make your life a little easier. Thanks P&G! </div>
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I had a busy weekend doing Christmas baking and cursing at the internet. I had to stop long enough to fit in some play time for the hounds as I've been limiting Freddie's romping to just once on the weekends.
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"Maybe someday Momma will stop long enough to take us outside Gloria. Until then we can dream. <i>sigh"</i><br />
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They finally made me feel guilty enough to stop what I was doing and take them out for their walk and some backyard play afterwards.<br />
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Not the most graceful looking. hehehehe<br />
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Yes! Peace and quiet for awhile! But by supper time Fred was looking for trouble again,<br />
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and gathered quite a little stash under the coffee table. I guess it's just his way of letting me know that I should be focusing on him and not Christmas goodies!</div>
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And salted caramels. (another great Pinterest find) This is my first time making caramels and they turned out awesome! These two new additions are going to look great on my Christmas goodie trays!<br />
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I know this has been a long post but finally on to the Christmas Ornament #17.<br />
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This is the ornament that my 5 year old grandson Cameron made me this year.
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This is another ornament my daughter made when she was little. She was so proud of herself that she had taken some things she had and created such a beautiful ornament that she made us display it right on the front of our tree that year. We call it the Christmas <i>blank. </i>Since I am not going to repeat what we actually call it you can use your imagination! It now hangs at the back of our tree every year and has been a standing joke in our family for years. If people come over and don't see it on our tree they always ask, "Where's the Christmas <i>blank</i>?". </div>
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Now I thought I'd share a picture of Freddie to show just how excited he is waiting for Santa Paws.<br />
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He's having such a hard time containing his emotions! heheheBassetmommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016708510665819531noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186691755378506201.post-43521040161811279942012-12-15T00:30:00.000-05:002012-12-15T00:30:00.472-05:00Christmas Ornament #15<div style="text-align: justify;">
Yesterday I screwed up and had the ornament at #13 instead of #14. I blame it on menopause as I do everything. I tried correcting it but had no internet AGAIN until last night. grrr!! It is now corrected. If I have seemed sporadic in commenting it is because my internet connection has been sporadic which in turn is causing me to break out in excessive hot flashes from stress. Last night when I was about to spend another long intimate night on the phone with Bell Canada, my connection suddenly came on so I just hung up the phone and went with it! Sometimes I just can't bear to be on the phone with these companies. Anywho..........I present Christmas Ornament #15!</div>
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This Christmas Santa ornament has a paper mache, modge podge kind of body. I just love him. We got this ornament at the Mary Maxim store in Paris , Ontario while shopping with my parents earlier in the year before my Mom passed away. We went there with my Mom as she had a gift certificate to use that we had given her the previous Christmas. She bought a beautiful rose afghan kit. She started the afghan before she passed away and I still have it but sadly not the talent to finish it.</div>
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It's not hard to see beautiful everyday when you have four beautiful grandbabies!<br />
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Besides knitting, crocheting and sewing my Mother used to do work with plastic canvas and among the things she made me were two bells for our Christmas tree.<br />
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The Twelve Days Until Christmas countdown ornament was another good motivator for our kids when they were growing up. Everyday from December 13th until Christmas one of them would flip the number up. Hubby does it now.Bassetmommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016708510665819531noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186691755378506201.post-245499619306997552012-12-12T00:30:00.000-05:002012-12-12T01:03:56.607-05:00Wordless Wednesday - Keeping Her Eye On Mr. Snowman<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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That one's for you <a href="http://frankiefurterprice.blogspot.ca/">Frankie</a>! hehehehe<br />
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Rudolph! His nose actually does glow but he needs a battery. This was a gift from our first grandson the year he was born. You can see it's beside the ornament his Dad made me in kindergarten. Awwwwww!
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Last week was a big week for Fred and Gloria. They started getting lots of cards in the mail and they got their prize from Gracie's Gotcha Day party! Yep, Gracie from<a href="http://mygirlzgotpaws.blogspot.ca/"> My Girlz Got Paws </a>had a Gotcha Day party back in November and she gave stuff away! Freddie and Gloria won the Alpha Pet Book and Gracie is even in it under G!</div>
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They just loved getting all that mail and Gracie's Momma even sent a "I love my Basset Hound" sticker!<br />
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"Is it really all for us Momma!"</div>
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Stay tuned Friday as we join the "This Moment See Beautiful" blog hop. For everyone who joins the hop <a href="http://www.sugarthegoldenretriever.com/">Sugar </a>will donate one dollar (up to $100) to the Pet Area that will be built at St. Anne's Homeless Center. You know, the one that <a href="http://gospelofgoose.blogspot.ca/">Goose</a> and his Momma are involved with and you'll see just who's reading the Alpha Pet book and admiring Gracie's picture!</div>
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This is a crystal angel that had hung on my Mother's Christmas tree. It is one of a set of three crystal ornaments she had. Isn't she beautiful. :)Bassetmommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016708510665819531noreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186691755378506201.post-56706031130109258852012-12-10T00:23:00.000-05:002012-12-11T00:10:00.320-05:00Monday Mischief and Christmas Ornament #10<div style="text-align: justify;">
Fred had a very, very busy weekend full of mischief. It was just one thing after the other. I think he just has a lot of pent up energy and it sometimes gets the better of him. After playing with Gloria last week he had a few really bad days with his legs. Actually the worst we have seen him. I think part of this is because of this darn weather. We have gone from cold and snowy to warm and rainy, then cold and freezing rain and now it is rainy and warm again! After being on some pain medication and no activity for a couple of days it was getting impossible to stop him from attacking Gloria trying to get her to play.<br />
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So we decided that a few short walks would be better then him wrestling around. Well, that just seemed to get him all fired up and he has been a bugger all weekend!</div>
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It started with a basket of clothes I had put on our bed to put away. Freddie did a good job acting innocent.<br />
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"Go finish your housework Momma. I'll make sure Gloria doesn't get into these clean clothes......hehehe"</div>
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Of course when I peeked back in he was trying to steal a sheet.</div>
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A tag and bow off of a present. Not just any present. One my husband wrapped and put under the tree for me. He replaced the tag three times and finally gave up. It now has no tag. I don't know why Freddie picked this one present to keep taking the tag off of as he hasn't touched any other presents. So we have one present under the tree with no tag on it. So as you can see his walks really got rid of that pent up energy. Ya right!</div>
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Herbie from Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. When you turn it on it lights up!<br />
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This has always been my husbands favorite Christmas show so I have bought him a few things over the years like the Herbie ornament, a Yukon Cornelius snow globe and a Bumble!
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Bassetmommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016708510665819531noreply@blogger.com49tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186691755378506201.post-52188110753791987542012-12-09T00:30:00.000-05:002012-12-09T00:30:01.154-05:00Christmas Ornament #9One of our favorite Christmas movies is "A Christmas Story". We actually own it on Blu-ray now so we will never miss it. My husbands favorite part is when the father wins a big prize from a crossword puzzle contest.<br />
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It is of course the "leg lamp".</div>
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I bought this ornament of the lamp for my husband about ten years ago.<br />
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This ornament was a gift from my other sister-in-law Linda about 9 years ago.Bassetmommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016708510665819531noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186691755378506201.post-68961706388858891662012-12-07T00:00:00.000-05:002012-12-07T00:00:05.411-05:00Christmas Decoration Countdown #7Icicles.... If you look to the left of the tree you will see two of them.<br />
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These glow in the dark icicles were on our tree when I lived at home. My Mother bought them in the early 1970's. I'm sure from K-tel or something similar. Since my Mother's passing I have put them on our tree. I used to think they were corny, but now I love them! </div>
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This Santa ornament was a gift from my sister-in-law Brenda about 17 years ago. It is made from a cinnamon stick. How cool is that!Bassetmommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016708510665819531noreply@blogger.com40