Monday Mischief - Better Late Than Never

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 The Chronicles of Wallace and Samuel, way over in South Africa, just ate away ate him and put him in a sour mood.

"Talk to the ear 'cause the face don't want to hear it Momma!"

Finally the week after Christmas I decided regardless what was going on, I had to shut Freddie up let them open their gifts.

"Come on Freddie.  You and Gloria can open your gifts from Wally and Sammy."

"Really?"

They both had no problem diving right in!

"What is it Freddie? What is it?"

"I don't know Gloria.  Get your big snout out of there and I'll see!"

"Rawhide!!"

"Okay, take it and buzz off Gloria and let me at the rest!"

rip,rip,rip

rip, rip, rip.........

"Ahhha! Finally, new toys!"

"Back off Gloria.  Don't you see what it says?"

They got three new stuffies!

Which Fred would not share.

"I don't care! I'm not sharing!"

And lots of yummy treats! Look, they're for Best Friends! Awwwww!

That were lick curling good.

So Freddie hoarded the toys.........

and Gloria hoarded the rawhide.....

and all was right with the world again!

Thank you Wally and Sammy for the wonderful Christmas gifts for Freddie and Gloria.  You're the bestest friends ever!
P.S. - The package we sent to South Africa for Wally and Sammy still hasn't arrived yet but we are holding out hope that their gifts will still arrive safely!

Update - We just heard that Wally and Sammy's parcel arrived in South Africa! Yay!!

Wordless Wednesday - Waiting For The Comfy Chair

.......and waiting............

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!

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

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!


                                                       


Mischief Master Class - It's Here!

Fred and Gloria were so excited when the mail came yesterday.......

'Cause the Mischief Master Class book we ordered finally arrived!

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 Mischief Master Class Book.

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 Snoopy's 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!

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 here. 

Christmas Ornament #20

My "Grandma" ornament I got after my first grandchild was born.  I guess you know your getting older when........hehehe!

In memory of my Dad who passed away four years ago today.

Yes, we still put your stocking out.  Merry Christmas Dad!

Monday Mischief and Christmas Ornament #17

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.

"Are ya done yet?"

"Maybe someday Momma will stop long enough to take us outside Gloria. Until then we can dream. sigh"

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.

Not the most graceful looking. hehehehe

They had about 15 minutes of glory and then........

Yes! Peace and quiet for awhile!  But by supper time Fred was looking for trouble again,

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!

But I did get a lot done.  Just look at these.

Cherry Chocolate Kisses (I got this recipe off of Pinterest and they turned out great!)

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!

I know this has been a long post but finally on to the Christmas Ornament #17.

This is the ornament that my 5 year old grandson Cameron made me this year.

Wordless Wednesday - Keeping Her Eye On Mr. Snowman

That one's for you Frankie! hehehehe

Christmas Ornament #12

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!

                                                        


Wordless Wednesday - Uh Oh!

"What?"

Christmas Ornament #5

Fred and Gloria's ornament. The glowing nose dog!

                                                       


Christmas Decoration Countdown & Christmas Card Count

This is Sylvester.

This ornament is probably around 36 years old.  Yes, I had a kitty and his name was Sylvester because he reminded me so much of the one in the cartoons with Tweety Bird.  If ever there was a heart cat he was it.  He was actually more like a dog when I think about it.  I had him before I met my husband and Sylvester was so jealous of my hubby that he would always want to lay between us on the bed.  When my husband would first get into bed, Sylvester would walk up and bite him on the nose as if telling him "Back off buddy, she's mine!"  Sadly Sylvester was hit by a car when he was 10 years old but his ornament is always the first one I put on our tree.

Now on to the Christmas cards!

Freddie and Gloria were pretty excited to see the mail yesterday.

They got four more cards!

 The Christmas card count..........

Fred and Gloria ............fifteen........

Stevie and I............................one!

"Hehehehehe!!"

P.S. - Yes, that was Freddie's real tongue yesterday. Even we didn't know it was that long! LOL!