Another Christmas

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I love to decorate and bake for Christmas, but the gift buying and all not so much-it helps if you have a lot of money! : ) Maybe when we have a grandchild or two down the road, it will be fun again. I got some lovely craft and cookbooks that I asked for and a few other things. I do like surprises and Brian gave me some sweet smelling Crabtree* and Evelyn bath items. My brother gave me a Cricut that he bought from a fellow employee which is neat-it cuts out letters and shapes for scrapbooking, etc. My guys liked what they received too.
My mom was in a bit of a mood and was exhausted and not herself when she was here. My brother is living at her house now, but says he will not stay. I think they are too much alike. Plus he’s lived alone a long time and doesn’t like cleaning up after other people. That’s my life-lol. : ) She said she was bored here as she can’t hear very well and about 4 pm on the 26th went in our room and we didn’t see her the rest of the night though we watched a rented movie and asked her to watch too-she refused. She couldn’t decide where she was sleeping and ended up in the family room and was ready to leave at 10 this morning. I had taken away her keys as she wanted to go in the pouring rain yesterday. That’s one reason we all stayed put all day yesterday. She was in a terrible way and it took my uncle and me a while to calm her down. She finally left and went over his house again and I hope she gets back to her place before dark. I will be calling about hearing aids-she must get one!
Last night I was going through my craft items and papers and made a few things I will share soon. I put on my MP3 headset and it relaxed me a lot. So that’s my life for the past few days. I need to get some makeup on to go out to Chili’s or someplace down in Delaware as I’ve been stuck inside myself for a few days.

Waving and wishing all a Merry Christmas!

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I haven’t been a faithful blogger lately. The week leading up to Christmas is usually so busy. I do baking and cleaning-I like one of the two tasks. Still not finished cleaning. Later today, we are going to my brother’s house as they are having an open house. I’m bringing an awesome Rachael*Ray penne, sausage and broccoli rabe dish which I’ve made already and that my guys loved. I’ll get cracking at that soon, but we don’t have to leave here until 5ish.
My cookies turned out fairly well. I made most of our favorites, chocolate chips, peanut butter with chocolate swirls, Sour cream drops, 7 layer cookies plus pizzelles (I found my pizelle maker) and some Ruglach from premade pie crust-they are ok. I made Rocky Road candy-yummy!
I hope I have a gum/tooth issue under control as only one was bothering me. I have been using a whitening rinse and it seems to have irritated around a crown. I’m pretty sure I’ve had a root canal there. I am using a rinse now for irritated gums and it feels better today, but will keep a watch of it.
Some members of my extended family are again having a rough time compromising with each other, etc. I feel like I’m caught in the middle. I wish them well.

I hope everyone has a lovely Christmas!

Snow blankets everything!

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Snow covered red lights, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.

Saturday, the 19th made history here in the Philadelphia area when we got hit with almost 2 feet of snow-the last time that happened in December was in 1909!
Brian went out last night and took some snow shots of the lights. Today he knocked off the snow and messed up the lights. Sean is 161 miles away in State College. He went up for a friend’s graduation and did know we were expecting snow, but went anyway. He stayed today and is coming back tomorrow. I will be on pins and needles until he arrives home safely.
I wrapped all my gifts in three hours this afternoon-minus bows, but add them in a few days. I may make a few more batches of cookies and tidy tomorrow to calm my nerves.
Hope everyone is winding down and will enjoy their holiday.

December 2009 snowstorm

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December 2009 snowstorm, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.

Taken out windows or doors. Just the beginning of it-we may get 15-18″ of the white stuff. This is the most snow we’ve had in the Philadelphia area since 1909! Another year was 1966 when my mom was 8.5 months pregnant with my brother who came on Jan. 8th 1967. Thank goodness the roads were clear by then! I remember snow drifts reaching to the second floor of the house!

21 vintage cards of children

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21 vintage cards of children, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.

I was snooping around eBay the other day and came across an auction for these cards. The seller originally wanted $35 for 21. He had other auctions for ephemera and stated ‘only a $1 each. So this photo auction had 21 cards and I offered him ‘a $1 each’ and he took the offer! Yeah. I got them Thursday. The seller put each in a baseball card sleeve. I plan to scan them and use them in my collage are. I felt like I got an early Christmas gift. : )