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Good afternoon, finally got online...spent the morning, cooking up a storm, for the rest of the week...sometimes, I get in these 'wanting to cook' moods, and when I do, I just cook away....which is great, as now I have a couple meals prepared in advance...todays menu, was of course BigDoms BigSalad(chock full of ingredients), deep fried cod, with deep fried hush puppies, accompanied by slices of lemon and malt vinegar, and some lightly sauteed spinach....that deep frying will clog your arteries, but its just sooo yummy...besides we rarely have deep fried foods, so todays meal was an extra special treat....

Westy....thanks for last nites pic, and more pics of hot climes please...our overnight lows are in the low 40s, and since I refuse to turn on the heat, need some hots pics...

Gran....love your curtains...you really do have such a lovely home, so graciously decorated...was that a Christmas tree I saw in the background?

AC.,.what a grand Cathedral in Santiago...I bet the inside is just full of magnificent art....seems that in Europe, old churches and cathedrals were repositories for some of the worlds greatest art....

Habs...take care of that tummy...we dont want you ill...

Dark....are you interested in that slut underwear for the invisible woman?

Kathleen...yes, that was a shame about Mr. Peabody...and I agree 100percent on your philosophy...lets have a good time while we are still able...enjoying life to its fullest is the only way to go...

BigDom just pulled out all of the mail he got at our box at the post office...now, for years and years, we received tons and tons of catalogs and magazines, selling everthing under the sun...most of those were really hangovers from my mom and dads address, when I had all their mail sent to us, when we moved mom in with us...

Dad loved to shop, especially at flea markets, yard sales, and hardware and sporting goods stores...he also relished ordering things through magazines and catlogs through the mail....consequently we wound up getting huge bundles of such....most of the time we never ordered anything and little by little we started getting less and less catalogs...

But in the last few years, Bigdom started ordering CDs, and VCR tapes through magazines...and you know how that goes, once you are on one or two lists, ,those companies sell your name, and before we knew it, we are again receiving lots and lots of magazines....

Now that Labor Day is over with, the the gateway to the Holiday Season is open, all the magazines, are really out in full force, with advertisements for naturally Halloween, and slowly Christmas stuff...so we spent this morning just have a good old time, going through these catalogs and magazines, discarding those which have nothing we are interested in, but holding on to a few, for further consideration...

I am sure we will be adding to supporting the economy, by ordering a number of things...we always buy a number of new Christmas ornaments every year....Currently we put up three trees, and they are loaded to the hilt, but what the heck, new ornaments are always fun....besides, I bought a couple of smaller table sized trees, a few weeks ago, trees to put in the bedrooms...I guess, next to dollies, my favorite thing to collect is Christmas ornaments...

Andy says I have enough ornaments to supply the whole neighborhood...he says he will never have to buy any ornaments..he just picks through mine...the ones he especially likes are those he and I made together many, many years ago...they are just simple shapes, made out of felt, stuffed, flooded with glitter, and you can tell a kid made them with his moms help...yet they are the most charming to me, because of course, Andy made them...he really enjoys seeing them each year on the main Christmas tree...in time they will be his...if they last that long...year by year, they get more worn and tacky....but they are so very dear...

This is my favorite time of year...I love autumn, with the changing colors, and crisp air, and love the little ones out at Halloween....and then the smell of the turkey and fixins at Thanksgiving, and the crowded stores, and Christmas decorations, heralding the Christmas season to come...

Can ya tell, I am excited?

Hi Mom.. Just checking in before checking out.. Wonderful letter and I can feel your enthusiasm for the holidays. Hopefully, you will keep it coming and spark all of us for every holiday that comes up..

Yes Mom that is one of my Christmas trees.. I keep it lit all year, and usually have candles in my windows until I have to keep them open for the summer. They tend to get in the way then.. Lots of homes in this area keep trees and window lights on all year. I guess it's a country thing..

I was reading about your felt ornaments for the tree. I have them too. I made many when the kids were little. Mine are all kinds of birds of different colors with jewels and sequins all over them.. I have babies in their nests, etc. The kids made some birds and regular shaped ornaments. I still have them and keep them in tissue and put them on the tree every year.. I remember my Mom sitting with me and watching me make them, and suggesting new birds and colors.. It was so much fun, and I still love them.. I let the kids glue theirs, but mine were all sewn..

I will have the thrill of getting a tree in Fl this year. It will be our first.. I guess I'll have to buy all new decorations tho.. All I had last year was a stuffed snowman my girlfriend gave me..but of course we came home and didn't need anything..

See you tomorrow.. ;)

Dark....are you interested in that slut underwear for the invisible woman?

Yes! She'd be easier to find!

AC, once upon a time my best friend and I pulled a prank in the mall (And got kicked out of the store..) which had me doing something ODD. My friend and I wore the same size in clothes on the dot. So she decided to cut her shopping time in half by having me model some of her choices. So I was wearing my hunter green long-sleeve shirt, turtle neck (sleeves rolled up) and my boots with my hairy legs sticking out from the hem of a blue pleated mini-skirt. (Should have been a kilt, MacDonald tartan..) My friend asked how it fit, since we wore the same size in clothes. (She wore 29-30 pants -guys. She was also 5'8"... I'm 5'5") I shook my keister and said it was a little loose, but it fit. The ever helpful sales woman walked up behind me at this time and asked:
"May I help you?"
Rule one, never ask if I can be helped...
I spun about and said, in a rather growly voice:
"Yes! I would like to purchase this!"

The poor woman put her hand to the side of her head and looked like she was about to have a stroke, then she rather shakily told me I had to leave the store....

Soooo... I admit to being a rather sick and twisted individual with a rather wicked sense of humor. Sometime I'll describe the Fort Knox gift. It's rather, ummm, cruel. No, I haven't worn anything like that since. Like I said, should have been a kilt.