Craaaaazy

Happy New Year's Eve!!

from an old goat!!   My new Wii Fit told me I was 62!!!!

My photo for today - comes from the future!!!  

This is a photo of tomorrow - from New Zealand where it is already 2009.   OOOOHH and it looks lovely - I want to be there!

Kissy Kissy

I realised as I was taking dswn the deco's today - I never took a photo of my kissing balls.   I add to this every year - I love the way it looks - I should probably find things to hang in the gap all year around!

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You say tamayto - I say tomahto

would you believe Mike just picked all these - off our plant - which was planted back in April!!  

Fresh tomahtoes for us!

Fantasy of Lights

normally we go to this before Christmas - but it just never happened this year.    So we went last night - via Starbucks for a hot drink to sip while we drove through.    Every year this event just gets bigger and bigger and bigger - it really is quite magical!

Christmas Goodies!

I must have been a very good girl because I was spoiled!

First up - lots of lovely new tops!!

Then another top, a sarong, goodies for making me smell and look good, kitchen fun and some fun items for my desk and to listen to

Pretty new shoes - yes I really do wear shoes SOMETIMES

My new quota of New Zealand calendars YAYYYYYYY

A lovely little red billed gull for my garden - I love this range - I already have 2 Pukeko's in it - and they have long *sticks* that go inside them that act as the legs!

New software - I will have fun playing with this lot

Naughty goodies which are so bad for the diet but OH SO YUMMY!

After those goodies - I will need to spend a lot of time with my new game!!   Fitness and balance here we come - although dreading the first time - I have heard this WiiFit can be MEAN!    It will probably tell me my real age based on fitness etc is 106!!

Happy Boxing Day

well I never did get back on to post more photos - so will put in this one from yesterday - our annual in front of the tree, set the timer, run like mad and everyone smile photo!

I hope everyone had a wonderful day with family and friends and that no-one got coal from Santa.   I will take a pic of my loot later on and it can be my photo for tomorrow!

We had a wicked storm come in early Christmas morning - TONS of very strong wind and rain - we were lucky not to lose power - as 2000 houses a couple of miles from here did.   However - we had snowing leaves for most of the morning - and today guess what we are doing!!

It made a godawful mess of the yard and the pool

At least it is fine - so we can get it all done before the next rain comes in the weekend.

Merry Christmas!!

more photos later

Merry Christmas Eve Everyone

and Merry Christmas to all our family and friends in NZ!!!

I don't have a photo for today yet - hope to get back on - and put one in - not sure what to take one of!   Made a pie this morning and a cheesecake, and cooked the Christmas Pud. 

We rang NZ to talk to them all - and my nephew Alex kept saying just to call when we needed to be picked up at the airport AWWWWWW - I so wish we were doing that!

Then Mike and I raced out to do a few things, pick up the croissants for brekkie in the morning and shouted ourselves to the Indian Buffet down the road for lunch YUMMO YUMMO!!

I just have to head out to pick up one more thing - that had to wait until today  - then do the vege for tomorrow's lunch and then everything is D O N E!!

EDITED to add the photo - we are READY TO      HO HO HO

I'm dreaming of a (wet) Christmas

normally around here - we have blue sky... or we have grey sky - never anything inbetween and we never get fluffy white clouds in the blue sky.... but yesterday we got some great ones... the storms are coming!!   The clouds looked more menacing and covered up more and more of the blue as the day went on.

so far we have just had lots of wind, and a couple of spits - but the word on the weather street is - lots and lots O rain for Christmas Eve and Day and snow to low levels again... could we be lucky enough to get it down on the valley floor!!

It's a bugger living at sea level sometimes!!

"I," said the Sheep, with the curly horn, "I gave Him my wool for His blanket warm;

you might remember I said I was going to Michael's yesterday with my coupon.   I had a good wander around and there was really nothing I *had* to have - although I did pick up some christmas tags on special and a couple of other christmassy things for next year.      While I was there though - I had a bright idea!!

One thing I do like to do - now and then - especially in the colder months - is knit!   So I headed around to their wool section and they had a whole lot of wool on special.    So I grabbed a couple of skeins - and I am going to knit blankets for the pet shelter.    I find it very relaxing just to sit in front of the fire and knit away - and I know the kitties are going to be super thankful for some warm blankies to snuggle into until they get adopted!

When I got home, I also rounded up some other balls of wool I had here, and my needles and away I went.   You can see the start of blanket # 1 in the foreground.

I bought this red basket at Ikea today - and I have put everything in there beside me - I love the way it looks.    Silly how some things make us so happy!