Happy New Year's Eve

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HAPPY NEW YEAR

Cheap

 I was too cheap to buy a pre-made package of 2012 glasses at Party City, so........I



 

 ...... just spent over two hours designing, cutting and glittering two sets of glasses out of cardboard .

Not too shabby!   

Turkey

I am in my scrapbook room, smelling my free Pathmark 20 pound turkey cooking in the oven. I miss that smell when we cook the turkey on the grill. The turkey will come out of the oven around 3pm (I have at least three more hours to enjoy the smell). Today will just involve cleaning up......throwing old food out of the refrigerator,taking out the garbage and recycling, cleaning my bedroom. I will try to move into the New Year with some semblance of order.
Tomorrow, New Year's Eve, I will take the turkey dinner to my father's, enjoy several hours with him (I hope to end the year beating the pants off of him in KISMET) and then return home in time to welcome in the new year with Doug. I am finishing up my 365 album and I am looking forward to publishing this year's blog into a book at Blog 2 Print.
May 2012 be a SIMPLE, uncomplicated year!

From Our House to Your's

A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!

 Emilie with Samantha and Tim with Kamryn

 Made with Yodels

 Kamryn allowing Samantha to hug her

 My sister Chris and her husband Charlie

 Samantha giving Pop a kiss for his present

 Grandma holding her favorite (and only) grandson, Kellen on his First Christmas

 Kyle and Corey O'Neill, Chris and Charlie's two sons, my nephews

 Kellen surrounded by presents

 Tim Rex with his son, Kellen and daughter, Kamryn

 Caroline Nicole Rex, our third child, still living at home

 Kellen Adam Rex, 9 months old

 Samantha Noel and Emilie Rex Tomaro

 Chase, the poodle with Matthew Tomaro

 Richard Wheeler Gordon, 89, Pop

Douglas Rex with Dick Gordon behind him

Blessings!

I am counting mine. This started out as a bah humbug kind of Christmas and now I am totally engaged. Somehow it all gets done (not as much as I would like but enough that it is acceptable). I am counting my blessings. Look at all I have - I am rich beyond my dreams. Family: Husband , Children and spouses, Grandchildren, My Father, My Sister, her husband and my nephews; Friends, good health,good hobbies, good times. I wish that everyone could take a deep breath, exhale and let the worries and struggles of the past year go. Breathe in and think of what new and exciting adventures await us in the new year. My philosophy in life has been "when your stuck in traffic, just keep moving. It doesn't matter where you go as long as you don't stop moving."
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas! May peace and joy surround you!

Ready or Not!

Honey Baked Ham, carrot casserolle, two kinds of potatoes, green bean casserolle, shrimp, clam bake appetizer,vegetable dip and onion dip, veggies for platter,rolls, Yodel torte and not in the refrigerator, 4 million Christmas cookies!

 mashed sweet potatoes

 mashed white potatoes

A torte made with sliced Yodels.

I can't get another thing into the refrigerator. Tomorrow's meal is ready. It just needs to be reheated and served. (All I have left to do is clean :(  )

Kellen is 9 months old today

He now has four teeth and two more are just waiting to pop through. His nose is completely stuffed up. He sucks 10 sucks on his bottle and then has to come up for air. He is eating just to stay alive. His favorite thing to do is to crunch on a chopped up apple in a mesh bag. (It is a mesh bag contraption, made especially for giving table foods to teething toddlers). And still this child smiles. Oh ladies, 8 months and younger, beware......this boy is going to be a charmer!

My sweet grandson!