These are a few of my favorite things...

Sunsets in december

Tahini playing with ribbon

Christmas kitties

homemade pizza

Today is was 60 degrees when I woke up. Its December and it was 60! Up north they got 8 inches of snow and we had a spring like day. It has dropped 30 degrees and we are headed back to colder weather. I do wish we had snow. It doesn't seem like Christmas without snow. At least when we get up north there will be plenty of snow for us to play in. I hope all of you have a wonderful Christmas!

long time coming.....

My new car! It is actually a used honda civic, but an 08 so not too old. We love it. It isn't the subaru, but still really great! We got a good deal too or at least we think:)

Here is a picture of our Christmas tree. I have been really slow about Christmas stuff this year. I just started shopping yesterday. I went to Target and it was crazy. The toy section was so busy and I was having alot of trouble buying those plastic toys for the kids. You don't know if there is lead in the toys and I just have trouble spending money on something that they may not like.
I am trying to make more things this year, but I am having a hard time getting movitated and finding time. Ah, the Christmas season, so busy.


For fun, Bosky in a vest!

More Bosky adventures

Isn't he just the happiest dog in this picture? Bosky has really changed since we first got him. He barks at squirrels, chases the cats around the house, loves belly rubs, loves running in open fields and is started to get friendlier with people who come to our house. He use to run and hide, now he will hide but come out to say hi. He even sits in the living room with us more instead of behind our chair. He loves Tahini and Marcello and if they are chasing each other, Bosky wants to be apart of the mix. This freeked the cats out a first, but they are getting use to it. We have tried getting a picture of all three of them playing but our camera isn't fast enough.

You can see it in his face that he is happier dog. I can remember when we first got him a little kid telling us he looked very sad and he did. Now when we take him to the Farmer's Market or on walks he wants to greet everyone, especially other dogs. He loves meeting new dogs and new people. We are so lucky to have three animals that make our life so happy. Here are some pictures of him having fun.

I was tagged!

I was tagged by my friend Susie to write 6 random things about me. I get this wonderful award: So I must be very Kreativ!!

1. I enjoying knitting things for other people and myself: baby sweaters, baby booties, scarves, hats, mittens and socks. My first pair of mittens are way to big for my hand but I love the color of them and they make me happy. I am in the process of making socks, the first one I made was too small, but I am hopping to stretch it out a bit.

2. I enjoy hanging out in my pajama pants when I get home from work. I want to get off the kid germs from school, so we call it putting on the comfys.

3. For about 25 years, I thought I saw a UFO when I was a kid. Until very recently I told my parents and they laughed. They asked what colors it was and I said red and blue. It was actually cop cars in front of my house, bring home my cousin who was living with us. I like the UFO story much better.

4. I LOVE reading fantasy books and books set in the 1700 or 1800's . Any books about time travel, elves, wizards, witches, and fairys. Some of my favorite are: Harry Potter (of course). The Eragon series, The mists of Avalon and my new favorite series Diana Galbadon's stories about Jamie and Claire. Claire goes back in time and meets the love of her life Jamie, a Scottish highlander. I also enjoy all of Jane Austen's books.

5. I secretly wish that I would have lived in the 1800's. so romanitc. ( maybe I did in another life)

6. I'm scared of heights. I try so very hard not to be and I push my self to the edge. but I am ususally freek out.

So that is 6 random things about me you may or may not know. Another fun fact, I love reading creative blogs of others. I am going to tag Kate she is the only one I know who hasn't been tagged yet.

Saying goodbye to a good friend

MY CAR!

What can I say, I love my Subaru!

My car has gone on many wonderful adventures with me and I have loved it every step of the way. I have only had my car for three years and I am so so sad to have to get rid of it. A couple of weeks ago my check engine light came on and so I took into my car guy. I was expecting oh you know, 200 dollars or so to fix it. However, it is going to cost my around 6,000-7,000 to fix it. My head gasket is shot, my catalytic converters are broken and the o2 sensors don't work. My car is only worth around 8000 in wonderful condition and it is not in wonderful condition. I guess I have to get a new car. Most people would be exited about getting a new car, but I LOVE my car. We test drove a Camry and an Accord today. I really like the Camry but we will see what I end up getting. If Kit helps out on the car payments I can afford one of those other wise it looks like a Corilla or a Honda fit(which I can't find anywhere around here). Anyone have any suggestions?

here are some pictures of good times my car, nicknamed red rocks, has had.

Camping in Utah

Somewhere in Kansas or Colorado on our trip Out West a couple of summers ago.

scrapping off ice during our ice storm last winter.

me just loving every minute in my car.

Friends piling in for adventures in So. Illinois

How I will miss you!!!!!!!!

Halloween 08

Yeah, Halloween. We love halloween and had a wonderful time. We went to our friend Megan and Rob's house. Kit and I dressed up like Cindy Lauper and David Bowie. It took us about an hour and half to get ready but it was totally worth it. Our outfits were goodwill buys and Kit's mom's old clothes.

a close up of David Bowie

We dressed the animals up a bit. Here is Tahini with a dress on. She didn't like it very much so she changed outfits to be a mardigras girl.

Bosky had a Halloween scarf on.

Marcello was an Obama supporter with his red, white and blue scarf. GOBAMA!!!

Jack-0-laterns. I made a face and Kit made an awesome cat.

KATHLEEN!

Kathleen came down last weekend. We spent the saturday hanging out at the wineries.

We went to Von Jakob where we had our wedding reception. Then we went to Owl Creek one of my favorite wineries and then to a new winery Rustle Hill.

Cheers to good friends.

The girls

having fun

We ended up wearing the boys hats by the end of the night.

artsy photo

Ending the night at our bar, the cellar.

Walk around the lake and Eddie bicycling on the parallel bars.

It was a wonderful weekend filled with laughs, memories and good friends.

Hot Springs Arkansas trip

On Monday, Kit and I celebrated our one year wedding anniversary!! We celebrated by taking a long weekend to Hot Springs Arkansas. It is a wonderful town with bathhouses where you can soak in the nature hot springs, massages, hiking, crystal mining and so much more. Hot Springs is a town inside of a National Park. It is beautiful. If you ever get a chance it is a great vacation and we stayed in a cute house close to downtown through VRBO.

On Thursday night we drove to Memphis and on Friday we went to

GRACELAND!!!!!

I was a big Elvis fan growing up and it was a dream of mine. It was expensive but fun. Elvis sure had some eccentric taste.

Once in Hot Springs, we went crystal mining for quartz crystals. We spent about four hours looking for quartz and we found a ton. We had a blast. It is has been something I want to do for years. If you didn't know I love rocks and crystals.

They take dirt from a quarry like place and put it on top of this hill, then you get to dig through and find crystals. We found some really nice six sided quartz.

Here is Kit washing them off.

and me with one of my favorite big cluster of quartz rock we found. It was awesome.

The water is hot springs is safe to drink because it is always about 135 degrees. There are spots around town where you can fill up jugs to drink.

A view of the town from up high.

one of the hot springs

Kit testing out the water. It was so hot you could only keep your foot in for about 2 seconds.

Hiking

A cool sculpture in the botanical gardens. It was very high and we have no idea the purpose or meaning of it.

Kit loves pretending to be in an herbal essence commercial.

A church in the botanical gardens. all glass. I would love to go to a service here.

A view of the trees through the glass. it made the ceiling look like a forest or fairy land..

And a beautiful bridge to end on...

We had a blast! This year has been perfect. We came home ate year old wedding cake, (not too bad), had some champagne and watched our wedding video. ahhhh.