MY CHRISTMAS ANGEL ....

Fuzzy photo ..... empty tree
(some of the photos were a little blurry .. must be 
tired).  

A MUST HAVE ...... Star for the top of the tree

Miss 20 is right into Christmas ... she wanted the tree up, so finally last night we did it.  I have really struggled this year with the whole Christmas thing, and it is so hard when your daughter loves it all so much.  I want to be in the spirit, but don't quite feel it in my heart.  So biting the bullet, I spent time with my daughter and we decorated the tree.

Went out and brought some new decorations.

I must say it looks very pretty 

or 

as Miss 20 says ... "isn't it purty mum"...... LOL.

Her happiness and joy does bring a little warmth to my heart.  In her childlike way she instills in me a love of the true meaning of Christmas.  She is so excited and happy to buy and give gifts to others.  She has such a caring, kind and giving nature.  Despite her challenges (she has Asperger Syndrome) she finds it in her heart to share with others.  For that I am truly grateful and blessed. 

She is my Christmas Angel

AGAPANTHAS ..... weed or flower??

Day 38 - 10th November 2009

I've been told these plants are weeds, but not in my mind .... they are memories of times past ...... in my great grandparents driveway and they encompass my great grandmother especially and all that she meant to me. Love, warmth, kindness, music (she played the piano), food ... the list goes on.

IT IS SOOOOO COLD !!

As if I need to tell everyone how cold it is....of course we all know that. I am so over winter and can't wait for the weather to get a little warmer. I don't want to be sweltering in 42 degree heat or anything like that....just maybe 15 degrees instead of 5 degrees would be nice. I mean just so that I don't have to wash ice off my windscreen when I go out at 0645am in the morning to go to work.

The problem is I can't seem to get my hands warm. Maybe that's just part of getting older, who knows. Maybe I should invest in a nice pair of gloves. Yep, that might do the trick.

Now that I've complained about the cold weather...I'd rather have it cold than hot. After all you can get warm in the cold weather, but it's hard to get cool when it's stinking hot.

Maybe I should just go home - rug up in a nice warm blanket in the rocking chair in front of the heater and read a good book. Sounds awesome. But then can't do that either because I have a busy day, lots of running around to do. Now maybe that will keep me warm.