HAPPY NEW YEAR'S EVE

 I WILL BE STEPPING LIGHTLY INTO THE NEW YEAR...



I HOPE YOUR YEAR IS FILLED WITH GOOD

HEALTH, GOOD FRIENDS, GOOD FOOD

AND MOST OF ALL LOVE!!

HUGS

MADI

MOM SAYS

I

SNORE

WHEN I SLEEP LIKE THIS.

EVIDENTLY THEY WERE EAVESDROPPING ON MY

POWER NAP #100 for the day.

Note from Mom:  I wish you all could have heard the sweet little puffs of air and mucho delicate snores coming from this Southern Belle!!

PLATES and THURSDAY TA(i)L(e)S

Thursday Theme Song will return next week
in the meantime ... enjoy this week's plates and tales

1. HIE-HO-AG, No Clue

2. NANAROSA, Grandma Rosa

3. PHOTO

4. SCARLIT (Scarlet was taken)

5. NIGHTST8, Night State?

6. PE4KIDS, Physical Ed for Kids

7. MADKET, No Clue

Tale: I'm heading into the office/exercise room to make sure Mom is exercising
...let's just say she did not deny herself any foodables during the holidays.

 8. EIO!, that is cute

9. CA2NC2, California to NC too

10. PRONJOY, No Clue

11. HOTLAVA, Maybe they have a yoga studio

12. EKA-CHLO, No Clue

13. ABRAVES, Atlanta Braves

Tail satisfied with Mom's workout

 14. ISLNDTIME, Island time

15. DUKEPROF, Prof at Duke

16. B.D.A.#2, No Clue

17. BONDOTV, No Clue

18. NASACAR29, NASA Car 29

20. ELCOM, No Clue

Mom complain to the tail the face isn't interested

21. ASMERANA, No Clue

22.CHARTERS,Charter Schools 

23. HOJ,??

24. LUNZLV, London's Love? Live?

25. COZ-BEE

26. HOGRIDER, Rides a Harley too 

27. ORGANIZD, Organized

28. 2WINS4US, Maybe 2 good children??

29. KPSMILNG, Keep Smiling

30. K-COD, Cape Cod

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Note from Mom: Even after posting 30 today I still have

38 more to post.  Even I'm amzed at how many I'm finding

I'M NOT AMUSED....

... BY MOM'S SILLY HUMAN TRICKS

THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN BY THE PERSON FORMERLY KNOWN AS

 MOM

THERE WILL BE DEMERITS!!

EVEN AFTER....

...ALL CHRISTMAS HAM, MONKEY BREAD, CORN PUDDING, POTATO SALAD, VEGGIES AND CORNBREAD....

I CAN STILL TOUCH MY SHOULDER WITH MY BACK PAW.



HOWEVER, IF YOU ARE WAITING FOR MOM TO SHOW YOU A PICTURE OF HER TOUCHING HER TOES.....

ALL I CAN SAY IS DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH

MOL

MADI

UNWRAPPING...

ST. NICK LEFT ME TWO VERY NICE PRESSIES

 A DOOR KNOB SCRATCHING PAD AND A WHIRLY- GIG (on the floor).  According to the package, the whirly-gig is supposed to

provide hours and hours of fun and enterainment for kitties...

MOL

I PROVED THAT TO BE FALSE ADVERTISEMENT ONLY

WRAPPING PAPER

 BOXES

 AND

RIBBONS

Provide hours and hours of entertainment for this kitty.

FRIDAY FAVORITES

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE, EVE

Today Mom is going to share some of her favorite decorations

Note I'm front and center...maybe that means I'm Mom's favorite...

 Ceramic Nativity scene made by Dad's Aunt long, long ago

Stable made by my favorite brother-in-law

Darling critters ice skating and Frosty the Snowman.

Mom bought this from Avon long, long ago

 St. Nick's candle.  Mom bought this from Avon long, long ago

 St. Nick surrounded by Tom Clark Caroling Gnomes

 Toy sleigh

 Sonoma lantern decorated with Christmas Candle and miniature

ornaments

We have family arriving tonight for Christmas.  We'll be taking

blogging break ...BUT never fear we'll be back bright and early

on Monday, December 26.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT.

HUGS MADI AND MOM

Thursday Theme Song: An Alabama Christmas Song

Mom and I want to thank Hootin Anni for being such a gracious hostess of

We have thoroughly enjoyed each and every Thursday of 2011 and look forward to 2012.

Mom and I are dedicating this song to our young friends, Blogger Kate and her sister Cute Kitten  their blog is The Pony Bloggers.  They are the youngest bloggers we know. 
Merry Christmas and thank you for being our friend.

Today we are featuring the group ALABAMA singing
Thistlehair the Christmas Bear.  We hope you enjoy it. 
The bear portraying Thistlehair is actually Belkie 2001 Collectible bear from Belk Department Store.

The city's full of manger scenes
And stores lit up in red and green
But down the road just out of town
There's more magic to be found
The countryside is all a-glow
With holly trrees and mistletoe
And in the woods there lives a Bear
Known to all as Thistlehair

Chorus:

Oh Thistlehair the Christmas bear

Spreading the good news everywhere

About Christmas time and what it means

To all the children of the world

Every little boy and girl out there

Loves Thistlehair

We have the video in the middle of our post so you can enjoy it as you look at the pictures and read the words.


He comes around this time of year
Spreading lots of Christmas cheer
The kids all love his shiny coat
And the smell of honey on his nose.
He tells them all about the star
And everything that it stands for
The birthday we all celebrate
Is still our favorite holiday

chorus repeated.

Wherever you find old Thistlebear
There'll be music in the air

He dances 'round the Christmas tree
Every single New Year's Eve

Then he and his furry friends
Gather 'round the tree again

And sing about those Angels' wings

Gifts of love that Christmas brings

Chorus repeated

Thistlehair the Christmas bear La la la la la la la

Thistlehair the Christmas bear.

WORDS WEDNESDAY

FROM WAY UP HERE

 I LOVE LOOKING DOWN ON ORNAMENTS SO SHINY

 THEY MAKE MY HEAD SPIN



TUESDAY TALE

I'M ON THE OUTSIDE

LOOKING IN!!  MOM SAYS TODAY IS THE CALM BEFORE THE 'STORM' SO I'M JUST PLANNING ON CHILLIN'.  IT IS RATHER OVERCAST TOO SO THERE ARE NO SUNPUDDLES.

RASPBERRIES



STEEPLE SUNDAY #37, FIRST BAPTIST CARY, NC

Good Sunday Morning to you all.

On Tuesday, December 13, the peeps decided to take a little trip about 20 minutes West of Raleigh

to Cary, NC.  I told them not to worry I'd be fine sitting right here on the Christmas bow box and I'd be

sure no bows escaped.

Thank goodness the flashy beast went with them.  As you can see from the pictures below,
it was a beautiful December day.  After lunch at Ashworth's, they walked down Academy Street
to take some pictures of The First Baptist Church of Cary.
Mom searched Google for info on this beautiful Church.  She found several books for sale all about the history. We're sorry not to be able to tell you a lot about it except what Mom remembers.
When she was just a wee girl about 9 years old they lived in Cary and attended this church

The church celebrated it's 100 Anniversary in 1971 so it is at least 140 years old.

This is a picture of the new sancutary. 

The steeple is absolutely amazing and very tall

Mom thinks it is one of the most beautiful steeples she has featured.

Below is a picture of the sanctuary where Mom and her peeps attended services.
The columns make for a very grand entrance. 

The newer construction was joined to the old as if it had always been there.



SATURDAY(paw) HANGOVER and plates

Lately Mom has been catching me in her fav position..
my paw hanging over....I do it because it makes her smile.



Its Saturday so it must be plate day.  Many have asked about the plates and how mom finds them.  Evidently Raleigh is the personalized plate capital of the world.  Everywhere the peeps go they see them.  We don't think we've repeated any either.

1. NORSE
2. TEC1
3. FUTBAL, Football
4. REDYPLAY, Ready Play 
(#3 and 4 were spotted in our neighborhood
5. SAM & JAKE
6. GARFIELD
7. WNDRWAGN,Wonder Wagon
8. MTNLFY, No Clue
9. JAWAGIRL, No Clue
10. JOY2U, Joy to you
11. IGOINS-2, No Clue
12. JAKSBUG, Jack's Bug on an VW
13. JAGGER
14. HONEY-5
15. MSSHEIK, Ms. Sheik
16. E4-C5-D3, No Clue
17. GOSPOSML, No Clue
18.  TBELSMOM, someone's Mom
19. LADYI
20. SUBIRWI, No Clue
21. TX2NC4ME, Texas to NC for Me
22. FRED
23. CYA-IN-0D,  See you in Ocean Drive city on NC coast
24. ERDDS#4, On a fancy Tesla
25. SOBSTORY, Sob Story but why on your tag?

FRANTIC FRIDAY

OMC THERE ARE ONLY 8 MORE DAYS BEFORE

CHRISTMAS EVE AND I CANNOT FIND MY LETTER TO

JOLLY OLD SAINT NICK.  I'VE LOOKED BEHIND THE TRASH CAN

 AND I'VE LOOKED INSIDE THE TRASH CAN

MOM SAYS NOT TO WORRY ABOUT MY LETTER THAT I'VE BEEN VERY NICE THIS YEAR AND SHE IS CERTAIN

ST. NICK WILL LEAVE ME LOTS OF LOOT.
WHAT A RELIEF!!

HUGS

MADI

Thursday Theme Song: Festival of 7 Lights

Mom and I thank Hootin' Anni for sponsoring today's

 

Today we are featuring a classical guitar instrumental from Mr. Ottmar Libert's Christmas CD

Poets and Angels.  Mom loves guitar music. We hope you enjoy this as much as we do.

We have the Video first followed by 7 festive light pictures.



1.  Madi in sunlight

2. Morning light taken from our deck

 3. Our Christmas tree lights

 4. Next door neighbor's exterior Christmas lights

 5. Outside Christmas Tree and Reindeer

 6. Neighbor's house bathed in soft white lights

 7. December Moonlight