TIME'S A TICKIN'

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Yep time's a tickin it's way to the New Year!!

Had a wonderful lunch with Jeri today.  She came down from her northern whereabouts to visit Fr Reiser's

wake/vigil.  While at lunch I ran into another long - time friend that I haven't seen in a long time....Cathy and Dale R and their daughter Angie.  So good to spend these last days of 2011 running into friends :-)

Not sure of DH and my New Year's Eve plans yet.  Will attend Fr's funeral tomorrow morning....friends in Bayfield are sick with a cold.  Not sure what the weather forecast is.  Always traditional to be up there for NYE though,.  We shall see.

Going to make a Fireside Coffee......Yummo

Where Have the Days Gone..



YES ..... that does mean that I skipped through a week + and here we are facing New Years!!

Busy-Ness got in the way of my blogging, as it seems to be a pattern with me!

 Let me back track a few days.....

I DID get my Christmas tree up and decorations out--the house looked appropriately Christmassy (yes, I made that word up!)  I was in a bit of a shopping frenzy right up to the end, BUT I did wrap along the way so I wasn't trying to finish up the night before guests were coming :-) 

I decided to enjoy the Season by doing things that would be "fun" which is probably why I was a little behind on some things.  I started by going to Bayfield for the Holiday Tree Lighting.  Then there was the Christmas Tea with friends, hosted every year by Jan.  Then Nancy hosted our Crochet Club Christmas which is always such a treat--she goes all out for we girls!  I spent a 'skip' day with Amy and the Grands - we went downtown to Macy's, where the 8th floor was decorated to be Santa's Workshop and Elfery abounds - everything you imagine the North Pole to be!!  Afterwards, we headed back North and had a fine pizza buffet at Sammy's and then the 'Muppet' movie.  A great day!!  Another outing with the Jordan family took place in the big City.....(Grandpa even joined in on this outing)....we took in the Holidazzle Parade.  The weather was warmer than usual and we ate at the Newsroom first and then Amy staked out our spot on the curb for viewing the parade....so FUN.  Then there was the annual outing to the Bachman's on Lyndale for the Santa & Albert program, followed by dinner at Champps.

Another traditional outing with Amy, was going to the General Store.....a Christmas delight, with everything imaginable CHRISTMAS.  Naturally, we had a scrumptious lunch before we left.  Then there was the Book Club -- very fun books recommended for holiday purchases for the readers!  Another fun outing was to have pie with my long-time friends, Dale and Kathy.

Some highlights that were new this year - Christmas Program with the 'star' being Landon!!  He was adorable, singing perfectly and so happy to see his Mom and Dad and brother, Isaac, in the audience.  It absolutely melted my heart.  Em and Luke also had a Christmas Program at their school and it was VERY good also, and we had a DQ treat afterwards.  These programs are so special - well worth all the practices that people go to the trouble of having.  Then there was an outing with Mike's folks to Jax Cafe for a fabulous feast with the added treat of entertainment by Cliff Bransell (sp) and the Golden Strings.  It was wonderful, food and all.

Our family celebration took place on Christmas Eve day starting with a Brunch, followed by gift opening and playing.  The extended Bizal family arrived around 5:30 and we had a fun evening of food and games AND PRIZES :-)  DH and I spent Christmas Day snoozing ..... Monday we took in the Sherlock Holmes movie and dinner at the Outback Yum Yum.

Now things will return to normal (whatever THAT is) as we head into the New Year.

On a sad note....our dear Fr. Reiser passed away on Tuesday evening.  He was such an absolute inspiration to me and so many people.  There will be a 24 hour visitation/wake tomorrow and then his funeral will be at 11am on Saturday.  God rest his soul.  His path most surely must have led him right to Heaven's door.

Just creamer added to the coffee today.



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I am definetly feeling overwhelmed ..... it is Dec 12th and I still have no Christmas tree up, or any decorating finished to speak of.

I need to get my 'get to it' pants on!!

With that I will bring this post to an end.

Merry Merry.....

No special coffees for today!

Working on decorating for Christmas and this is proving to be MUCH harder than it needs to be.
I need an energy boost and some spirit!!



This is what I am looking for and not achieving!!!

Wish me luck.

I enjoyed a FABULOUS ChaiTeaLatte from my favorite Starbuck's Barista, Susan, this morning.  Great start to the day, after Mass.

Enjoy your day!

LOVELY FRIDAY

What a great day today was!!  I accompanied Amy and the grands on a 'Santa Free Day' (we used to call it a skip day from school).  We went into the 'BIG City' , as Luke called it, and went to Macy's eighth floor to see the Elf and Santa's Workshop display.  It was fabulous--just I would imagine the North Pole!
We then went back out to Coon Rapids and had lunch at Sammy's and then went to the newly released 'Muppet' movie which was a complete delight!  We then came back to my house and played some games and Em put some fabulous art designs on my computer -  they headed home around 8pm to let poor Rosie out and get some sleep for their busy day tomorrow.


Just a regular ole coffee today--no treat :-/



BUT it was a Lovely Friday!!

A GENERAL STORE DAY

General Store

Ahh one of my favorite shopping places in the Twin City area.  It has been a long time favorite -- a  must on the "to do" list when company comes for a visit from out of state.  My dear Mom came to several Pajama Party events back in the day when the store did that....and Amy (dear daughter) and I have so many warm memories of those times.  It tugged at my heartstrings a little bit today to see the store in all it's Christmas finery and not have my Mom with me.

Amy and I had a great time oogling and ahhhing over all the things on display, but managed to not empty our pocket books before leaving the premises!!  We had a great lunch in the Cafe' -- our favorite order of a cup of soup and scoop of salad --- Amy always enjoys a Hot Chocolate too, while shopping.  To all my sister sibs---we missed you today!

I did make a Caribou stop on the way home for a enjoyable Northern Lite Vanilla Latte...........pure Bliss!!

Hope you all make a visit during the Holiday Season to a place that just warms your heart !!











HAPPY MONDAY

After a very busy weekend attending to a project; I can happily state that it is finished and the order IS IN!!

I hope it arrives in time to ship and is all that I expect it to be  ;-)

Now on to the next thing............SHhhhhhh   it's Christmas time you know!



Haven't EVEN taken the new coffeemaker out to try yet!!  Did have a Caribou though  ......



I just LOVE this little Elf Piglet!!  Couldn't help but share  :-)

The GALA

We attended the first Epiphany Gala event on Saturday (Dec 3) and it was a great success!!  The weather of course didn't cooperate, as we had snow, but everything else was very fun.

My excitement poureth over...........I won the bid on the Keurig Mini Single Serve coffeemaker!!
I can hardly wait to try it out.  Will let you know!



I need a caffiene fix for sure!!!