BELIEVE

It is hard to believe that it is this time of year again!!!! It seems to have gotten here really fast. I love this time of year, the holidays I mean. I do not like it getting dark early, but we are not far off now from the days starting to get longer.

Back to the holidays---------I guess the main reason I love them is because my kids all come home for Christmas. It is something to look forward to, this time of year, when the weather is usually not the best, and you get up in the dark and get off work in the dark. I am so much a light person. I just want to go to bed if it is dark out. Zaps all of my energy, that darkness does.

Once again, I am looking forward to everyone being here for the holidays!!! I hope for good weather, so they can travel safely. So far this year, our weather has been unusually warm. We have had skiffs of snow on the mountains, but not here yet. I do love the snow, but last year we had so much for so long, that it is nice that it has not come yet.

We have been having rain, which I really do not like. With puppies, the rain causes for much muddy feet and bodies , These puppies are 11 months old today, so they are full grown, not yet able to be trusted in the house if we are gone, which means some days they get many baths.

I have much to do to get ready for Christmas. I have been busy sewing and trying to get some thing made to sell at the bazaar. I have two bedrooms to get ready for company, now they are catch alls for whatever needs to be put there. I will get it all done, I always do.

My dad's 82nd birthday would have been this month, if he had not passed. It has been almost 6 months since he died. Sometimes it seems like the time has just flown by, and other times it seems like a really long time ago. I do miss him. Mom has been really missing him, even though she doesn't say much about it. I try to talk to her often, and do things with her and keep her busy. Not a day goes by that I don't think about my dad.

Now I have a situation that has happened to me that I have to deal with, somehow. I found out more about this situation tonight at dinner. After I had a moment to think about it, I just started laughing. I mean really, it is so bazaar that laughing about it all, is probably the best thing to do. I am so glad that I have the support I need to get through whatever happens.

Well, I guess I should get busy and sew, the time is getting away from me, and I have much to do. My creative juices are flowing, flowing over to be exact. Smile and be happy.