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Happy Belated Easter!

Along with Spring being my favorite season, Easter is my favorite holiday.  I think partly to it being in the Spring - getting warmer out and I love everything that goes with it.

Colored eggs.

 Master Bunny in the background with the new sheepies, that were made for me for my birthday. 

I hosted Easter dinner. The table looked great and the food was great.  I meant to get some photos but didn't remember until it was over.  Maybe next year.

Happy Valentine's Day

Also Happy Birthday to Reese's namesake. Today was the birthday of the Grandma that Reese is named after. Her proper name is Margaret Reese, call name Reese. Margaret is my Irish grandma that Reese is named after. We always went to dinner with Grandma on her birthday and she always ordered the chicken kiev.

I received some beautiful roses!

I bought Reese a bed yesterday for Valentine's Day. She loves to mess up the blankets on the couch or bed and create her own little nest so I thought she would like her own little bed to curl up in. 

And she would, she came right over and jumped in. There was just one problem......she didn't fit.

Either the back-end hangs Ten, or....

front end does.

Of course she had to try it with her bone to see if that would help......  nope - still doesn't fit.

I will have to take her with me to the pet store to get her a proper fitting bed to curl up in. I won't share with the store personnel that the last time she tried out a bed there, she tried it out by peeing on it!

Happy Christmas!!

This Christmas was a little different than some, what with the threat of 20 inches of snow falling over a three day period - those three days being Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and the day after or Boxing day for all the Europeans out there. As it turned out we didn't get 20 inches. We got about 5 inches of snow then some sleat, then some rain mixed with more snow. Then more snow. So what did we end up with. Well we ended up with one sore back. Yes - wet snow is heavy and then when it gets cold the chucks of snow made by the plow get frozen to the entrance of the driveway. It really tests your patience and your determination. 

But....snow is lovely to look at, although not so much when you have gotten half of the driveway shoveled for the fifth time in three days and you look up and realize it is snowing again.....what's up with that!!

Oh, yea, I guess the driveway will be shoveled for a sixth time in the next 24 hours.  Luckily I stocked up on food and wine before Christmas and I have lots of Christmas cookies left over to satisfy any sugar cravings. 

Speaking of cravings - what do you think Reese wished she would get for Christmas. Could it be, do you think it was...no not a sheep...how about a new ball. It was a pretty scanty Christmas this year but this is what Reese hauled in.

Reese you need to smile for the camera, okay.

Alright, I'm smilin', I'm smilin!

Opening gifts

Don't look Ma, I got a new love in my life... 

Mike, oh, how I love thee. How about a little kissy!!

I love hanging out with my Mike.

I told you not to look Ma, we're just going to take a little nappy here, okay.

Reese loves Mike so much even though they don't see each other often. Border Collies can be very standoffish dogs. Don't get me wrong Reese will size you up when she meets you but she does it quickly and most likely you won't even notice she has done it. Unless there is something seriously wrong with you, i.e. you are a danger to me or her family you should pass the test. And when you do she will let you know and she will never forget you.

What did I get for Christmas. I got exactly what I wanted. My Mom was very sick for a couple of months and there were a number of days we didn't know if she was going to make it. Once she started to get better it was very slow and we didn't know if she would ever get back to her old self. But thankfully she did.  About a week or so ago she really turned a corner and started to get back to normal. So happy to see that.  None of us were ready for her to go anywhere. So thank you for your prayers to all those who knew she was sick. 

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas it has been a busy last few weeks, but I did get the house decorated.

The Stockings are hung.... Yes they do get bigger with each addition to the household. Reese's stocking also has a bit more of a Victorian flare, what with her roots being from the UK and all.

A little Holly.

Mr. Bunny from Easter. But since I collect rabbit things he never got put away.  He gets decorated for each holiday.

My Dickens Village

Sorry, I know it is blury so it's a little hard on the eyes.

The tree

I'm smiling, okay so I might be smirking...

Can we please be done now.  I have a ball to play with Ma!

Happy St. Patricks Day!

A Bit of Trivia
In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender used to yell at themto mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. From where we get "mind your own P's and Q's".

My favorite Irish Song
Danny
Oh Danny boy, the pipes the pipes are calling,
From glen to glen and on the mountainside.
The summer's gone and all the leaves are falling,
'Tis you must go, 'tis you must go and I must bide !

But come you back, when summer's in the meadow,
Or when the valley's hush and white with snow !
Then I'll be there in sunshine or in shadow,
Oh Danny Boy, Oh Danny Boy, I love you so !

And if you come, when all the flowers are dying
And I am dead, as dead I well may be
You'll come and find the place where I am lying
And kneel and say an "Ave" there for me.

And I shall hear, tho' soft you tread above me
And all my dreams will warm and sweeter be
If you'll not fail to tell me that you love me
I simply sleep in peace until you come to me.

Oh Danny Boy, Oh Danny Boy, I love you so!

Poems and Sayings
Dance as if no one were watching,
Sing as if no one were listening,
And live every day as if it were your last.

May you live as long as you want,
And never want as long as you live.

May those who love us, love us
And those who don't love us,
May God turn their hearts
And if he can't turn their hearts,
May he turn their ankles
So we will know them by their limping!

An Irish Blessing
May the roads rise
to meet you,
May the winds be always
at your back,
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
The rains fall soft
upon your fields,
And until we meet again
May God hold you in the hollow
of his hand.

Reese wants to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!