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Monday, November 17, 2025

My Brother’s Selfishness is causing a Rift in the Family!

I believe I touched on this a week or so ago. My brother sent me a text on November 3 rd, he wanted to see if my daughter, son-in-law and my oldest son could come to his house on Christmas Eve. He said he knew it was kind of breaking tradition. I’ve held a Christmas Eve gathering for 43 consecutive... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, November 16, 2025

I Think I Have The Link Problem Fixed. Please Check And Let Me Know! Thanks

I tried to link.to my Facebook post to access pics of my village. I went to view or edit link list. There was a prompt to add a link. I put in the link from Facebook and named it Christmas Village. I couldn't figure out how to access the link to post on my entry. When I clicked on link there wasn't... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, November 15, 2025

I Admit It! I Am A veritable Whimp! I Am Not Ashamed Of It Either! LOL!

I have to have a toasty warm bathroom when I get out of the shower when the weather is cold. I have a small space heater that I plug and when I'm done bathing I get out to a glorious toasty bathroom. Alas, such was not the case yesterday. The heater wouldn't turn on and I knew immediately that I had... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, November 14, 2025

T.G.I.F.

I had intended to go to the salon today but Jessica had an afternoon color so I stayed home. I went to the pharmacy to get my annual flu shot and covid shot. I usually get them done at the end of September but not this year. I did it on a Friday in hopes I'll be over the side effects by Monday. I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, November 13, 2025

Some Thoughts From The foothills at the base of the Rocky Mountains!

I came across these affirmation and decided to share them. As I read blogs I see a variety of folks who are struggling with one thing or another. I have always used affirmations and they have served me well. I hope one or more of these will help as well. The 4 most powerful affirmations: Everything... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, November 12, 2025

More Christmas Decorations.

Today I put up my nativities. I have a 5 tier shelf that I put them on. I changed things up this year. I have 5 nativities centered on each shelf. Ten nativities on the outside edges of the shelves. I plan to put 2 candles on either side of the nativities on the 5 shelves. I have three nativities... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 11, 2025

The Village Is Coming Along! More Pics!

Some different views. Chris will take nice pictures this weekend and I'll share them. We have some infrastructure to redo and a light is not working on a fence. I'm pretty satisfied with the way it turned out. I'll cover more of the wires with snow and rearrange people. Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, November 10, 2025

The Village is Coming Along! More Pics: Train, Train Station, Barn...

Chris and Jessica will be here soon to hopefully finish the snow, houses and train tracks. I had to order another adapter. One of the adapters seemed to heat up and there’s no sense taking a risk even though I use LED lights. Jessica had to put Pete in the duck house when we went to pick up the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, November 9, 2025

Another Good Day For Pete! He’s moving around more today!

If you didn’t know it would think Pete never had the operation. I’m happy for him as well Jessica. She worries about her animals and loves them dearly. Today was a day to tidy up my house. I had three large totes with Christmas village houses and lights etc. I was cautioned to have everything on... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, November 8, 2025

The infrastructure on the Christmas Village is Complete! WOOHOO!

Jessica and Chris came by earlier this evening to install the cords, lights and adapters for the village, everything is plugged in and working. It will be on a timer and I can sit back and enjoy it. It took quite some time because there were 9 battery boxes and 5 adapters to hook up the trees,... Sign in to see full entry.

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