happenings  ....

big big chicky

bridgewater's famous signs .... this sign speaks the truth
 

Josie's work of art in the washing machine ... impressive.

randoms ...

WONDERING if people ever steal 'this house is protected by ....' signs to put up at their own house?

WONDERING if the person who invented pez dispensers got their idea from a mailbox. you know what i mean? .... hmmm.

WONDERING about those panties that say the days of the week on them. can people actually pull off wearing wednesday panties on wednesday? i could never .... but would be impressed with someone who could ....

those were my top 3 WONDERING thoughts that came up this hour ....

good morning shoppers

sunday groceries ... an unusual sunday outing for josie & i ... but figured we probably won't be able to get off this hill tommorrow with all the rain & ice ... and i was happy we went!

this is why ...

over the speakers comes on: 'good morning shoppers ... just want to take a moment and wish a very happy birthday to one of our associates .... happy birthday anna in the bakery ... happy birthday!'

a minute later ...

'good morning ... just wishing anna a happy birthday from the meat department'

10 seconds later ...

'happy birthday anna ... coming from the fish dept'

that was so fun .... made me really smile .... can only imagine how big anna's smile was ...

first of 20 10

things ....
of course leonard cohen's hallelujah is being covered at this moment ... the moments ... .

love on my late nite's of work that atreyu sits at the edge of the driveway in the dark & snow waiting for my safe arrival. his little but wiggles so fast ... he must be excited to get out of the cold ...

enjoying the music of this hope for haiti ... and trying not to cry during the speaking parts ... yes, if it was easy ... i would go get a little person over there & bring him here for josie in a heartbeat.

my paperwhites opened this week as my tulips started falling. not really sure if i like the smell of paperwhites ... i don't think they are subtle enough for my taste. was very nice having tulips in the winter ...

josie painting almost everyday ... she is very particular when doing this ... fresh brushes, going through each color one by one to see what it gives her .... definitely like her mother with this ... she is making me itch to pick up a brush ... which i haven't done since before she was born.

got the opportunity to dress up this week ... for a special dinner put on by my work ... actually felt nice to pay attention to trying to look nice ... had some funny times with the ladies i work with ... i am lucky to work with such special people. yet, another reason for being lucky ...

last time josie saw stevie wonder it was new year's eve at 11:30 at nite ... and she kept saying - 'look it's papa' ... so so funny. tonite she saw stevie ... and kept repeating his name & almost started crying when he stopped singing ... she wanted more ... so did i.

walked out onto a gorgeous nitefall on thursday evening ... 6 pm ... bottom of sky light blue gradually getting darker blue the higher you go ... and the brightest crescent moon ... which reminds me that tonite when josie pointed out the moon, like she always does ... she got the explanation of how '2 people in completely differnt places on earth are looking at the same moon - cuz there is only one' ... i think she actually took that in ... that has always been a comforting thing to think about for me ...

could write all nite ... so i am stopping now ... here are a few pix of josie ...

dog days of winter

just setting dinner down at the table & the purina dog show is on in the background. josie turns around to look at the tv ...

announcer: and this is 'blah blah blah' a miniature poodle

josie: wow, i like it's shoes

tinsel, crutches, snow & my other randomness

this should be a xmas post ... but we all know that i am not that on top of things, so maybe that will come a little later ... although hope everyone had laughs & fun on xmas!

some things ...

it's been a couple weeks now, but on the front page of the union leader was an article about this father who is raising a newborn, because the mom left. an unforunate situation of course ... and went on to talk how he had to quit his job because of all the attention that raising a child requires & now he was struggling to support his child & buy her xmas gifts ... again an unfortunate situation. BUT ... in my mind, did this make front page of the paper because it is a FATHER ... how many mothers are in this same situation, don't quit there jobs & are stuck working just to pay daycare ... and you never ever hear about it ... seriously COME ON ...

also a couple weeks ago josie experienced her first snow storm of the season... got out her hat, mittens, boots & snow suit ... when i showed her her snowsuit ... she said ... 'no i want to be a bat' ... (what she was for halloween) ... we went out & played in the snow for 2 1/2 hrs at night ... snow angels, snow cookies, snow pancakes & a lot of snowballs

she also met santa for the first time ... the candy cane his little elf gave her saved the day ... santa was funny cuz he was the guy from the local hardware store that spent a little extra time in the bar the night before ... he was funny.

brought josie to the xmas parade ... where she thought she saw randy in the parade & has been talking about it ever since ... happy & sad at the same time ... but the best part of the parade for me was when we were walking back to the car & saw this lady wearing tinsel hair trying to light a ciggi ... seriously, you should never try to light a ciggarette when you have tinsel hair in your face ... she didn't catch on fire thank god ... but probably only because was too tipsy to actually get her ciggarette lit.

saw a guy walking on crutches in a snowstorm ...

and finally ... the only good thing about me working so much ... it's helped us get a great family vaca ... st croix can't come soon enough ...

and here is josie seeing her first snow fall of the season