mousetales

Wishing one and all a very Merry Christmas!

    Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!  I do hope you are all enjoying some wonderful time with family and friends.  The animals and I are going to have a quiet day before I travel to my sister's for dinner.  All the animal children have had their Christmas sugar cookies and are now either napping or munching blissfully on hay and grain.  As for me I'm nibbling chocolates as I baste the Christmas ham...  now yes, I'm a vegetarian but my nieces requested that I cook the ham rather than their mother.  I don't mind...it does make the house smell festive even if I have to tote a large hat ham down the street this afternoon.
    My holiday gift to everyone here has been a little delayed and I'm feel terrible about disappointing anyone.  It's just that the last week has been extremely tough on me because of extra work, some family issues, and the difficulties brought on by a lot of snow!  It makes everything so much more difficult to manage.  With luck I will have a bit ready for you this evening.  It's not much but I hope it gives you a little smile.
    Blessings to you all!  xo

waiting for Santa

    I'm sure everyone is scurrying about preparing for the holidays.  So many cookies to bake... and eat! Yummmm...   Have a very merry time!
    Rosie Posie is waiting for Santa to arrive through all the snow that's falling.  You have a few more days to wait, little mouse.  And are there sugar cookies in that basket?
    Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend.  Hugs!

a little thank you to all

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wishing for Spring?

Dear me... It may be a bit cold for gardening, Rosie Posie!  But at least your wearing a hat.
I'm catching up...  See you tomorrow!

trying to dig out

 
    Still trying to catch up with all my work!  Please forgive me if you are waiting for an email reply...  I promise I will reach you very soon. 
    I'm also driving myself crazy today looking for a painting.  I've searched and searched but not sign of it!
How can something just disappear??????

time just flies by

    Good morning, my dears!  Hope you are all fairing well in this busy season.  I think I may finally be back on track after several days of blog neglect! 

    It's looking quite like Christmas here in the northeast with over four inches of snow falling last night.  I don't like the cold at all but I certainly appreciate the wonderful hush that a few inches of snow brings.  I can't tell you how peaceful it feels here today.

                                      

I promised I'd get all the new hats posted and I will.... soon.  I do have one for today though!  Rosie Posie seen as she was baking some Christmas cookies.  She looks a bit worried.  Could the cookies be burning?

 
I don't want to ruin the surprise but I'm working on a special holiday gift for all my wonderful readers!  And I'm not going to reveal another thing... you'll have to wait until Christmas Morning!  Well, okay...  maybe Christmas Eve!

When you have a moment  please pop over to Kirsten's blog, Tollipop.  She has a very inspiring post and invitation to join the "Create 100 Somethings Project".  I'm so excited to see that others have taken on the challenge.  There's no pressure; we're really trying to challenge ourselves.  Join in!  I'll be adding a list of participants to my sidebar soon do it will be easier to keep up with what everyone is doing.

I'd better run.  There are two newborn goaties in the kitchen waiting for their bottles!

                                                     

a tardy gobbler...

My goodness!  At last I have a free moment for an update. I do hope everyone had a most lovely Thanksgiving Day last week.  So sorry for disappearing over the holiday but it couldn't be avoided.  A friend's kitty became extremely ill on Monday of last week and he has been in my care since then.  This meant a very long visit to the veterinary hospital on Thanksgiving eve and and long hours of care that are still ongoing - so many meds to administer!  Poor kitty!  He's a very good patient but it is hard to see him so sick.  And without a definitive diagnosis.  He was found to have a severe heart murmur and his lab work was quite off but there was nothing to point us in one direction.  Yesterday his tests for various infections returned so we do know he does have toxoplasmosis but it is questionable that could be the cause of all his maladies.  But he started a new antibiotic yesterday for the toxo... I'm hoping he will feel a bit of relief in a few days. 
In addition to this I caught a terrible cold and have been exhausted for days.  It's just this evening that I feel a little more like myself and able to do a little more.  I've continued to work on the hat project dispite no evidence of it appearing here.  Now I've just got to scan everything in so you can see them!
Today's image shows Rosie Posie wearing the turkey hat she made for Thanksgiving Day.  Now before you get worried... no turkey was harmed in the making of this hat!!!!!   It's constructed entirely of wool and feathers gathered from the yard.  The ducks are very generous with their discarded feathers!  Rosie Posie is so proud of her work that she's been wearing this crazy hat non-stop for days.  I may have to hide it if and when she ever takes it off!
Now I must give Kitty his next round of medications and then go visiting in blogland to catch up with all of you, dear friends!  See you soon!