Santas everywhere...

My newest Santa...Lucy thinks the tree is real and has tried to attack him at least twice...

Happy New Year...

This holiday...both Christmas and New Year's finds me parentless...a tragic orphan...I think I am used to it now...it has been a few months...I have not changed profoundly...I have tried to appreciate every day as much as I can.   The last time I waved good bye to my dad...I felt sure in my heart that I would see him again.  He smiled and waved and then within a few weeks...he died.  He always told me that I was his first love...he was a proud tough smart man... he loved his home and his family and  he would do anything for his children...he loved Christmas and big fat bushy Christmas trees.   He loved ham and kielbasi...he loved sweet things...cookies and cakes and pies and ice cream...I know he will be in my heart forever...Happy New Year To My Dad!!!

Just a little tv time for LucyGrace...

Lucy is watching one of her favorite shows...she also loves watching kittens, birds and puppies.  She has a love/hate relationship with a squirrel who races across our deck on a daily basis...I am sure to tease and taunt her.

After Twilight...

This is not Twilight but it is totally fascinating...I just finished Blue Bloods and I just began reading Masquerade...it is beautifully written and just enough of a delightful eerie fantasy to make me want to read every book that Melissa De La Cruz has written.

What a face...Lucy appears to love her new Santa hat...she wears it well...we only have to hold her down for the entire time we are snapping her holiday photos...

Just sitting around...

I am not sure why just sitting around and thinking makes me feel so guilty...when I was little I loved to sit and think...it sort of cleared up all the things that were swirling around in my head...it is a few days after Christmas and it is just time to sit for a bit and not do anything. I don't want to think about going out or shopping or even dinner...I want a day off from everything...a day off from details...a non thinking about anything important day...