The gangs all here...Hat Attack!

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  It just seemed like the right thing to do...Tis the season and all...        

CLEO

Seasons greetings from Cleo. Woke her up for this, poor girl. She is our senior cat (age 15) and has been very sick (allergies, irritable bowel syndrome, pancreatitis and an inflamed bile duct. She has been vomiting daily, more on this later), but just lately she seems to be doing significantly better!

KOSMO

Happy Holidays from Kosmo, our 5 year old pound kitty. He is a big lover. But not to fond of hats!         

KARMA

Merry Christmas from Karma, also 5 year old pound rescue and also not fond of the hat...it did not stay on long as you can see!

MORT

                   Ha!     Ho Ho Ho from a very annoyed Morty   
            
                            "Somebody stop the madness!"

Mort is the baby of the cat house hold and is 4 years old.  He was rescued by a friend, scooped up from out of the middle of a 6 lane freeway.

MICKIE

Happy New Year from grandma Connie's kitty. He almost 10 years old and a pound kitty too.  He has gotten more tolerant of the crazy household activities and is taking things in stride. Too band he closed his beautiful blue eyes.







And drum roll please....last but certainly not least...the terror of the household...                      

RYKER

Here's Ryker to wish you the happiest of holidays!  Ryker is 20 months old now and the spoiled "Golden Child" or my "first born" as the man of the house like to refer to him.  But you have to give him credit, other than some counter surfing and the fact that I have not been able to totally break him of jumping up on people he is very well behaved. He loves all people big and little, young and old and he loves other dogs and cats.
And he adores me!!!  I couldn't have asked for a better dog.  I have my Christmas present 24/7  : )











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A Christmas Card for You!

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Sandy here, or Ryker's mom as you all know me.
Christmas is almost here!  Consider this your Christmas Card via Blogland.  I also sent out my real world ones today...I had a couple of helpers by my side as I enjoyed my morning coffee and wrote my cards.

our fireplace mantel

our 3 foot tree

WE WISH YOU ALL THE HAPPIEST OF HOLIDAYS!

          

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OMG, Two feet of snow and minus 10 degrees!

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                   Ha, Gotcha!  But it is going to be at least -10 tonight...too bloody cold to snow!

( I got this one from the LaughingMonkeyStick http://laughingmonkeystick.blogspot.com  Thanks Shawn! )

                                                  OK, enough Christmas funny business!

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Baby Book

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This is my Baby Book from birth to six months of age. It ends with me missing something...Right Charlie?

                                                             Thank you Mom and Shutterfly!

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Wordless Wednesday

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Monster in our house!

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We have a Monster that lives in our house...I hear it stirring under the floor.  Then it makes a rumbling sound and after that it blows its hot breath up out of the floor at me and scares me!  Mom says that sounds like a dragon!

   Yep, that is where it lives. Down under that grate in the bathroom. Beware!  You can bet I am!


(I have to add that Ryker has been afraid of that heat vent for over a year and a half now. None of the other ones seem to catch his attention.  Maybe there is something down there?)





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Gingerbread Village Revisisted - The Finished Product

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Remember when I went to see Head Pastry Chef Joe Hickel and licked looked at his Gingerbread Village?  I thought I'd show you what it tastes looks like now.
You can see it live on their website at http://captaincookchristmas.com if you want.  You can even email him at chefjoe@captaincookchristmas.com.

This is the waterwheel house.  Doesn't it look cool?  I even licked cleaned up a little from the edge for him.  Yummy.

Mom says that's the Barker's family fixing up wagon wheels.  I listened but I didn't hear anybody bark.

                                                 Boy, Mr. Specking sure is busy.

                          Oh no, the cops are telling Santa he can't park here.  Grrrrr....  

                                        Looks like Mr. Scrooge is having a party.

                        Lots of little houses all over.  All the little people got to have a place to live!

                                       There's even a mountainside in the back.

       There's little people ice skating here.  The ice tastes like hard candy.  Trust me.  I know.  It's yummy.

This is the Karl Eid and Wally Hickel house.  Karl Eid was Chef Joe's mentor and Wally Hickel was Chef Joe's daddy.  Chef Joe says they're both in heaven now.  I think they live in the house.  I would.

This is Head Pastry Chef Joe Hickel.  He was happy when he got the Gingerbread Village done.  He works for three months getting everything ready and then starts building it in November.  Then it takes him about ten days or more to put it all together.  The whole lobby smells like gingerbread, chocolate and icing.  It's a yummy place to be.  Thanks for visiting and Merry Christmas!











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