Almost Here ~

The big day is almost here.  It always arrives so quickly, but at long last, I am ready.  I had to pick up a few perishables at the grocery store today.  Crazy busy, but they had lots of registers open so it went surprisingly fast.  Tomorrow I will do all the prep I can to make Christmas Day as easy as possible.  There will only be six of us, but they are the most important people in my life.  Only my California son will be missing.

Thursday grandson Jake's orchestra played at a local mall.  He finally has his very own cello, a gift from his dad.  I do hope he keeps it up.

Today I spent a couple hours gift wrapping for Ohio Pug Rescue.  We wrap each year at Barnes and Noble who so graciously provide the paper and even allow us to bring in the pugs.  We work strictly for donations and people are most generous.  We even had one woman hand us a $100 bill.  OPR is an all volunteer group so no one gets paid.  100% of the donations goes to help the pugs.  Vet bills can be outrageous.  Remember my Pretty Girl?  (How could you forget her . . . lol?)  She had two surgeries while in rescue that probably totaled $2500 and her adoption fee was only $180. 
That's me in the tacky pug shirt holding Ernestine.  

I have been collecting patriotic items for many years.  Here are some of the Santas and a patriotic nutcracker.  The Santa on the back right is also a nutcracker.

In a small cupboard.  I opened the door because I could not avoid the glare of the glass. 

A few of my patriotic ornaments.

This snow guy just makes me smile :)

Thanks so much for stopping by.
Pug hugs :)
Lauren