We had our annual jewelry making party last weekend - I spent more time chatting with Leona, Meredith and Kirby and helping out than I did creating, which is even better (like I need more earrings.....)  Here are two that I made.  It was such a nice time - it felt like we were almost back to normal....

 

Alex took the dogs for  walk in the field yesterday, and played with the camera on the new phones.  It's amazing how good our phones are as a camera!  The new iphone 13 pro has a telephoto lens - not as good as my real camera, but pretty darn good for a phone!  He got a picture of a hawk in the tree.

 

We lost Indy yesterday - he spent the weekend in ICU at Asher's with a bladder infection, pancreatitis, and abnormal blood sugar levels (he's been diabetic for years) and seemed to be getting better - enough to come home at least, but he died during the night.  What a sweet, odd-ball kitten he was.

 

I give up on the dog beds....they sleep where they want!  I piled up all the dog beds from the sewing/computer room so I could vacuum in there, and Luna decided to nap in all of them at once.  Talk about a bed-hog!

 

I took the dogs out for a walk, and Ripley is doing much better off-leash - she listens as well as Luna does (which really isn't saying much, but...better that she was!)

  

        

 

New hair cut!

 

AJ took time off from enjoying his birthday yesterday and helped me trim back the crepe myrtle trees.  (I think he actually likes cutting these down to nothing....though he will never admit that he likes anything about yardwork.)

 

I buy extra dog beds, scatter them all over the house, and where does Luna sleep???

 

I got my present from Margene yesterday - I love it!  A personalized ornament!

 

Some belated pictures from Christmas - a very quiet one for us.  The dogs got more presents than anyone else!  (And they deserve them, too!)  Luna was carrying two around at a time.

My present arrived Christmas Eve, and I have been having a lot of fun with it - AJ lined me up (aka did the research) with a Virtual Reality headset that I can play limited games on (unlike his computer that can handle a lot more games).  Since Beat Saber is available, I'm good!

We went down to Jeff's the day after Christmas for Christmas with his family.  Myra turned 2 in November, and Kody and Shannon announced they are expecting again!

Kirby's dog Max jumped up and snuggled with Alli - much to everyone's surprise!  He just fell asleep in her lap, and she let him!  

And the 2022 calendar has been ordered!  (Not in time for me to have by the first of January, but...it's ordered.)

 

 

Alex and I went to the Lights at Turtle Bay again this year - is was soooo crowded, but beautiful!