Christms Quiz

Welcome to the Christmas edition of getting to know your friends. Okay, here's what you're supposed to do, and try not to be a SCROOGE!!! Just copy (not forward) this entire email and paste into a new e-mail that you can send. Change all the answers so that they apply to you. Then send this to a whole bunch of people you know, INCLUDING the person that sent it to you......Tis the Season to be NICE!

11. Wrapping paper or gift bags? I do my own thing. For years I have made fabric Christmas bags that are every size you will need and we can use them year after year. It is great and saves tons of time on Christmas Eve.

2. Real tree or Artificial? When the kids were little we did real but it was so much cheaper and less messy to go artificial.

3. When do you put up the tree? Right after Thanksgiving.

44.When do you take the tree down? The week after New Years Day. I take three or four days. That way the house doesn't seem so bare after all the warm and colorful Christmas Decorations. One year it was after Valentines Day. It had red lights and was so pretty.

5. Do you like eggnog? In small amounts.

6. Favorite gift received as a child? Probably my little red suitcase. My two sister each got a suitcase in a different color.

77. Hardest person to buy for? Carl

8. Easiest person to buy for? The grandkids

99. Do you have a nativity scene? At least thirty but why count?

10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail and I love the newsletters at Christmas.

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Can't remember any.

12. Favorite Christmas Movie? The Christmas Story. We watch it every Christmas, mostly on Christmas Day while are just lounging around.

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Depends on the year. Ideally in Oct but many years it was when we would get paid.

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Most definitely. I don't see anything wrong with it, just make sure it doesn't got back to the same family.

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? FOOD, TREATS.

16. Lights on the tree? Of course and lots of them.

17. Favorite Christmas song? I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day. I love Christmas music.

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Stay home in the morning then go to Joe's family for the afternoon and have dinner together.

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's? Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and of course…Rudolph.

20. Angel on the tree-top or a star? Angels

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Christmas morning. When the kids were little we always opened one gift on Christmas Eve.

22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? How early the stores put out Christmas decorations etc.

23. Favorite ornament theme or color? The last couple years it has been angels on our Christmas Tree

24. Favorite food for Christmas dinner? Yummy. Christmas Eve, always Chinese Food and Christmas Day Mexican Food

25. What do you want for Christmas this year? 37 or 40 " LCD TV

The cutest

I just thought you might enjoy seeing the three cutest grandkids there are (at this point of time) .

Beutiful New England Fall

The fall was one of the most beautiful falls I have ever seen. It was past peak but still just spectacular. I am going to post some of the pictures I took with my new camera. It took great pictures. The first ones are from Gloucester, The statue is a tribute to the fishermen lost at sea. Over 5000 men have lost their life since 1700. Lots of the shots are the ocean, the places in the area.

Back to New England

Joe and I got to go back to New England for 10 days this past week. We flew into Portland Maine.









We stayed with our friends for a couple of days. We have been friends for over 30 years. When we get together we seem to pick up our conversation right where we left off from our last time together. It is great to have friends like this.
We then left Maine and went to Gloucester, Massachusetts. We stayed at the Bass Rock Inn which is right on the beach. We stayed there four days. Joe went into Boston on the Train. They have a great transit system in Massachusetts. While Joe was at meetings I got to site see. I spend one day seeing Gloucester, a day each at Newburyport, Salem and Rockport. I love the history and I love New England. I loved the time when we lived in Nashua, NH. Next time we go back I want to get our family history out and find the places our ancestors lived.

Cool camera

I want a new camera! I have been looking at camera's every time I would stop in Best Buy, Sams etc. I was always looking for one that had a fast shutter speed. My digital camera is almost eight years old, has only 2 mega pixels and a very slow shutter/record time. I found the camera I had been dreaming about. It is a Canon, the PowerShot SD880 IS. It takes pictures fast and even can take one right after another, (continuous Shooting) has a large display screen and a Lithium-ion battery. I love how easy it is to use.