Love and Happiness

My husband and I have been married 32 years and this sentiment really does say it all. My husband is my best friend who I can tell anything to and he doesn't judge me. My husband makes me happy as he always lets me know he loves me even when I make mistakes. It has been a great marriage and if I had to pick again I would still pick him.

Toning Down Christmas

I turn on the television to watch the news and they are talking about how Malls and major retailers are trying to get everyone offline and back into their stores by offering bigger discounts.  They are luring the consumer in with freebies, games for the children, doing whatever it takes to get the American people to come back and shop in their store. Then the news goes to a commercial and it is for one of those stores telling you how they have a new sale that is bigger or better than Black Friday, or Black Friday has been extended.

What is happening is online vs. the retail stores. They are all selling the same stuff and much at the same discounted price; it just depends on your preference of shopping. There is more at stake than where I shop. I don't have the money to shop everywhere and I am tired of going into debt as I fall prey to all these sales gimmicks.

I for one am toning down Christmas this year. I am scaling back who I buy presents for as I don't think everyone needs a present to know I care about them. 

Kitten or 2 year old child

I have a kitten that is 8 months old. She thinks she needs to be where I am all the time. She has been rambunctious today. I shut the door when I went to the bathroom and she sat outside whining. I felt like I had a 2 year old saying, "Mommy come out." Sometimes I don't know if I have a kitten or a 2 year old child in the house with me. I love Abby and probably spoil her way too much. 

Anyway, once I opened the door she came in and sat on the bathroom rug. It was like she owned the bathroom. Then she was on the bathtub ledge and in between the shower curtain and liner. I took a couple of pictures and when I went back to look at this one picture I think she stuck her tongue out at me. She is so like a 2 year old child.

Blinds

We needed new blinds for our house. We have decided to go all vertical. The cats have ruined our other ones and we had one room where we decided to forgo the curtains and get blinds. We had to remove the old blinds and curtains the night before the installer came.



 So our windows looked like we had just moved in.
 We used a couple of small flannel blankets to cover the windows for the night.


Now our house looks great with all the new blinds. It is nice to update simple things like your window coverings. It makes the house look new again until the next change.

Mammogram

Went in for my annual mammogram this week. I went because my mom at 70 was diagnosed with breast cancer. My mom's sister a few years prior to that had breast cancer also. I have heard differing views as to why or why not have the mammogram. I went because my doctor thinks I should be screened. I have heard from others these x-rays can be the cause of the cancer. I was told with the newer technology there is very minimal exposure.

I am thinking if all is well this year I may skip next year. I have been doing more naturally as far as my health and not sure I want to expose myself to the possibility of getting breast cancer from the x-ray itself.

O Christmas Tree

Now that I have all my ornaments made I am using them for one of my Christmas trees. I had a lot of fun decorating this tree.
I am not usually a very creative person by nature but I  decorated this tree using my new ornaments made with empty essential oil bottles and a few other decorations.

Oil bottle Christmas Tree

Christmas Ornaments

I have many empty essential oil bottles and I hate throwing them away. I have found a way to make them into ornaments for one of my Christmas trees. Here is the video of how to make ornaments with the empty oil bottle: