Welcome little one

On Christmas Eve we welcomed a new member into our family. We had been on the hunt for quite sometime for the perfect family dog and protector. I had fallen in love with the American Bulldog breed when my sister in law and her hubby would bring their Am. bulldog here when they visited. So for the last year I had been looking for the perfect Am. bulldog puppy. There are different types of Am. bulldogs, and I wanted a certain type. I had all but given up the search when on a whim I was searching the Internet and I found her, my Bella. She was a little over 200 miles from us. The owner said that we could pick her up on Christmas Eve. So we spent Christmas Eve on the road with our new puppy. The kids loved her instantly and she loved us.

She is a sweet, loving, and sometimes rowdy little girl. Who at the moment is attacking my computer screen. Buffy and cats have grown to love her and her wet kisses. Life will never be boring while she is around that is for sure. So welcome dear Bella to our family. We love you.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

from our family to yours.

Candy, Candy, Candy

Today we got around to making some Christmas candy. Somehow last year I got out of making any, but this year I was not so lucky. Don't get me wrong I like making it, well most of it. I would like it more if I had a Kitchen Aid mixer to use. I borrowed one a few years ago to make my monstrous batch of buckeyes and it was so heavenly. No sprained wrist or counters covered in powdered sugar. You see it's the mixing of the stuff that I don't like. We went ahead and made them anyhow. Yes, my arms are tired but after mixing and dipping about 200 pieces of candy I'm all done in.

Along with buckeyes we made some yummy turtles. I tried a new caramel this year and it didn't work as well as my old caramel in years past but they are still yummy. We completed the evening by baking a pizza (not homemade) and watching The Santa Clause.

Tomorrow my son TT is planning on exchanging gifts with his girlfriend. They are still planning the get together. I just wait to see what they have cooked up. It was very sweet watching him shop for her. He was much more thoughtful than I would have believed him to be. There may be something to that saying that good guys treat their mother's good. He is pretty much by best bud, next to Poogie. I'm enjoying it while I can.

We also plan on making a gooey butter cake and chocolate covered pretzels tomorrow. Not near as messy as our adventure today thank goodness. Then I have to give as much candy away as I can so that I will not eat all of it, lol.