and so it ends... and begins again...

the video is the vehicle... it's the words... not to worry - we won't forget - you were here....

it's the most wonderful time of the year...

.... or so i've been told.... there are packages to wrap and cookies to bake and cards to fill out and address - there are people to call and people to see and people to maybe catch a cold from - there are carols to sing and church pews to fill and wonder to feel....

 and just the day after tomorrow,

yes tomorrow, we will have survived all of the above with verve and can look forward to out with the old and in with the new... in just a week from the most wonderful time of the year...

if it's so wonderful.... um... why is it at the very end of the year?

twelve fourteen

without it.. there wouldn't have been...












so today ... will always.. be a good day...



always....

T is for Turkey and Two... S is for

skating! i bet you thought i was going to say Santa - but that is yet to come

Thanksgiving weekend was a birthday weekend for the little miss, who is now officially 2! The other milestone was the first foray into the sport with skates and ice - lol - she's been walking around the house in double-runners for weeks now - and was not much of a fan of ice to start - but once she figured out that daddy wouldn't let her fall - the buzzword of the day was .. "MORE?"

there was also the third in the wedding trilogy - but those are photos for another day...

11 11 11

when i talk about soldier socks.. these are the socks... and the soldiers - on this veteran's day i renew my commitment to honor veterans of past conflicts and the troops that serve our country today - as it says at the end - we won't stop knitting til the last soldier steps off the plane onto american soil

...and i love you

my love will fly to you each night on angel's wings.... godspeed... sweet dreams.... and i love you...

shine

um... yes ... they are playing in a bathroom

_______________________



I hear you walkin around this house sometimes
I wish you never chose to cross that line
Now you walk among the famous ones
You're the angels' sun, but now you're gone
And you chose to shine
Sorry, but you know that we're
Far from fine



he won't be comin' home for quite some time
Guess I'll have to see you on the other side
Now you walk among the famous ones
You're the angels' sun, but now you're gone and you....
You chose to shine
Even on the line
Sorry, but you know that we're
Far from fine
I will live these days, (no, I won't)
I will live these days, (no, I won't)
I will live these days, no I won't hide....
No I, I won't hide



I feel you next to me, your eyes so bright
Never thought I'd see the world so kind
Now you walk among the famous ones
You're the angels' sun, but now you're gone and you...
You chose to shine
Sorry but you know that we're
Far from fime
I will live these days, (no, I won't)
I will live these days, (no, I won't)
I will live these days, no I won't hide
No I, I won't hide, I won't hide



I know you're watching me
Your father's so proud
You were born to be the talk of the crowd
But now you walk among
The famous ones
You're the angels' sun, and now you're gone and you
You chose to shine
Even on that line
Sorry, but you know we're far from fine

I will live these days, (no, I won't)
I will live these days, (no, I won't)
I will live these days, no, I won't hide
No I, I won't hide

I won't hide, I won't hide, no, I wont' hide