Misha has a Visitor

Our dog Misha had a little visitor today. She is 5 years old and full of excitement awaiting a visit from Santa.

~Jackie

December 22

Its beginning to look like WINTER....brrr

I took the following pictures Saturday at Presque Isle. I really needed to go shopping Saturday but the sky was awesome and we just had an ice storm so you know that calls for a brief side trip for a mini photo shoot. Luckily it was freezing and I did not wear a hat or gloves so that did keep me some what to my tasks to do that day or I might have wanted to wait all day for the perfect shot.

Thank you for looking. ~Jackie

Christmas Elves Finishing Up

Gosh it has been over a month since I last wrote an entry or shared pictures. Before Thanksgiving Jim and I started our annual family Christmas project where we work together to create a little homemade gift. Jim loves woodworking and I love to paint. We rarely have time for either of those activities though out the year so it's a fun time when we can pull some ideas together and come up with some sort of Christmas creation. As much as we love this project boy is it hard work!!!! We really challenged ourselves this year. Last year I bought Jim a router so that necessitated a design which he could round the edges. He was very busy with all the special features cutting notches and building little jigs to make some of his steps easier. My job painting was a little less imaginative but I still found plenty of time to whine that I won't be able to figure out how to paint the face or why did I put so much holly on these? lol. Well, any way we got all 16 done and all in the mail last week or delivered personally and are so happy they all reached you safely and that you loved them. Thought I would share a few pics of the elves at work.

Jim Wearing His Dad's WoodShop Apron to Begin the 2008 Santa

Early Faces

Me Painting in the Background

A Few Finished Santas Backside View

So in these last few days before Christmas and the cold winds and snow are blowing outside Jim and I are inside, relaxed that our project is done and looking forward to Christmas day. Kara dear, you know how much I will miss you this year being your first Christmas away but I know you and Michael will have a nice Christmas down in S.C. Hope you can all relax a bit this week. Merry Christmas all.

Green Finger Project

Abby went to DC this past week end with some classmates to participate in a Green Festival. This is a festival devoted on education and awareness of environmental initiatives that DC is participating in along with education forums devoted on sharing how neighbors, community non profits, and city departments are working together to make their cities healthier places to live. STERIS, the company Jim and I work for are working hard to release Green products to surgical suites and other healthcare or scientific labs.

In the right had column of my blog you may notice a section titled Family Links. The first link titled Abby Goes Green will set you up to a U-Tube Video.

When you click that link the video Abby is on will cue up. You will see a screen that looks similar to my screen shot below. See where I circled in red...You will see an option to view this in high quality. It is best to watch this in high quality. If your computer states to view this in low quality click here do not do anything. Your system is all ready defaulted to high res.There is music playing so make sure your speakers are on. By the way Abby is the first one up and the cutest so be watching.

Thanks for looking.

~Jackie

Sunday, November 9th

Thanks for looking. ~Jackie

November 08-08

This morning actually turned out to be fairly nice. I went to Presque Isle to take a few shots before grocery shopping. Thanks for looking.

~Jackie

November 5th

With the time change last Sunday I have very little time to take any daily pictures. Knowing that it was going to be a beautiful day here I decided to pack my camera and head over to Presque Isle for lunch. Gosh!!!I wish I could have stayed all day waiting for some wildlife to appear but only had a few minutes to take a few shots. Sometimes its nice just to get some fresh air.

Thanks for looking. ~Jackie