OUR MEERKAT

 Coco can be very cute... sometimes.

ABOVE:  There she is ... trying to be a Meerkat.

Begging for food from Stew's plate.

Never gunna happen. 

Well, not while I'm looking anyway. 😊

Since I got home from Aussy, she's been on a diet!

Stew had kinda over fed the dogs ... so now they are being given less food until they have slimmed down a bit.

Not that Coco is THAT bad.  But I am very aware that it's not good for smaller dogs to get overweight.

It puts undue pressure on their organs and joints.  

Why don't we worry about our own bodies the same I wonder?  

Oh well... I might ponder that another day.

I'm still tired, so for now, I am going to roll over and grab just a few more winks until the little boys arrive.

They are coming over for a couple of hours while Steve and Bex do some gift shopping WITHOUT kids.

Dante's 8th birthday is in 11 days.

Then of course it's freakin' Christmas!

AND after Christmas?

STEW'S 60TH!  We are not planning a big party ... just a small family gathering here at our home.

It's been a hell of a year, and I for one just don't feel like having lots of people in my face.

I still feel quite rattled, like I could cry at the drop of a hat.

I know that's normal, and it will take time to get my 'happy' back.  

Sheesh, that's not what I had planned to yabber on about!  

RIGHT... I'm off to cat nap a bit longer.

See ya later.

ONWARD...

9.55 am:  And the children duly arrived.

And OMG those singing/dancing Christmas ornaments got a thrashing.

So I quietly got out some paper and pencils etc... and started drawing a little swirly design, talking to myself about how awesome the colours were.

Next thing:

ABOVE:  Little boys happily, (and quietly), entertained.

Mission accomplished.

ABOVE:  So I wanted a name for our Reindeer.

NOT Rudolf.

And this morning Stew came up with the perfect name.

RICHARD, he's the 'serious one'. He's studying to be an Accountant.

Don't ask.  Just don't.

I used to 'worry' about posting so many photos of Dante and Archer on my blog.

Because we seemed to 'favor' them over our other grandchildren.

But now I have come to realise that it's not actually our 'fault' they feature so heavily on my blog at all.

It's not down to us.  Steve and Bex go out of their way to ensure we see Dante and Archer regularly.  We LOVE that.

So, if you are a family member and wonder why your kids are not on here... ask YOURSELF why?

No more feeling guilty for us. 

And having said that:

ABOVE:  Finished masterpieces.  They are rather proud of themselves.

And even better for us, they are doing more!

It's so quiet!  😂😁😅

Lunch today is going to be home made club sandwiches.  I just finished making some cheese and onion filling.  It's so much better than ANY bought cheese and onion sandwich.

Well lunch went down very well.  After lunch the men took one of our brown leather couches over to Steve 'n' Bex's.  It was taking up too much room in our sunroom.

They are going to use it in their garage.

Then Stew and I went down to the garden center and bought some more potting mix and three water plants for the pond.

ABOVE:  When I arrived home from Australia, there were a few really lovely lily plants in the pond.

They were doing really great, not eaten at all.

Now?

All eaten!

So the pond got new plants today, hopefully ones the fish can't eat, as they are out of the water predominantly. 

See the big pot on the left, in the pond?

I had it by the front door, and constantly thought it would look neat in the pond.

What do ya think?   I like it there.

9 pm:  And it's been a nice day.  We got a few jobs done around the house and section.  The lawn got mowed.  Pulled some weeds and got the pond looking really lovely.

Now... watching some TV before bed.