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Across the Fence:  What a wonderful Christmas Eve!!!  |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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 Posted - Dec 24 2007 : 6:29:30 PM
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We spent this Christmas Eve sortof hanging around, snacking, listening to music. We decided to take one of our long walks in the woods with the dogs (photos to follow) and Jus, my husband, just kept bugging me about opening our gifts to each other. I personally don't like to open gifts until Christmas day, so I managed to put him off until after our walk....
Here is Jus, the pied piper with the dogs...cracks me up--all bottoms!!
Here are two of the four (the other two are perimeter sniffers)...
Here is what they were sniffing, among countless deer tracks
and when we got home, he just kept after me about the gifts, so after I got dinner started (what glorious request did he have for Christmas Eve you ask???? Meatloaf, creamed peas--our peas from the garden--and new potatoes)....so I GAVE IN, and this is what was WELL worth waiting for!!!!
Wow. He listened, and they're the right size and everything,and those little devil dolls cracked me up riding in the top of my boots! He knew that I never liked "traditional doll babies" so this is what he got me...I also got a lovely card, which he's also never done before. So, a good day all around!
Wishing you the same, and an even better Christmas Day..p.s. DON'T peek at your presents yet  !!!!
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
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Posted - Dec 24 2007 : 6:41:58 PM
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What a wonderful day you had. I sit here alone---well not really---just me and the dogs. But tomorrow will be lively. The boots, the devil dolls and a card---what a guy, lucky you.
Jonni, yesterday on the telly was a documentary about Ruffian. I remember her so well---a female in a man's world. So beautiful and so tragic.
MERRY CHRISTMAS MB
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"Life may not be the party we hoped for...but while we are here we might as well dance!" |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Dec 24 2007 : 6:48:00 PM
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Well, Marybeth, it's you and me, sister (and the dogs!) Jus left for his grandparents a few hours ago--I have so much to do for tomorrow's dinner, and I just really didn't have the energy. We had such a good day, and I've been sitting on the sofa, listening to medieval carols, with a nice glass of wine. Quiet Chrismases are good ones, too
He was so thoughtful to get me those boots--mine are plumb worn out, and I've had them since I was 19....they've done me good. You can't tell in the photo, but they're a dark chocolate color...so nice!!!
Our day will explode tomorrow when we trek to 3 different homes, then home to make dinner for my mom and some friends who don't have any family....so taking the time now :)
Well, Marybeth, you and I can chat away the hours until tomorrow, or we each fall asleep--whichever comes first!!!!
I hope your day tomorrow, is wonderful!
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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Linda Houston
True Blue Farmgirl
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Linda
Lake Charles
Louisiana
USA
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Posted - Dec 24 2007 : 6:49:00 PM
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Thank you for sharing your Christmas Eve with us. What beautiful pictures and your boots are the best.
Have a glorious day tomorrow
Linda H. |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Dec 24 2007 : 6:50:12 PM
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Oh, the wine must be getting to me! I forgot to say what I was thinking about Ruffian and anything televised about her...I just can't bear to watch it. I watched it as a child, I read everything I could get my hands on, but I just adored her, and she was SUCH the quintessential lady---more elegance there never was, though she did have a stinky temper. Hey, she was in a man's world!!!.
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Dec 24 2007 : 6:59:08 PM
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You too, Linda! Glad to see I'm not the only lonely hanging out on the forum on Christmas Eve! It's 10:00 here and I'm just listening to the dogs snore...thinking of going out to back yard under the VERY clear night sky and send my wishes for the New Year out.
Be back!
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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knewslady
True Blue Farmgirl
555 Posts
Kathy
Russellville
KY
USA
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Posted - Dec 24 2007 : 9:55:25 PM
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You should make it out the door if you haven't gone to bed yet, the moon is absolutely gorgeous. Christmas Eves are kind of lonely around here since the kids are all grown and they decide to spend the time with their dad. But that could be the beginning of a big pity party. Anyway, it was nice to see your photos and know how lucky you are to have someone who loves you.
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
3410 Posts
Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
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Posted - Dec 24 2007 : 9:56:44 PM
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Jonni you arent alone, we had dinner and our christmas here today,there are so many places the family have to go to but it is so lonely tonight, Maybe this is part of growing older. We go to my moms in London tomorrow so I will get to be with the family again except for my son and they will be spending the day with the his girl friends family, You know the hardest thing is when the baby of the family is not with you I think to how really blessed I am with a wealth of friends I love my adopted family out in Idaho, and how I would love to see all of them again.How I wish I could change some things I have been thru, like going to see my mother in law more, she was so good to me and taught me so much, I do have one thing I intend to do and that is to go see my mom and dad as often as possible, I know at their age that I wont always be able to, Jonnie I have to get out of this lonely spell I am going to have to go back to the laughing page Miss Wilma
I am a farm girl married to a sewing machine
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4741 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Dec 25 2007 : 11:37:45 AM
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Love the pictures, thanks for sharing! We had a wonderful Christmas Eve and so far, Christmas Day! I hope all of you farmgirls & your families are having a very Merry Christmas Day!
Dawn in IL |
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2899 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
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Posted - Dec 25 2007 : 6:29:02 PM
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Oh Jonni! What a great gift. Your hubby is very thoughtful & having met him, he is just so cute. I can just see him pestering you to open gifts. Where do you guys walk your dogs?? Is Finn the white dog?? I just love your shepherd Rose too.
We celebrated with my sister today. Jim & I will wait until Saturday, since he has to get up at 3 the rest of the week to work, so it will be nice to have some time on the weekend to relax with just him & I.
Sounds like you had a great holiday. YOu deserve it |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Dec 25 2007 : 7:42:42 PM
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It was a great day, Lisa! I'm so glad that you got to celebrate with your sister--I bet the "grazing" was top notch :) It was really cute--he kept saying, "you should open your gifts before we go on a walk!" I'm very happy with the boots and today's Christmas with my mom was overwhelmingly thoughtful. I hope that you and Jim have a nice long weekend together--will he get the holiday Monday and Tuesday as well?
Finn is the white dog and Rose is the shepherd...the other "bums" you see in the photo (besides Jus') are Elie and Daisy Bad-Seed. We have an acre, that connects to a creek bed which winds WAY back into woods formerly farm land, now owned by the water company and the railroad. Noone ever back there but atv's and there are nice trails already through the woods. A few weeks back, Daisy found us a wild turkey feather. We take about an hour to an hour and 1/2 walk and they really love running and smelling, and getting wet in the creek.
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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Edited by - KYgurlsrbest on Dec 25 2007 7:46:19 PM |
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2899 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
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Posted - Dec 26 2007 : 10:50:32 AM
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Jonni
That is so cool that you have a place like that to walk so close to home. Do you live in Elsmere City or outside of city limits?? If you are in the city that is truly a neat thing to have a woods that allows a 1 1/2 hr walk so close by. Looks like the dogs are leading the way, just like the one's at Jennifer's that day. |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Dec 26 2007 : 10:56:24 AM
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We live within the city limits. The street was platted in the 1900's, and at that time, the woods and land surrounding was farmland. Now, no more farm (boo) but the land is still there. Most of the lots have at least a quarter to a half an acre--we have just about an acre as do each of our neighbors. We're VERY lucky to have such a spot like that within city limits.
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
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Farmtopia
True Blue Farmgirl
1465 Posts
Zan
New York
New York
USA
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Dec 27 2007 : 05:53:01 AM
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Thanks, Zan-I do, too!! Our good friend, Julie Judge, makes them...she used to live in Brooklyn (and me, too!, and I bought one for my mother for Christmas (he has a "13") on his tummy, and a pic of Paul(McCartney)from the Revolver Album sewn on his bum, and I just loved them but couldn't justify buying myself one...so my man did!
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
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Across the Fence: What a wonderful Christmas Eve!!! |
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What a wonderful Christmas Eve!!!
