Cats Escaping, Food, Dining Room Dressed for Christmas and GUESS WHAT?? We Bought a Nearly New Car!!

 Not only have our cats been escaping lately - but Amber's Bandit escaped, too!

While ours only stayed out for hours - Bandit was gone for days!

Amber was so excited when she finally enticed him to come in!

We are so attached to our feline 'family' that we fear for their safety and worry about them when they get out! I've put ours in 'isolation' aka the guest room when we are going in and out a good bit.

Better safe than sorry with their welfare at risk.

These are pampered cats and not prepared to deal with the 'real world.'

I've been continuing decorating for Christmas and - NO - I did not finish by December first!

It's a work in progress and as I move on to a new room - I go back and add things to the one before.....

as in setting my collectiomn of Christmas book under the living room tree!

I've been cooking every day and this is a fried cabbage and onion dish.

It paired well with a lemon seasoned pork loin and sweet potatoes.

The Christmas cradinal tree is done in the dining room.

A small scale center piece using a siler tray to hold an evergreen wreath with pine cones and faux berries surrounding a candle.

I used a lot  of greenery, pine cones, faux berries, white fairy lights and red in the dining room.

The smaller scaled metal chairs make this room more open and spacious.

Every room seems to take on its own personality.

Rayne will be our only grandchild not to be here on Christmas Eve but she is in my heart and I have her pic here to keep me company.

The dining room is now done - and I added some things but didn't take pics.

Enough is enough!

Tuesday was a super special day for us!

Jesse came over before 2:00 and took us to the credit union to finish up membership papers and then on to the dealership to see the car he found for us.

I told him I wanted a 2022 Chevrolet Equinox and that's what he found for me!

He gifted us several hours of his time and by the end of the day - I had a new car!!

It was dark by then and he drove us home.

What a wonderful car buying experience thanks to my amazing son!

Thank you, Jesse!!!

I woke up early this morning and went straight out to the front porch to look at my new car!

Not only my heart was smiling - but so was the car!!

Can you SEE it??

I'm cooking something everyday and this morning it was a skillet breakfast.

I used my favorite iron skillet and put a large tortilla on the bottom and topped it with four eggs, seasonings, chopped bell pepper, red onions and a jalapeno topped with chopped up turkey and finally a splash of half and half and then shredded cheese!

I served it with a dollop of sour cream and it was SO good!

While Louis Dean puttered in his music room - I spent the afternoon doing errands.

First the Dollar store for batteries, cat litter, canned pumpkin, make up face wipes, dishwasher pods and batteries.

Next up was the post office where I put nearly ALL the over 200 Christmas cards in the drop box.

I will finish the rest tomorrow and mail them off!

My third stop was the thrift store and I bought ONW item! A garland of silver icicles for our bedroom for $2.

On to Aldi for all sorts of good things from wines to Christmas cactus to fresh fruits and veggies and things for a Christmas tea with the grands, flavored gourmet coffees and more!

My last stop was at Walgreens to pick up a Rx for Summer - she will be back pretty soon for a visit.

After unloading everything and putting it all up - I did not get to Louis Dean's bathroom and the hall - which I intended to clean and decorate today.

No worries! I will do it tomorrow and then on to our bedroom, the guest room, sewing room and the gazebo! It's a labor of love and I'll enjoy it all through the winter!

So now I have a fire in the fireplace and dinner is ready.

LD and I will eat and watch a program and then I will go back to working on the last batch of Christmas cards.