IT'S ALIVE!!

I'm recovering slowly from the THIRD major respiratory infection in as many months, so I've been continually sick, more or less, since late September, including a major bout of pneumonia. That'll drag a person down, y'all. Trying to recover and hoping like crazycakes that 2013 will be a GREAT year, for you, me, our families, and the world! ONWARD!

Meanwhile, have a lovely seasonal pic of Martie in the snow:

Make new friends, but keep the old.

Hello, everyone! This is our new friend, Addy Walker! Well, actually, she's not new (except to us)--she's an original 1993 Addy American Girl from Pleasant Company. She belongs to Charlie's daughter, who got her for Christmas that year. Wow, that makes her 19! She's been carefully stored for years, re-discovered just a couple of days ago, and is now here for a spa treatment and a new dress made just for her. Addy will make a lovely Christmas Princess, don't you think?