Day 346...New Years Eve Dusting

Day 346

Well, our meager forecast for 2-4 inches of snow

turned out to be even less...really, maybe an inch...

not much more than just a dusting.

It was such a nice day to have a snow storm because 

I WAS HOME and didn't have to go anywhere! 

I'm sure we'll have a big one on one of my busiest workdays!

Day 345...Our Day With Max! :)

Day 345

We got to spend a very special day today with our little grandson Max!

What a doll!

See for yourself!

I'm so happy I have at least one post in this 365 days

with each one of our grandchildren!

Day 344...Saturday Sliders

Day 344

Work and on the road to St. Charles to see Max!

My cell phone served me well for my Saturday photos!

 A quick stop in Columbia so Mark could get his "fix"

 then on to St. Charles and check-in!

Day 343...A Self-Portrait...(kind of)

Day 343

A little playtime behind/infront of the camera!

Behind the camera is where I feel most comfortable so

this is it for self-portraiture!

Day 342...My Kitties! :)

Day 342

My baby kitty girls...

Michi 

 Orange Cat

Day 341...Abby And The Pups :)

Day 341

It's the day after Christmas and the

doggies want some Christmas leftovers, too!

Day 340...Waiting For Santa

Day 340

Just past midnight, it's Christmas Day now!

The magic is always there...

Even for Meadow baby...
she's waiting for Santa! :)

Merry Christmas and many blessings, 

From The Kane house to yours!

My sweet Meadow wanted to stay up so she could see Santa!

 Gotta love Mark's idea to turn on the Yule log channel for the photo op!!! :)

My crooked, but pretty tree! :/

Many hours later, after Santa's arrival, a yummy Christmas dinner 

and opening all the packages, 

I corralled and coerced our gorgeous kids and granbabies

 and managed to catch a photo!

Wishing our other grandbabies could've been in this photo, too 

but we did get to see them this Christmas season also! 

I'm a very happy and very blessed GiGi! :)

Day 339...Christmas Eve With Mom :)

Day 339

Christmas is here once again!
What a special, beautiful time of year.

My Mom loves Christmas! 

I love you, Momma!

All the kids kind of showed up at different times this year throughout the day.

Wish we could've all been there together but 

 Kaley, Abby and Birdie showed up to see their Grandma while Mark and I were there!

 Kaley, Mom (Thelma) and Abby

♥ Me and my sweet Momma! ♥

Day 338...A Haunted Christmas

Day 338

So, here it is!

The eerie, vacant and abandoned old home 

that I photographed much earlier in my 365 day challenge.

As I mentioned in that first post, 

it always has a tree in the window during the Christmas season.
Creeeepy!
I thought it wasn't going to happen this year though.
The tree finally just appeared this week.

And, this is the first year the tree has been in the upstairs window.

The old, gnarly cedar tree in the front yard has now been taken down, too.

I loved that old tree. It just added to the haunted feel!

Here's my first photo from several months back on Day 41, 2/29/12

Day 337...The Tree (again)

Day 337

Still trying to get a nice shot of the tree!

Hmmm, The tree definitely needed more ornaments...

and I'm thinking those useless things we call "bows"

on my packages may've also made the photo more attractive.

Oh well, I don't do bows.

The cheap ones aren't attractive and therefore not worth it.

And making pretty bows is too much work!

I'm lucky to get everything wrapped!!! :)

Day 336...Long. Drive. Home.

Day 336

Today,  while driving home to Liberty from Overland Park,
I saw things that I usually never notice while making this drive.

That's because normally I would be driving fast on the highway,

(going the speed limit, of course,) and paying attention to all the speeding traffic,

which wouldn't allow for much "sightseeing," so to speak.

Well, not today!

To clarify, yes, I was paying attention but you can really see quite a bit 

while rolling along at racing speeds of 5 to 10 mph.

I think everyone in the KC metro area was off work early and out on the roads.

I didn't see one accident that should have caused such a back up in traffic.

It was awful.

Driving at such slow speeds and sometimes even at a stop,

I was able to take this pic with my cell phone .

A very nice sight to see such a pretty sunset behind me while headed North on I-35.

An hour and a half after pulling away from the salon in Overland Park

I finally arrived home.

Day 335...Grateful Birdies

Day 335

I'm so glad we finally got around to purchasing a bird bath defroster.

We have so many more birds than I've ever seen before in the winter.

They literally just sit there and drink, and drink, and drink some more.

It makes me sad to think they can't find water.

I hope they tell all their "facebook friends"... :)

Day 334...Batch #4?

Day 334

Or maybe it's #5 

I've lost count already!

Been up to my elbows in powdered sugar these days!

Day 333...Favorites!

Day 333

♪ ...these are a few of my favorite things... ♪

Along with whiskers on kittens and

all that other good stuff!

:)

OH...by the way...this is the best Egg Nog I've ever had!!!

Why am I not surprised!? :)

Day 332...My Day

Day 332

Today was a fun and busy day spent with my Abby girl!

Orthodontist check up, shopping, lunch and then home 

to do hair and bake/make some Christmas goodies!

Fun day together! 

Makes my heart a happy one!

My day :)

Day 331...Late Night Scramble

Day 331

I spent the day decorating my house for Christmas 

and this evening after dinner, finishing up!
(I've been sooo behind this year) :/, 

Then I sat watching movies with Abby!

It's been so long since we've done that! I loved it!

Even though she fell asleep! :)

I lost track of time and it was 11:45 pm

 before I remembered I needed a photo.

This photo was the result of my late night scramble.

Not well planned out but hey,

once again I find myself saying...

at least I took a photo!!

Day 330...My Friends Tree

Day 330

My friend Vickie's tree looked so festive and beautiful with all the gifts under it!

It asked me to take it's picture! :)

Day 329...Gift Bag Santa... :)

Day 329

A cheery little Santa face...

Straight from the gift bag, through my cell phone, to this blog!

Photo of the day! :)

Day 328...Meteor Shower

Day 328

Tonight Mark and I went up North of Polo, MO
with some neighbors to watch the meteor shower.

I took my camera in hopes of getting a starry night shot
but that turned out to be a BIG bust.

So much for that but we did see the most amazing meteor ever!!! 

I'm sure it was a once in a lifetime sighting.

It was so very close. It had to of been within our atmosphere.

We could clearly see that it had measurable size, a blue/green glowing head and 

orange glowing tail...it was unbelievable! 

I'm so glad I got to see something that awesome!

But...this was what my night sky photo attempt came out to be...

Oh well, another time! 

Day 327...Turning Over

Day 327

Today while rolling up to a stop sign I noticed my odometer was at 99,999

By the time I got stopped, it had turned over!

She's sure a good car...hope she stays that way.

Poor girl gets at least 80 miles a day minimum,

sometimes closer to 100.

Day 326...A Peppermint Plunge!

Day 326

Ron was sooo happy to be back for the Christmas season!

He jumped right in his peppermint pool to relax after 

his long journey from the North Pole!

Day 325...Where's Da Baby?

Day 325

Yes, there is a sweet, cute and cuddly little guy inside that penguin hat!

What a doll. And such a good boy too! 

He slept the entire time while his mommy got her hair done!

:)

GiGi sure loves her babies!

Day 324...He's Back

Day 324

He's back.

And he finally has a name.

He went through the entire season last year without one.

Meet Ron...Ron Swanson. 

And he wants OUT of this box!

Day 323...My Tree

Day 323
First, Happy Birthday, Michael...I love ya, Bud! :)

Got my tree up today!

FINALLY!!!

I wasn't sure it would ever get done this year.

But it did!

Still needs some finishing touches.

Somethings missing and I can't put my finger on it!

Hmmm...I see another tree photo somewhere in the near future.

When I get it the way I think it should be! :)

Day 322...Bob's

Day 322

Three words...

These. Are. GOOD.

Yes indeed!

Day 321...Little Tree, Oh Little Tree

Day 321

Christmas tree photo from Photographx Unlimited!

A last minute, cell phone photo taken after clean up from our club Christmas party.

Between work and set up for the party...this was it for the day! 

It was a great day, and a fun party! 

Day 320... Squaw Creek

Day 319

What a beautiful day!

A little windy and cool...but beautiful!

Mark was able to go on a photography field trip today with me!

So much fun, time spent together and photography friends too!

Happy camper, that's me!
These are my favorites from the afternoon at Squaw Creek!

Day 319...So Frustrated...:(

Day 319
My story of the day!

Sooo...this evening, I formatted the memory card in my camera preparing for

a photography club field trip tomorrow...BUT

I had NOT yet uploaded my photo for the day today...

Sad, so sad...unless I can find a photo on my cell phone camera that I took today,

there will be no "photo of the day"...

It will be two days in the last 320 days that I don't have a photo to post.

Except this time, I DID have a photo...

just didn't pay enough attention to the card before I formatted!

errrrr....super frustrated with myself!!!

OK...I looked at my cell phone gallery...
FOUND A PHOTO I TOOK OF MY BABY JAX!!!
YEE HAW....YAAAY!!! A PHOTO! :)
Here's my boy this morning, watchin' his 'toons!

Geeez...the results of delayed posting and a bad memory have reared their ugly heads...

I'm NOT removing this cute, adorable photo of Jax but I just realized this photo was actually taken on Monday...not Tuesday...So technically...no photo of the day for today's post. :( 

Oh well.... :/

Day 318...More Lights

Day 318

Christmas lights at Belvoir Winery

Day 317...Recipe of Memories

Day 317

Delicious, loving memories!

Day 316...Not My House

Day 316

Pretty as a picture.

I don't normally like when people only decorate their shrubs but not the house

This case is the exception.

I've always loved the way my neighbors light these shrubs.

I think it's beautiful!!!

Day 315...Low Lighting It

Day 315

Playing around some more with low lighting...

seeing what I can come up with.

Needing some help, I think.

 "ehhh" on the candlelight..I'll keep trying.

Hmmm, I think I need different candles, right? :)

seriously, I see "attitude" in these faces!

Day 314...Christmas Kisses!

Day 314

Christmas Kisses! 

Not sure these kisses will make it long enough to put on top of cookies!

Day 313...Hands Down, The Best, Ever!

Day 313

As I was sitting, eating, and enjoying this wonderful,

 homemade Chex Mix snack I had my light bulb moment for the day!

Yes, I must pay tribute to best Chex Mix that's ever crossed my lips!

TA DA!!! Chex Mix photo of the day!!!

There is nothing quite as yummy to the tummy as

when I get to devour some of Sally's very special recipe!

Made by Sally, of course...not me.

I have yet to even try and duplicate this one.

She has it down...hands down...

the BEST EVER! 

Thank you, Sally! 

Day 312...The Plaza Lights 2012

Day 312

What a fun day! 

Friends and photography! :)

What more could a girl ask for?

I had an awesome day!

 at sunset