merry christmas to all!

...and to all a good night.

Mele Kalikimaka & Hao'le Makahiki Hou!

Last night I was thinking about Aunt Mary and her first Christmas without Uncle Jim...it will be a sad one for her.

Last night I watched excerpts from the old Andy Williams Christmas specials from the 60's on PBS. I think Donny Osmond is my age. I cry at everything these days and I got teary eyed watching the old specials. I think I have subconscious memories of watching the Christmas specials every year and it makes me miss the old ones who have gone on. I think my heart shakra must be open because I'm not historically an emotional person and a rare crier. But these days everything makes me cry...Hawaiian Christmas music, looking through old photo albums, thinking about how much I love my parents.

I will attach a picture of me and my pack. These critters keep me up and moving, even on the tough days. As I write this I'm getting my 4th chemo treatment out of 12...that puts me 1/3 of the way through! Yay!

I want to wish all the Nachtigal's a Merry Christmas and Happy and Blessed New Year. Here's to all of our good health and prosperity in the coming New Year.

if you like the balderdash

i've made a whole blog of it. come and check it out.

a big baby doll and a manicure set

was that pud or irma's christmas wish?

and what do YOU want for christmas?

russian tea cakes

in our family, we always made tons of different kinds of christmas cookies. these were the ones that went fastest and had to be made repeatedly:

russian tea cakes

1 C butter
1/2 C powdered sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
2-1/4 C flour
3/4 C pecans or walnuts, finely ground (preferably in one of those lovely nut grinders that attaches to the top of a jar)

stir it together. roll them into balls, smash with a fork so it makes a criss-cross pattern. bake for 8-10 minutes in a 400F oven. roll the baked cookies in powdered sugar.

eat. repeat.

this'll freak you out...

try this if you're bored.

Trailer House, South Dakota style!

can it really be true?

that not a single person has a single thanksgiving story to share?