Happy Birthday Baby Duck.....

Tonight was swell. I sing your praises. Love, Mammy Duck

Simple Holiday Pleasures....

A perfect coffee from our Nespresso machine (thank you Adriana!!!), and amazing flowers from a dear friend.

Meanwhile, back at the Store...

Meet (or re-meet) Cedric, who is personally responsible for getting you all of those glorious packages.

Meanwhile, back at the house....

Alysa has been cooking NONSTOP...mostly cookies, but I think dinner will be waiting when we get home. We are in sugar shock at our house. But loving it!

Happy Chanukah

Enjoy the Menorah which was lit at Galleria the first night of Chanukah...with lots of children singing Chanukah songs.

Holiday Visitors.....

We just love our holiday visitors, and it is great catching up. In the midst of the cold, a wonderful breath of Spring fever and colors from Lynne & the boys, and shown at the top: Richard & Danny, who have been together for 33 years, and whom we met 23 years ago.

The 95' Tree at Galleria...

Santa on skates was not the only pyrotechnic show....the lighting of Galleria's 95 foot tree was spectacular, if you could make your way past the crowds of spectators.

Missile Toes Santa at Galleria...

Yes, he is the back flipping, pyrotechnic skating Santa and we just love his annual appearance to light the tree. Y'all come on out for 2 more performances, December 13 and 20th at 5pm. And don't forget to stop by to say hi....

Thank you Rick

Happiness is a beautiful flower arrangement and this one was amazing. Rick, how are you going to top it next week?

Breaking Promises.....

We'll see how long these posts stay up since I promised the kids I wouldn't. Oh, well. It was amazing to see Abby, Sadie and Alysa reunited for Thanksgiving (shown with "Wild Eddie"...no, I did not retouch his eyes). And I couldn't help but snap a pic of Jake being interviewed on the news about the Bushes moving into the neighborhood in January. Just love my kids, so forgive me and don't ask me to remove the posts, guys.

I'm Back.......

My blog site says this is the 438th post and it's about time I crank up the blog updates....but we have been in the midst of the holiday season of showing, selling, & shipping of the most glorious jewelry on the planet (my Cinci friend calles it a state of "high frappe"). So stay tuned while I catch up, working backwards from Thanksgiving .....(thanks, Kim, for keeping those boxes rolling out!).