erika had bought a pair of these british knights sneaks when we were in germany.she wore them til the soles had holes and she out grew them .sshe has been looking for another pair since .i got these for her for xmas on ebay from england !!!!

and almost forgot erika's new hat

to the asian mall today for some movies .got nanny maphee returns ,the fighter, dinner for smucks, true grit, little fockers, devil, saw the final chapter.repo man ,tangled , buried, unstoppable, case 39,secretariat, easy a, rabbit hole,alpha and omega, shanghai, skyline, the town, and the killer inside me all for for 58.00 no tax !!!! less than 3.00 a dvd!!!

our new year's supper (erika's breakfast) was surf and turf

except for lyss who had buffalo chicken

the dogs celebrated by sleeping (thank god) most of the day !!!

dessert was strawberry shortcake !!!! yummy yummy!!!!!

hey ash i think maybe you missed a few bon bons............

to my first auction today .when the auctioneer first opened his mouth ...i thought holy f*&^k,what the hell did he say .boy was that intimidating !!!! but not so intimidating that it stopped me from buying anything !!! i just gave glenn my bidding number and a list of what i wanted .he did very well .

1st an 84 piece 1847 rogers brothers place setting ..pattern old colony... year 1911 in a birk's wooden box

2 nd ..........a wash stand for the powder room in my new house

3rd another dessert/tea cart (not as nice as the one dad made me ) .has removable top tray , both sides flip up , has a drawer.made by gibbard .

4th a cranberry glass / crystal lamp ...will go in formal living room is red and gold.

and last not but least ...a big ass cabinet for all glenn's french crystal...i might have over did it on this one was thinking it was alot smaller ...it just fit in van .....we had to make 2 trips home .....well that really shouldn't suprize you ..

and to think glenn laughed when i said before we left ...maybe we should the seats out of the van ....good thing we did .had a blast today ...thuink i may have founda new past time!!!!!!!!!!!!

lyssa's bday is xmas day but she opens gifts  early

glenn's bday is xmas eve

finger food feast

closed

people and T-bone walk thru

Brisket walkthru

reindeer (no one would sit still)

Brisket

T-bone

Brisket seems to be a little tired today ????/ maybe it is because somehow she managed to get out of her locked crate last night , and of course the makeshift gate was down .....of course she has proven over and over again today that she can push that out of her way .so i presume she was up all night playing .thank god she cant do stairs so she couldn't get down to laundry or powder room or up to bedrooms .but she did manage to get in my (should i stress very FORMAL) living room where she knocked over a few things then shit under the xmas tree and on the rug in there. for some reason she ignored the boxed xmas candy (which was low to ground and over 100 dollars worth .)she also got erika's boot and jack earmuffs which in all fairness if erika had put in coat closet where belonged it wouldn't have been touched !!!!!!!!!!!she also peed all over the hardwood in dining room. T-bone used this same crate for over a year and never got out !!!! i have a lock to go over the cage tonight so the dog can not lift up!!! thank god my pedestal and marie antoinette bust from living room were put away for xmas .might have needed angela to pick me up a new one in paris !!!!! right now the little ANGEL is sleeping !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! for some reason GLENN or should we refer back to his old name of THE BASTARD ,seemed to find this amusing during our phone conversation this morning /his evening !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i hope the pandas crap on you at the zoo today glenn !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!