Talk about being early....lol Love this pic. I believe I do see Santa. LOL OH NOOOOO!!!!! Only 15 days...I'm not even close to being ready. I better get it in gear. Think I'll wait a couple of day though, after this cold front clears out. Can you believe that there was snow in Dallas? Just some flurries but it is downright cold. 29 degrees and the wind is brutal. Heard that Austin had sleet and snow also. Everyone stay warm and have cheery day. Deb

Pretty Hibiscus Lucy!!! I'm still up---too excited to go to sleep with all this snow on the ground---and on all my plants!!!! :0 Oh well...time to change out the tropical inventory next spring! I'm keeping my fingers crossed on the larger tropicals---but I'm sure things like the bananas will turn to mush! The snow came so fast and early in the evening that we didn't have a chance to move those huge pots with palms, bouganvillas, hibiscus, & such-oh well. They'll be back from the roots (I hope...) come spring! But my brug cuttings, plumies, bromeliads, and a pineapple are safely tucked away in the heated 'manspace'--except my three under the covered patio: Snowbank, Sweetheart, and a pink NOID that I have had for a few years. It is still blooming with fallen snow decorating the tree branches behind it--a gorgeous sight!!! A Kodak moment in my mind!! Nice. Thanks Lucy. Good Night!! ~MJ

Ok I got to correct the name of this one after Dorothy just said she only has common ones. I went in my gardnebook and dug up the picture I saved from this one. It has a NAME lol. That is ME rofl. but the picture sure does not look like the flower I got! It looks just like a single red one and not filled like this one. The Name on the Box is White Christmas :-) I try. I really do lol And I am learning from all of you., That is why I am here in the first place. Hugs to all Lucy

Good morning everyone! Almost done my cookies - one more batch to go. I do clean as I go - otherwise I'd be working on the floor! Going to start putting away my baking stuff in a couple of minutes once the last recipe is 'in the bowl' and clear off my dining table. Need the space to pile bags of stuff to go down to the in-laws for xmas and to clear out the living room floor so I can start vacuuming today. I want to have my housework done today so when we return from xmas I come back to a clean house and can relax. We are joining all of you getting inundated with snow - it's our turn big time today with a forecast of well over a foot - with blowing snow more like 2 feet already in some spots. Deja vu from this time last year, eh? Some young lad put a flyer in our mailbox for snowshoveling - by hand - I already called him since we want our house clear when we return from traveling too. I'm going to call him today in a bit to ask him to come by when the snow stops, once the plough goes by. I will do some shoveling myself. My neighbors offer to blow us out for free but I don't feel at all right about that - they won't take any money so I have declined. It sounds like a young couple on the phone doing the shoveling and they live around the corner from us - I am quite happy to hire someone needing a few dollars. We have no where to put a snow blower otherwise we'd have one right now. My back is still recovering from the manual labour and I know I have to drop some weight because it spasms when I carry a few extra pounds - doesn't take much these days. Okay, I'm stopping my whining now. I saw the weather in the bad areas on the news last night in the US. My heart goes out to everyone concerned. Not funny at all. Hard to enjoy xmas when you have no heat, running low on supplies and all you can see is more snow falling. Once I get on with my housework I'm going to work on a few craft projects so I don't keep looking out the window. Have some computer work to do too for my website/business I'm trying to prepare for the new year so that's fun too. Hugs to everyone, I will probably check in later! Peggy