The Pull of the Moon

My friend Gayla is a "MoonBaby". I don't have any idea what makes a person to be qualified as a "MoonBaby", but she definitely is. Always has been, always will be. So, yesterday morning on the way to work (we leave at 6am and it's still pretty dark) I was awestruck by the moon. It's the closest it's been to the earth in years. It was beautiful. All I could think about was my friend Gayla and how her spirit must be celebrating. Having no idea what "MoonBabies" do when it's this close to the earth, but I imagine it's spectacular. (Unlike rolling naked in the pasture during the double harvest moon years ago. Remember that Gayla? She couldn't talk me into it. Although I did think about it. Just the dare alone was worth it because I didn't think she'd follow through.)

This was last night before we went to a Christmas party. I have to admit (I'd guess I'm a "WaterBaby" compared to Gayla's "MoonBaby") the moon was whispering to me. Telling me to breath in all the spectacular beauty I could stand. And I did...


This is what the moon looked like when we returned home at One a.m. It was almost white. It's amazing to think about how many shared this breathtaking event.

Pizza? Anyone?

Today was a long day at work. Not really. I was busy so the day really flew. The weather is nasty outside. The wind is blowing strong, snow is blowing crazy, and it's extremely cold. I was just happy the rain didn't freeze too bad. So the drive home wasn't as tedious as I anticipated when I left work. On the way home I was trying to decide what to fix the hubby for supper. I hate this routine if I have nothing planned. I ask that typical question and usually get a very minimal response. The hubby hasn't been feeling well, bad headaches, so I decided something quick and simple. Frozen pizza. He LOVES pizza. "Peytza", as the hubby pronounces it. He LOVES it.

This weekend we made a quick trip to Columbia to run a big errand. I promised him I would buy him lunch if he ran this errand with me. We went to a sports store first to look for golf head covers. Don't ask me why, but we did. He announced he was hungry. I asked if he had somewhere in mind. He didn't care he just didn't want mall food, thank goodness. I remembered reading about a bar and grill that served brick oven pizza. It's called the Ski Hi Bar and Grill. He used his new GPS thingy and away we found this place. The pizza was awesome. I have to admit. He loves pizza and his newest found love of food is toasted ravioli. We indulged. It was very, very good. If you are ever in Columbia and don't mind loud, LOUD music this is a good place. Definitely NOT for the prissy sort, but a good place to go for pizza and beer if you will. We just didn't do the beer part.

The hubby loves to search for new places to eat pizza. I'm not always so thrilled. We did find this great place in Lee's Summit which served wood roasted pizza. It took awhile to bake, but boy it WAS THAT good.

The truth be known, the hubby treats me a little nicer when I fix or serve him pizza. I like taco pizza. According to the hubby this is not pizza. You cannot put lettuce on a crust and qualify it as pizza. But truly it's in my top two favs. The top fav is just mushroom and ham or mushroom and tomatoe. That's not pizza either according to the hubby. There can be too many mushrooms. I disagree. There's always more room for mushrooms.

What do you think? Is pizza a single food group in your life like ours? We have it once a week some how some way. Sometimes I just use tortilla shells with a little pizza sauce and a few toppings like ham, pepperoni or MUSHROOMS and call it supper.

So, IS pizza a single food group in your family? What kind is your favorite? Is your hubby a pizza nut like mine? Or, are you a pizza nut like my hubby? Just curious to see the numbers...

Breakfast? Please?

Welcome to the Pogue Family Diner.

Hmmm, hello. I'm ready to place my order.

I'm not sure about those eggs, got any tuna?


Now that looks tasty! Pancakes? How about tunacakes?


huh? No tunacakes? Oh dear. What's a Pus to do?

Got milk?

Snowmen Museum is Setting Up

Hey Everyone, it's me Annie P. again. Happy Holidays. Mom is letting me take you a tour of our Snowman Museum. The only problem is that she isn't done getting ALL of her snowmen out. So I'm going to show you a few. Only a few, this time.

This is one of mom's favorites. She put him on the buffet this year. A first, he usually sits on the mantel.

I like this guy. He looks fun.

Look a snowbaby even!

Dad gave her the snowchef last year as a surprise. 'Cept he had to call her from the store cause he couldn't remember which one she liked. So it was kind of a surprise. She was happy!!

This is the middle of the mantle. Mom isn't quite happy with it yet. Reynaldo doesn't know what to think either.

Mom bought this one from the Rooster Queen on ebay. I think he looks like he drank too much eggnog.

A Target pre-Christmas special. He's packin' snowballs and a tree in his backpack.

The last two are oldies but goodies according to mom. She's got a lot to hang on the walls, but since the paint is still pretty new, she really doesn't want any nails in them. I told her she needed to get in gear. Nails or no nails, there's still a lot of snowmen in the attic. That's it for now. Happy Snowballs to ya!!

Living Windows

Tonight after work, the hubby and I decided to go downtown Moberly to the Annual Living Windows Festival. It was quite festive and so very cold. It was fun. Most business windows are decorated for Christmas with people acting out scenes from everyday life. I took a few pictures. I hope you enjoy.

I liked this one because the girls were really playing Operation and not really paying any attention to the crowds in front of the windows. This is something many do in front of a cozy fire right?

I love this couple too. The look on the little "Joseph's" face is so sweet. And the all caring Mary.

This was in an antique window. I believe the asking price on this "new" stove is $599. The hubby and I wondered what the price was on this high dollar appliance when it was new.

The Maurices windo. Only one girl on her cell phone? Come on now...

This scene consisted of a family decorating their tree. The puppy was performing tricks. Only in this picture, he looks like he's doing something funky...

This is 15 month old baby Cole. He was stiff as a board. Frozen? Probably. He wasn't crying, but I think he was starting to glaze over.

Suave dudes in the men's store.

Finally Santa Claus and his reigndeer. This deer is beautiful.

This was probably my favorite window. Even though there were no living creatures found here, it was magical...

A Surprise

On Saturday I received a great surprise in the mail. A primitive Santa from Kim at Simple Needs. He's right up my alley Kim and thank you so much for drawing my name!! I snapped this pic right out of the box. I'll take another one once I finish the perfect place for him to sit and watch all the Christmas happenings!!

When I was playing with my camera the other day I took a picture of one of my many snowman ornies. I bought him at Target about 5-7 years ago. His little face is so very sweet. He inspired me. He inspired me to make a feeble attempt at painting him on a piece of wood. Remember it's a feeble attempt. Needless to say, I haven't painted much since.

This is more like a snow-ghost rather than snowman. The tree is impressive you have to admit. I should've focused on it. I just realized tonight I did not paint a halo for him. The ornie has a halo of grapevine and berries. Oh well. If only I was as creative as I pretend to be...

A New Toy(s)

The hubby tried to get up early on Friday. He really, REALLY wanted to go to Wal-Mart to get a GPS thingy for his truck. He got up at 8:30, mulled around trying to figure out if he should go or not. I told him he'd better or else he'd wonder if they still had them. In my mind I was thinking, "shouldn't we go somewhere in order to use that thing?" Off he went and quickly returned. He returned empty handed. Our conversation went like this:

Me: did you get one?

Hubby: No

Me: Why?

Hub: They were already out. I knew they would be.

Me: Are you sure they were out? Did you ask?

Hub: (I think he was searching for an answer.)

Me: Did you ask? Sometimes they move things around on Black Friday.

Hub: yeah (he quietly answers and I'm still unsure of his response, because a lot of times he appears mute)

Hub: (loud enough for me to hear) I wonder if they still have them in Moberly?

Me: We are headed there in a few anyway, lets just go and find out.

Hub: I'm sure they are out too. I'm going to Westlakes to get a card table.

Upon returning with a card table and after checking the computer we decided to try the Wal-mart in Moberly before heading to my mom-in-law's home. I see him walking around aimlessly.

Hub: They don't have them.

Me: Did you ask?

Hub: Yeah.

I could see he was heart sick. He's been wanting one for a very long time. Even though he goes no where to get lost, he is the KING of gadgets. That is until they bore him. Then they go to the "I'm bored box" in the spare bedroom. We make one more stop before heading to his mom's house for the day. I kind of forgot about the GPS until yesterday. Sunday of all days at Wal-Mart. I needed some furniture polish and he wandered around aimlessly. I heard him quietly yelling (you'd have to know him to understand, he's almost mute remember) "Lisa....Lisa...come here!" I knew this wasn't good. "Look!" He pointed to a stack of GPS's he'd claimed they did not have. They still had the Black Friday price too. I just had to go there...

Me: I thought you said they didn't have any.

Hub: (He's mute again.)

Me: Didn't you tell me you asked them if they had any left?

Hub: (He's still mute again.)

Me: (Did I ever tell you I'm an only child and I HATE to be ignored?) Shouldn't we be going somewhere to get lost in order to get one?

Hub: I think I'm going to get one.

He grabbed one up and continued wandering aimlessly in our little Wal-Mart. Then I heard, "Lisa...Lisa". I think this is the reason why only children like to go shopping by themselves in Wal-Mart. "Look". It was the camera I was interested in on Black Friday, but forgot about it. It also still had the Black Friday price. Since the Reynaldo incident with my camera and since a twerp on ebay sold me a not so great one, I relented and snatched it up. We had decided not to buy each other anything for Christmas. So really, we each bought our own gifts yesterday. We both got our toys out today and played with them. He used his while taking me to return movies. Fortunately we already knew the way there, but we f ound out his new gadget is accurate. He was happy. I've taken a few pictures with mine to check the zoom and overall goodness of the camera. So far I'm pleased.

I still have to learn how to utilize the flash and zoom. The last pic of the birdhouse turned out great. I used some of the zoom as I was standing on the front porch taking a pic of a tree in the backyard. It turned out well I think.

I'm continuing to SLOWLY get the Christmas decorations out and up. I've never been this slow. I hope it's not age. I just can't seem to quit taking a break...