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๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽ„MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ONE AND ALL!๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽ„

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                                                     Singing Gnomes https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/singing-winter-gnomes-m-donna/   That time of the year, my friends! I have been so busy making new themes this year and having so munch fun. And it seems like people are liking them! Thank you for all the wonderful comments and wishes.  We celebrated my husbands 88th birthday last Sunday. He is doing really well. Working hard but taking it easy at times, too. Not working out in the weather at all. But our winter has been amazing this year. It has only frozen a couple nights. Last year we had a northeaster at this time and it was 9 degrees out! So this year it is a blessing. We are done with all our vaccines and check ups for the year! My new medication has really helped my Fibromyalgia and my back doesn't even hurt as bad. It's nev...

๐ŸŽ„Late November๐ŸŽ„

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                                                       A Red Barn https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/a-red-barn-by-m-donna/   Wow, I didn't get anything written for a long time. But it is a real busy time of year. Right?  We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Most of our kids and a grandson and 1 great grandson were here for for dinner. My daughter in law actually cooked the turkey and the pies, etc. She really helped out. At 84 it is just too much to do it all myself. This was the 65th Thanksgiving dinner we have hosted. I keep saying I am going to hand it off but since I am doing so well, I will keep at it. Without my daughter in law I wouldn't be able to, though. I have a single built in oven and it is...

๐ŸŽƒ๐ŸฆŠEnd of October๐ŸฆŠ๐ŸŽƒ

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Autumn River House   https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/autumn-river-house-by-m-donna/ It’s almost the end of October so I am getting slow in my old age! I just didn’t have much to write about. Cold weather hit here today. We have had a really nice fall. Warm and sunny. It’s still sunny out but the NE wind is blowing and we had our first frost last night. ๐ŸŽƒ Have been having so much fun making new themes. I finally broke down and got Photoshop Elements 23. Mine was 12 but it worked all right. I can do more with this version so have been making way too many themes. Halloween is such a fun holiday to work on, plus fall is my favorite season to make themes for.                                             ๐ŸŽƒ I have had Fibromyalgia for 40 years and not one ...

๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿฆ‰SEPTEMBER๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿ

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                                                               Mustang        https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/mustang-by-m-donna/  Hello, September. Fall can definitely be felt in our area. I am back in hoodies already. But I can't complain about our summer. Compared to the rest of the US the PCNW was really great. We are still in a drought so fire fires are still burning. The smoke hasn't been near as bad as last year, though!                                          Power of Orange https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/power-of-orange-by-m-donna/ Our grandson was scheduled ...

๐ŸฆŠAUGUST๐ŸฆŠ

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                                                  PEACE♥LOVE   https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/peace-love-by-m-donna/ We are having some of the warm weather other parts of the country have been contending with! But not near as hot. To me it is perfect but some don't like it. The Farmers Almanac says we are in for a lot of snow up here in the PNW so that is not good. Have been busy all summer which is a good thing for me. I have to keep busy. Been making a lot of new themes which I probably shouldn't be doing but I just love making them. I love the little bug in my featured theme this month. After my husband retired, actually even before he retired we worked on VW's for people in the community. Car repairs are so expensive and ...

๐ŸŽ†๐ŸŽ‡July๐ŸŽ†๐ŸŽ‡

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                                                        Summer Drinks https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/summer-drinks-by-m-donna/ Hope everyone had a wonderful Independence Day. Ours was very quiet. We had been to our oldest great grandsons graduation party on the 1st so saw everyone. Had a wonderful time and  we are so proud of him. He had received a full ride to a college with his Lacrosse playing, (all over the US), but the last 2 games he played, he received concussions! The Dr. said no more sports! so there went his college. But he has been working all during high school and was offered a job at a Welding Company. The owner chose him while watching at his Welding Class at school. So, he started...

๐Ÿ˜˜๐Ÿ˜˜๐Ÿ’–Summer Time๐Ÿ˜˜๐Ÿ˜˜

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                                           Future F_Fox Designer https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/future-f_-designer-by-m-donna/ Time to write an update, I guess. Weather is beautiful today. The Pacific Northwest is beautiful but the weather is really strange. It can be 85° one day and 65° the next day. You never know what to wear somewhere because the weather can change in an hour. My Mom taught me years ago to never leave the house without a jacket! Lesson well learned!  ๐ŸฆŠ  First off my appts. with the Pain Clinic were time well spent. They figured out where the "spot" was that was causing the back pain and numbness in legs. So I got the cortisone shot in that exact spot. They use XRay to make sure they get the exact spot. Took a few days for me to notic...

๐Ÿ‘“ MAY ๐Ÿ‘“

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Lovely Spring Lilacs  https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/lovely-spring-lilacs-m-donna/ The lilacs are blooming and smell so wonderful. I  just wish they lasted longer. The sun is shining today and looks like we are going to finally have some summer heat this week end.  My first news is that our grandson is doing wonderfully. He is home with his twin brother, who is taking 5 weeks family leave to take care of him, put him through his PT, etc. He has an appt. with a neurosurgeon the end of this month to make the surgical appt. to have the part of his skull put back on. He doesn't remember the accident, which is probably a good thing. Thanks for all the prayers and good wishes for him. He is our hero! I have been having so much fun making themes using AI images, etc. I know some people probably don't like them but I find it fascinating. I hope most users will like them. I finally got my appt. with the Pain Clinic and will be getting an injection in my back next w...

๐ŸŒง๐ŸŒฆApril Showers๐ŸŒฆ๐ŸŒง

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                                      Fluffy Spring Kittens https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fluffy-spring-kittens-m-donna/ Happy April everyone. Been working on spring and Easter themes, plus still getting old ones updated so they work better with the latest Firefox. March wasn't so great for our family. One of my grandsons was working on a 3 story roof and fell. He was unresponsive when the ambulance arrived (in only 3 min.) but they revived him! Thank God! They had to remove a part of his skull to relieve the swelling and if all goes well they will be putting it back. So far all the signs are looking hopeful. He hasn't come out of it yet but is in Intensive Care and they are taking very good care of him. He has a twin brother and they are so very close, so he has been spending as much tim...

๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’šMerry March๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’š

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                                                     Patrick's Gnomes on the Farm https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/gnome-on-the-farm-by-m-donna/  March came in like a lion here in the Pacific Northwest. But I guess we can't complain because it sounds like everyone is having bad weather. So sorry for all of us! I am sure we are all ready for summer.  My 84th birthday was last Sunday and the kids were over. Had a really good time, but then we always do After being at the Dr. last week about my back I decided I would try to borrow an inversion table from someone, but couldn't find one, so ended up and had to use Amazon. It was here when we got up yesterday morning so that was yesterdays project! Oh, my goodness....h...

๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–Fantastic February ๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–

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                                                     Gnome Valentine https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/gnome-valentine-m-donna/   I will start updating my blog but will have to finish tomorrow since the day is running out on me. But Valentines Day is tomorrow and it is hard for me to believe.  Will get back to this tomorrow or there won't be any dinner for my dear hubby! I am back. Just got back from my walk. I managed to save enough to buy a pay of heated gloves to wear. My hands would get so cold. The first pair I ordered only kept the top of my hands warm so I returned them and found another pair. This pair works wonderful. I wear snow pants, scarf and heavy jacket.....plus my heated gloves now.  ...

A New Year Begins

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                                                                 Jumping Fox https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/a-jumping-fox-by-m-donna/ Wow, can you believe it is 2023?  Amazing that we made it through 2022, but we did. We had a bad storm the week before Christmas. No mail delivery for a week, no package deliveries, etc. We live on a dead end road and the County never plows it. Luckily one of our 5 neighbors has a Bobcat and plowed our road the first day but we had such a bad NE wind that comes down from Canada that it blew shut within an hour or more. When it finally quit snowing, he plowed it again so you could at least get down our road. Then it start...