Christmas in Iowa 12.21.2010

Jay and his mom started working on shoveling the driveway. Oh joy!


Renelle caught the scent of the squirrels.


I made a Snow Angel! Renelle added the doggy paw prints


What a beautiful tree! I decorated my small one at home, so I did get some decorating in.

Peace!
C & R

Christmas in Iowa 12.20.2010

Jay, Renelle and I spent Christmas 2010 in Iowa with his parents. It was the first time Renelle and I flew together. We had a interesting experience, over all the fly aspect was good. The problem we experienced was the lack of reasonable accessibility to toliet an assistance dog. In Denver (I discovered in the last couple days) is a joke, It requires a 3o minute bus drive to a completely different terminal, and would need to go through security all over again. No one (outside of a nice United Airlines pilot named Bryan who is familiar with CCI and wants to be a PR) was helpful and so Renelle did not go toliet for around 17 hours (she refused to go pee on the cement or anything other than grass, wood chips or snow).

Below is the first day we were there. Renelle was raised in Ohio, so snow is not new to her, she LOVED it!


Renelle returns to the snow, only in Iowa rather than Ohio. She had a blast!


I had told God that if we were spending Christmas in Iowa, the least he could do was provide for a White Christmas....Thank you!


It was absolutely beautiful!


It was snowing, although in this picture it looks like a blizzard with the snow blowing at an angle.


Snow flakes on a black dog, makes for a magical looking dog.


This is one of their neighbors house, reminds of the pictures of a German winter.


Got Jay out of bed to join us. Renelle loves playing chase (good exercise to run in the snow!) and with Jay.


A view of the gray sky from the side of the house.





Jay got a little red from the cold dry air.






Peace!
C & R

Christmas Wish List

Jay's List

at the top of the list:

Catholic CD about Mary

CD, Nu Och Basta Med by Lili & Sussie or Susie, has the song Show me Heaven

Also-

CD's-

Memory of Trees, and Winter Came Enya

CD by Alan Stivell with the song, Brian Boru's March

CD by the Wolfe Tones with the songs Go On Home British Soldiers, Halloween Song, Come Out Ye Black And Tans

CD Spirit of Avalon by Damh The Bard

CD the Visit by Lorena McKennon with song All Souls Night and the CD The Old Ways

CD by Eagle Eyed Sherry with song Stay the Night

Schliech animals-

beaver, chipmunk, badger, wolverine, two reindeer, mongoose, musk-ox, snowy big-horn sheep, languor monkey, otter, porcupine, ground-hog, ground-squirrel, wood-chuck, brown bear, mink, silver fox, skunk, weasel, muskrat, mouse, polecat, gopher, possum, doe, female howling grey or silver wolf, brown bear, turtle (Not a tortus), silver fox,snowy owl, wood pecker, falcon

Model of a Koenigsegg CCX with a spoiler, or a laminated poster of it

A set or laminated poster of the 18 Short Twig AKA Rok Norse runes

set of or laminated poster of the 25 Celtic runes

A stuffed silver wolf, and/or laminated poster of several silver wolves

laminated posters showing the Irish, Scottish, Swedish Hamilton coat of arms or crests

four Shrek movies

books-

The Rite Matt Baglio

The Broken Sword Poul Anderson

The Demigod Files and Demigods And Monsters by Rick Riordan

Please no CD's or books not on this list without checking with me first.

A silver pentacle

A small Celtic Cross, preferably not a crucifix

Constance

Books:
The Mischief of the Mistletoe: A Pink Carnation Christmas by Lauren Willig
A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility by Tanner Akcam
My Day: The Best of Eleanor Roosevelt's Acclaimed Newspaper Columns, 1936-1962 by Eleanor Roosevelt
The First Princess of Wales By Karen Harper
The Irish Princess by Karen Harper

CD
Encore by Russell Watson
Celtic Journey By Meav Ni Mhaolchatha
Songs From the Heart by Celtic Woman

DVD
Whale Wars II
Stargate SG1 Season 7
CSI Season 8
Songs From the Heart by Celtic Woman

Renelle
Bed for 60 lbs+ round. Would like a royal blue with yellow.
Kong Air dog - dumbbell shape.
Dog bowl holder
Or gift card to Petco.