Wrigley

Karina has a cousin that has the cutest little boy named Wrigley.   We always get a good laugh when Karina sings "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" because she has her own version. It goes as follows:
Rudoloph, with your nose so bright, won't you guide my sleigh tonight?
Then how the reindeer loved him
as they shouted out Wrigley

Scented candles

I love apple cinnamon scented candles at Christmas time but I have  decided to only burn them when Karina is not home.  The other day I went into the kitchen and my candle was not where I had left it burning and there was a funny smell.  I found the candle (which Karina admitted to moving) on the window sill sitting just below the blind which was down.  There was a big black burned mark on the bottom slat and up about 4 more.   She said it looked better in the window.

Bracelets, necklaces, more bracelets, and more necklaces

Last week Karina went on a beading binge.  She spent all of her time making bracelets and necklaces.  She can't tie the ends and it would frustrate her as she would put some beads on one end and then some beads would fall off the other end.  She called out to me one day and said, "Linda, can I borrow your hands?"  She used up every one of her beads and I counted 40 bracelets and necklaces.  Guess where she put them?  In the church purse, of course.

The Frog

To celebrate Dan's birthday we had some friends over for dinner.  Karina was sitting next to Dan as he opened his presents.  As he opened one Karina burst into spontaneous laughter.  It was the above frog and she laughed and laughed and couldn't stop and soon had the whole room laughing.  My friend that was there shared the term "joy rising" with me and it fits that moment. We now  tease her about her new boyfriend.

TOAST

For dinner on Thursday evening Karina wanted one of her favorite foods; Chicken Pot Pie.  I fixed her a plate of food and then went into the living room to play the piano.  I had only played a few pages of music when I looked up and saw smoke billowing out of the kitchen.  I ran in and could see that it was coming from the toaster.  There were 4 pieces of burningf toast in the toaster.  Karina was still sitting at the bar eating her food in the midst of all the smoke.  She simply said, "I am making toast."
It has been 3 days since the toast incident and our house still smells like burnt toast.  I hope we don't have permanent smoke damage.

Keep the Change

Karina and I went to the Dollar store so that Karina could buy two of her favorite things in the world.  A coloring book and some glue.  We got in line to pay and I gave Karina a ten dollar bill to pay for her items.  The grand total was $2.19.  Karina handed the cashier the ten dollar bill and said, "keep the change". The cashier seemed very surprised but also very grateful.  What could I say?

She is 30 today

Today is Karina's 30th birthday.  For some reason the number 30 is hard for her to remember.  When asked how old she is today by various people I have heard her say 2 years old, 7 years old, and 7 1/2 years old.  (I always have to whisper in her ear how old she is.)  She told us that she wanted a new baby doll so that is what we gave her.  Her name is Maggie and she loves her. We celebrated her birthday a little different this year.  Instead of having a party (which she doesn't usually like), we took cupcakes around to some of her favorite people and she had a great time.