Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree.......

Hello My friends,

Our perfect tree!!

Just got back from grabbing the most beautiful Christmas tree with my family. We found our tree at Dedham Community House's tree sale (http://www.dedhamcommunityhouse.org/).

Having fun in the trees!

 As usual, "Mom" wanted the BIGGEST & FULLEST tree....that's because she collects Hallmark ornaments (and has way to many if I might add - shh...I'll deny saying that!) and we have LOTS of travel ornaments - visual memories of all of our road trips & adventures.

MN...Here we come!

Say "Cheese"....Get it, that's funny because it's a cheese haus!

We got an early start (7:20 am) to our day. The boys & I were packing the car and "Mom" was checking out. It's time to say so-long to Chicago and head off on our 458 mile trip to Minneapolis. We will travel now through Wisconsin to get to Minneapolis. All "Mom" wants to do in Wisconsin (besides see Fonzie...that's a later blog entry) is to go to a cheese haus - she loves cheese! She has a friend Diane that used to live in WI so she texted her along the way as to which was the best one to go to. She suggested Foster Cheese in Osseo, WI. It was easy on & off and it was a nice one.....we took her advice and visited http://www.fostercheesehaus.com/ . "Mom" bought some cheese curds, various breads, a bottle of wine to take home, and the boys picked out goodies for Nana & Papa. DELICIOUS!!

One of the coolest things we saw along the road was two of Bret Michael's tour buses. The passed us on the other side of the road near the Wisconsin Dells area.

After another 458 miles and 6 driving hours, we arrived at our next hotel - Holiday Inn Bloomington Airport, 1201 West 94th Street, Bloomington, MN - (952) 884-8211 http://www.holidayinn.com/. Ialways think hotels are great - you never hear me complain about a bed! - but "Mom" & "Dad" thought this one was great for many reasons. First - they are members of thePriority Club - the frequent stayer - and had enough points so the room for both nights was free! You can't beat that! Second, the hotel was conviently located right off the highway & they said it was easy to get everywhere - including Mall of America which is only 6 miles away. Thirdly, the staff in the hotel & the restauraunt (Green Mill) were FANTASTIC! They went out of their way to give directions & help at the desk and then remembered and asked about it the next day (

Me & My SKINNYGIRLS

"Mom", Me (the cute Gnome!), and Bethenny

Well I got to meet her!! As I mentioned in my post yesterday, I was heading to meet BETHENNY FRANKEL at the SKINNY GIRL NIGHT OUT in Lowell, MA. She was very sweet to me & asked "Mom" all about me.....I think she thought I was cute!!

What do you think??

Skinny Girls still rock,
Jimmy

Can you guess who I am meeting tonight??

....Come on - Guess????


Are you a fan of "Real Housewives of NY"? Did you just watch "Skating with the Stars"? How about Martha Stewart's Apprentice?

If you don't see the connection from those clues, how about "Bethenny Getting Married?" - Did you watch that??

If you answered YES to any of these questions, then you know that I am meeting BETHENNY FRANKEL - the original "SkinnyGirl" herself tonight!! I am so excited!!......I wonder if she has ever met a Gnome???

I'll post pictures tomorrow...I hope she thinks I'm cute!!

Skinnny Girls rule,
Jimmy

One of my Favorite Football Players

Hi Everyone,

Since my "Mom" has finally uploaded my photos for me (these gnome fingers don't always work!), I wanted to share some photos with you. For a Christmas present, "Mom" had two Wes Welker (of the New England Patriots) jerseys signed for my two "brothers".....and am I glad that I got to go along!! In between "Mom" drooling over him (she loves his eyes!), I was able to meet Wes and chit chat for a few minutes. He's a great guy - and not afraid of meeting a Gnome!

I, of course, am rooting for the Patriots to win the Superbowl - and cheering on my new friend Wes! We'll do lunch afterwards!!

Go Patriots!
Jimmy

CHRISTMAS FUN!!

And the winner is!!!

So who ever said that a GNOME was not smart??? Well, they were wrong!! Look what I did on Christmas Day!! I spelled all of those by myself...I am so smart!!

I didn't even use the dictionary once!

It was a GREAT Christmas Day!!

Ho, Ho, Ho...
Jimmy

THANKSGIVING 2010

Hi All,



Pilgrim Jimmy

 Sorry it's been a while...crazy life this little gnome leads....At any rate, I hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I celebrated the holiday with "Mom"'s family...as a Pilgrim to get into the spirit of it!

We had a great meal & enjoyed the blessings of being with family....and my "cousin" LOVES me (she even dressed me in my outfit!).  My my "Uncle" on the other hand hid me!! He's so jealous of me!!



Happy Thanksgiving!

Jimmy