Hello, Friends! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and aren't totally stressed out by the thought that Christmas is just around the corner. We spent Turkey Day in Florida with our family, which was a first for us. The weather was beautiful and we had SO MUCH FUN together. Bonus: the trip was the majority of their Christmas gifts, so I'm almost finished shopping! I enjoy buying gifts for people randomly, but I admit I get squirmy when I have a long shopping list that … [Read more...]
Mothers-in-law and Christmas Traditions
Good Morning, Friends!I am guest-blogging today over at Adventures of D and V. She and her husband are big DIY-ers and are deep into a basement remodel. I don't know how they are doing it. They DUG OUT a basement under their existing home and are now busy finishing it all up. Can you imagine? Hats off to them!For the next few days, they have left that humongous job behind, and are away on a cruise-lucky them!- and she has lined up some of her blogging buddies to post about … [Read more...]
Sparkle One and Sparkle Two
I think I am almost finished decorating for Christmas. I bet you are, too. Now if we would just stay home long enough to enjoy the trees all lit up. Know what I mean?We would enjoy driving up to our house with the soft glow in the windows, but I'm afraid to leave the spinning lights of our silver trees plugged in when we are not home. They are OLD and I don't trust them one bit unsupervised.Before she died, Grandma Great gave us her old silver Christmas tree. We were both thrilled-me, … [Read more...]
Let’s Get This Party Started!
The Christmas decorations are finally coming out of hiding at this farmhouse! We are hosting a couple of parties during the month, and the first one is Saturday night. My goal is to finish the decorating today, so I can move on to the other tasks and be totally ready by Friday night.That will free me up on Saturday to cook......and probably remop the kitchen floor....and clean the bathrooms again....and be shocked at the dirt I find when I start looking around with the eyes of a guest!Thank … [Read more...]