That went fast, and some good news!

Did this week fly by as fast for you? I can’t believe it’s Friday already, it seems to have been a busy one . . .

Good news first though, my Mam is out of hospital :-)  She went home on Wednesday. The gallstone pain is under control once again and it’s now a matter of trying to keep it that way through diet and pain meds (when needed). I talked to Mam yesterday and she had actually been out with Brenda to do a little shopping, and she sounded really good. Usually when she has just come home from hospital she is so weak she can hardly talk to me, but that is often when she’s had a few weeks in the place! I’m just so happy she’s out of there, and hopefully she’ll stay out until well past Christmas.

So this week I tried to take a few more pictures around the house, I finally got a better (not so blurry) picture of the tree, but not sure what’s going on with the colors in this, it looks like there’s lime green in there, and there isn’t! And do you notice something? The top of the tree lights have gone out – arghhhhh, I can’t stand it! I will have to go buy a small set to drape around, or it will drive me crazy for the next few weeks. I’m about done with this tree, half of the lights were out when I put it up so it already has extra ones draped around :(

   

A better picture of the ladder and elves I mentioned!

I made a Santa tassel to put on the tv/entertainment center instead of the cross tassel that I had on there (which didn’t go with anything at all because it’s brown and pink!)

I didn’t have any coordinating ribbon for Santa so he just got tassels, fringe and the fluffly white trim that I also used on the cross.

 

  Another view of the living room (Jason’s new toy on the tv tray has to be put away! it’s a steering wheel for the ps3 so he can play Grand Turismo, or whatever that game is called!)

So, today I have to go to the post office YET again, I just take packages then when I come home I see that someone else has ordered from my Etsy store! Not that I’m complaining though, my store has been doing really well lately so I must get more stuff knitted and teacups listed in the new year. It’s certainly a lot of fun, and very exciting when you see you have a sale :-) Today I’m mailing a hand knitted cowl to Belgium!!

Kristen is staying home from school today, her throat is red and sore :-( I hope it’s just a mild thing and nothing bad like strep. Jason is working from home today so the house is full!

Tonight Cheryl and I are having a little ‘Christmas Social’ at her house so stay tuned for more yummy cocktail recipes!

Have a great weekend.

Denise

More Christmas Decor!

I hope I don’t bore you with all my Christmas posts but it is December after all . . .  I haven’t shared Kristen’s room yet, so here we go. . . .

This is how it looked a few months ago when I repainted her room and we changed from a jungle theme to a wolf theme. She didn’t want a bed in her room but wanted a ‘den’ made so she could sleep with her wolves at night!  It looked cute enough but let me tell you it was no fun trying to make her bed and put clean sheets on it! Thankfully a few weeks ago she asked to have her bed back in the room and so it now looks like this . . . .

Perhaps not as cute, but much easier to keep tidy and much much easier to make the bed ;-)

This cute guy is the latest addition to her ‘wolf’ collection! She bought him with some of her birthday money from my family.

He gets pride of place on her bed right now, and later will probably join the ‘guys’ in her reading nook . . .

For Christmas decor we decided on a ‘winter wonderland’ look. I hung snowflakes from the ceiling. . .

And hung an icicle garland at the window with icicle lights.

 

 

And that was all we did really, a few little snowflakes hang on a tree in the corner too.  She loves it, and I think the lights and snowflakes may well stay up even after Christmas! 

What about you? Do you decorate your kiddies bedrooms? I’ve always wished I had Christmas bedding so we can totally change the rooms at this time of year, but so far I haven’t gotten around to buying any. I do have snowman sheets on Kristen’s bed, but that’s about all!

 

Denise

Come on in . . . .

Hi there, before I start this post I just wanted to let you all know my sweet little Mam is in hospital yet again :(  My sister called yesterday and it’s the same gallstone trouble, Mam was in a lot of pain and had to be admitted. I got word this mornign though that she had had a comfortable night, they are getting the pain under control and we’re hoping she is sent home pretty soon. I hope so, we don’t want her in the hospital for any length of time. She really doesn’t fare well in there and seems to end up much weaker by the time she comes out.  I’ll keep you all posted and would appreciate your prayers for a quick recovery for her.

So I promised you an inside tour of our home for Christmas , some of the photos are not that great, but I’ll share with you what I have. . .  come on in,

 

As you saw in my last post, this is the view as you walk in the door. You can see a blurry Boo walking towards me and shoes left on the stairs…. but ignore those little things!

Instead look at the nativity in the hallway  - if you can see it, the lighting isn’t too good. I haven’t put Christmas lights up around it yet!

That’s a little better, but you get me in the mirror too!

As you look to your right you’ll see the dining room.  It’s just a small room so there’s not much I can do in there. I haven’t set a Christmas table this year because there will just be the 3 of us again for dinner so we might just eat in the kitchen.

I put a tree up in this room for the first time last year because I wanted to see one from the front window. our main tree is in the living room.

I still feel I need a little something under the shelf (now that I took the black buffet away), perhaps a little cocktail bar?

Garland up the stairs.

My bow making is getting better ;-)

 

    Trying to get a good shot of the mantel is always tricky!

     

Taking close up shots of it seems much easier.

Santa and garland on top of the tv/entertainment unit.

Some very special ornaments.  .  . I made the pom pom robin when I was about 8 or 9 yrs old I think. It sat on my Mam and Dads tree for many years, Dad would sit him at the bottom of our little tree (which was so small it actually fit in the base of an old can of paint with sand in to keep it standing! Then after my Dad passed I asked my Mam for an ornament from their tree that I could hang every year, and she sent me him… I nearly cried when I opened the package.

I love the red telephone box, a simple reminder of home.

A special ‘first’ ornament for Kristen from Grandma, I hope she keeps this forever. The bauble is glass so I’m always worried it might break one year!  

When I get a better shot at the tree you’ll see these little guys climbing the ladder. There are 4 little elves, I got this at a craft fair one year in Maryland, you could have it personalized with your names, ours say Jason, Denise, Kristen and Chewy (that was the dog we had at the time).

A blurry picture of the tree!

I still haven’t gotten round to putting ‘seasonal’ pictures in my wall frames!

So there ya go! Picture overload, but I know my sister will love it ;-) I hope you enjoyed it too. I will work on getting some better shots of the tree and the full room, and I still have Kristen’s bedroom to share with you. 

Have a wonderful start to your week. There’s lots to be done around here so I should jump off and go get started with it all. One last trip to the post office today, then housework and gift wrapping on the agenda. What are you up to?

I’m linking to Susan’s ‘Deck the Halls’ Party. Click on the picture above to see lots of Christmasy tours. 

 

Denise

Christmas Decor

I finally got out the camera tonight and went outside to take some photos.  I also took some inside too . . . wanna join me for a little Christmas tour -

 

Despite the fact I used my tripod I still find it hard to take pictures of the lights without it looking quite blurry.

I guess the pictures are rather self-explanatory. This is our front yard.

  

And this is Cheryl’s to the right of us.

Above picture is taken from my front yard looking at Cheryl’s.

I stepped back a lot to get both houses in the picture.

    The picture above is the house to the left of us. (my other neighbor didn’t have her lights on! so I only got pictures of 3 homes).

      Cheryl only has 2 reindeer! She had 3 the other night?

Oh, looks like a little one wandered over to my yard for a visit – thanks Cheryl ;-)

 

Next time join me for a little tour inside. . . 

Have a great weekend. I’ll be back Monday.