Tree in dining area of kitchen

Snowman tree on breakfast bar

Frosty shovel on cabinet above stove

Looking at breakfast bar tree from stove area

More of the Holiday Tour of Home for Printersdevil

Snowman Tree in Beverage Area

Snowman sign to left of sink

Snowman sign to right of sink

Unique nativity on table

Father Christmas on top of microwave cabinet

Tree in master bedroom

Large ceramic nativity on cedar chest at foot of master bed

Singing Western Santa

Tub area in master bath

View from door in master bath

Nativity on master bath vanity

Another view from door of master bath

Santa village on ledge behind corner tub

Another view

Santa, and two nativities on tub ledge

Santa Village

Angel tree and a few of Mom's angels on dresser in guest bedroom

Angel on top of television in guest bedroom

Tree in hall bath featuring the two deer that were my late MIL's

Tree on toilet in hall bath

Small nativity on bath window ledge

Small nativity given to my Dad on Christmas Day while in the hospital his last Christmas. One of the women from his assisted living complex and her husband visited Daddy on Christmas Day and gave him this. He was so proud of their visit and the token gift. He had had surgery the day before and was pretty much out of it, but he remembered them coming to visit early that morn.

These little girls were my late MIL's. She had a huge collection of figurines of all types. I display some of her Christmas things every year.

Nativity from hall shelf

More of dear Ida's holiday figurines

Nativity that adorns the top of this shelf in the hall outside the bathroom. This was one of my Mom's many nativities. I have many of her others displayed. None were anything special, except in sentiment. They bring a little joy to the holidays for me now that she is gone.

View of the entire shelf in the hall

Tree in adult daughter's room. She is living back at home at the moment and still decorates with the bright neon colors. The tree looks a little dark, but it isn't in real life since it sports shiny purple, lime, and hot pink bulbs.

Singing cactus

Another of Mom's small nativities in Tracie's bright room

Thank you for stopping by and taking my tour. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Christmas is a magical time of the year when we are able to share with others. It is so much more gratifying to give than to receive and it should never be about the amount of the gifts. The best gifts are those that come from the heart with love.

The birth of the Christ Child was the greatest gift of all and came to us from God. Remember, He is the reason for the season.

Christmas Tea at Church

I thought since my pictures of my Holiday Home Tour are not ready (see post below) that I could at least share some Christmas spirit with you until I get my photos posted. The following three photos are from a holiday tea at my church. It is called “The Gift” and tables are sponsored by women of the church and the individual tables were stunning. A friend and I plan to host a table next year.
Hopefully these will help bridge the gap until I get my home tour photos up on my blog.
The first is the beautiful tree that adorned the stage area at the front of the church during the tea.

The next two are of the rest of the stage area and the beautiful setting backdrop. Tables were set up throughout the sanctuary. Thankfully, the chairs are all moveable, allowing for the sanctuary to be used for things like this. It was beautiful and very inspirational and uplifting. The book, “A Cup of Christmas Tea” was read. If you are not familiar with the story in this little book, I highly recommend you picking up a copy of it. It was written by a man, but during “The Gift” it was read by a woman to go along with this year’s theme, A Cup of Christmas Tea.



I hope that you enjoyed looking at these photos of this tea.

Remember to return on Tuesday, Dec. 16 for the tour of my home and holiday decorations.

Daughter and friends with Santa

Here is a picture of my daughter, Tracie, with four of her friends and Santa. Tracie is in the upper right corner.

Decorating Elves Had A Delay Today--Please Come Back On Tuesday

I had an unexpected all day visit on Sunday from my two nieces (five and almost seven years) and nephew (30 months old). I got a call early Sunday asking if I could keep them while she worked at the mall. I was delighted to spend the time with them, but needless to say it hampered my finishing my decorating and getting photos. They were here until around dinner time and by then I was exhausted.

I have one last day to work tomorrow to get some contest material in the mail prior to a deadline and then an office Progressive Dinner tomorrow evening. But, I promise to have this up by Tuesday. So, please come back.

I should have at least take pictures of the front of the house before turning off all the lights. I didn't even think about doing that! I guess my brain and body were both too tired to process that at least the front yard didn't have to be cleaned before pictures. My house is FAR, FAR from childproof, so Sunday was interesting to say the least.

I am so excited about this tour, even though I know that my items are far from the elegant things that most of you have. I love Christmas and all things surrounding the holidays.

So, yawl, come back to view my things. I am anxiously awaiting the unveiling of yours. And the day by day tour of our hostess is such a great tease and wonderful way to spend the week.

Working on Holiday Tour

I have been working all day trying to finish up decorating so that I can participate in the Holiday Christmas tour. I still have some to finish and then have to get final pictures and post. I will have this by Sunday afternoon. I hope that will works. I can't wait to see everyone's photos or videos.

Christmas Flurry

I have been working everyday since mid-October and am way behind in my Christmas decorating and prepartions. I plan to finish all my decorating tomorrow, so that I can get photos taken to upload here. I have not worked full time in quite a few years and taking on this full time temporary job really impacted my holiday decor. However, I am through with work and ready to tackle the remainder of the house.

I actually have most of my trees decorated and just need to do some tweaking. I have the majority of the Christmas decor out, but it is still not complete. So, tomorrow, I will get started early. We did get the lights on the house and the outside decorated last weekend. This is the first time in many years that I didn't get everything done by Dec. 1.