Christmas time is coming…..

To our house this weekend, and I am so excited.
I am really in the mood to get started on decorating for the holidays.  I don’t have as much time this year with all the family and traveling that we are doing, so I am going to break my own tradition of decorating the weekend after Thanksgiving. 
I hope to get lots of pictures to post to share with you, but until then I will share some that I got inspiration from, and I hope they inspire you to.  Courtesy  from Country Living.  (you will note the country flair)  I always do a primitive tree at Christmas.
 

This picture (below) is my favorite, something about the glow of the tree and the stocking hung….Love it!!  Just the simplicity of it.

Aren’t these packages fun.  They look to good to open.   This is something I do every year on my front porch. 

What are some of your decorating styles, tips, etc.  I would love to hear them. 
Don’t forget to jump over to my Country Christmas blog and follow me there this season.
Love and hugs,
Me

A fun weekend!

Can you believe this week is gone too?  I can't believe that it is Friday already, but I am so happy.  I am looking forward to this weekend.  It is going to be a cold, dreary weekend from the reports that I have heard, but that is okay.  I plan to put on Christmas movies, and Christmas music and decorate my house.  Looking forward to putting our first Christmas together.  Just me and the hubby will be working on it tomorrow, but my goal is to get everything done except for the ornaments on the trees, and when the kids come over on Sunday they can do that?  I will take some pictures when it is all done and show you.

Not alot going on here so will keep this short.  Thought I would share this little game I got in a email.

1.) Wrapping paper or gift bag? Both, I love to wrap presents with pretty big bows, but use bags too.

2.) Real tree or artificial?  Artificial

3.) When do you put up the tree?   Day after Thanksgiving usually.  This year,this weekend

4.) When do you take the tree down?   January 1, usually

5.) Do you like eggnog? No

6.) Favorite gift received as a child? really not sure I liked all my presents!  :)

7.) Hardest person to buy for? My dad!

 8.) Easiest person to buy for? My mom

9.) Do you have a Nativity scene? Yes

10.) Mail or e-mail Christmas cards? both

11.) Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Can't seem to remember one

12.) Favorite Christmas movie.  Holiday Inn, Christmas in Connecticut, White Christmas, oh, was I only suppose to pick one.  hehe

13.) When do you start shopping for Christmas?  Oct.

14.) Have you ever recycled a Christmas gift? Yes

15.) Favorite thing to eat at Christmas?  My moms Christmas dinner

16.) Lights on the tree? Yes, as many as I can get on there.

17.) Favorite Christmas song?  Happy Birthday Mary

18.) Travel at Christmas or stay home? both, some years we travel, others we stay home

19.) Can you name all of Santa's reindeers? Yes

20.) Angel on the tree top or a star?   Star

21.) Open presents Christmas morning? most of the time, now it revolves more around my kids schedule

22.) Most annoying thing about this time of the year? not enough time

23.) Favorite ornament, theme or color?  I love my primitive Christmas tree, just the simplicity of it.

 24.) Favorite for Christmas dinner? Ham

25.) What do you want for this Christmas?  Time with my family


Have a great weekend.
Hugs!

Happy New Year

Hi everybody. I hope everyone had a wonderful and safe new years eve. Michael and I didn't do much. We were home kinda early and visited with my kids, until they scattered to other places. I was actually in bed around 10 ish. So needless to say another year I didn't see the ball drop. Oh well....
This morning he and I got out early this morning and hit some shops and went to some fellowship meetings and just got back home. Now I am preparing dinner for tonight. I have all the kids here tonight so wanted to get a head start on things.

Have a list of things I want to have organized before heading back to work tomorrow, but hoping that I will get a little nap in this afternoon. Would kinda like to do some reading too, as I have a new book/series started. I started a book by Wanda Brunstetter, "The StoreKeepers Daughter". So good so far. Not sure I like her style the way that I do Beverly Lewis, but then again, I have been reading Beverly alot longer. In saying all that, I do enjoy the book.

K....going to get the rest of my dinner on. Talk to you all later.
Hope your new year will be everything you want and more.

PS....I added current pictures (Christmas 2007) to my Flickr Badge on the left.

Hugs!

Christmas Pictures

Wanted to share a few Christmas Pictures. Hope you enjoy!

Mom, Tori, Dad, Me

Tori reading the Christmas Story

(L-R) Stephanie and Wesley, Tori and Matt, and on the sofa, Nikki and Derek

Me, waiting on Santa

Becca, Michael, Josh, Sarah, Alex (Sarah's hubby)Betty and Ron (Michael's Parents)